Remembering the fallen
American veterans in Panama marked Veterans' Day (November 11) with a ceremony commemorating the fallen of past and present conflicts...
Month: November 2010
$200 million magnificent government tower moving ahead
Panama’s government has moved one step closer to constructing a $200 million tower for the Ministry of Economy and Finance....
Attorney General has own fix on Bocas Del Toro deaths
While Panama’s ombudsman believes that as many as seven died in the Bocas del Toro disturbances and the investigation committee,...
Metro bus snafu may lead to shaky start
Promises of a December 18 start of a smoothly functioning metro bus system in Panama are in jeopardy. (more…)
Traffic chaos as retirees return to the streets
Panamanian retirees demanding a pension increase of $50 a month were back on the streets Tuesday and threatening to continue...
Ministers flip flops upset Panama retirees
After verbal flip flops by Health Minister Franklin Vergara, Panama’s retirees are threatening to return to the streets. (more…)
A new slant on Christmas giving in Boquete
Out and About If you have been trying to email the organizers of the annual grand fiesta for charity in...
2010 license plates will appear in 2011
If you have been driving around Panama in a shiny new car without license plates plates throughout the year,take heart....
The bedside manner
A Porsche-driving hospital doctor leapt out of his car when he saw a speed camera operator in Sussex, England and...
Panama Bus passenger heaven on the horizon
Panama bus passenger heaven, compared with the purgatory of traveling on the notorious, polluting and life threatening diablos rojos, is...
Bus driver demands get thumbs down from users
Panama bus drivers, threatening to strike to get higher wages when they become drivers for the new Metro transit service,...
Expensive times ahead for traffic violators
November 15 is pay day for thousands of Panamanians. It could also be the determining day for the national transportation...
