Panamas finance minister between a rock and a hard place
Panama’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Alberto Vallarino, has spoken out on his level of discomfort by remaining in ...
Month: September 2011
Second KPC case in Santo Tomas Hospital
A second case of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase,(KPC) resistant to antibiotics has been found in Panama’s Santo Hospital (HST). Says the...
Contraversial link road missing from environmental study
An environmental impact assement (EIA) of the third phase of the Cinta Costera, makes no mention of the connection that...
No voy compounded by no plates
Panama taxi drivers, renowned for their “no voy” replies if they are not heading your way, may now become “no...
Ombudsman monitoring police beating of doctor
Panama’s ombudsman, Patria Portugal, has expressed concern at the beating of a local doctor by members of the National Police...
A love affair that brought La Boheme to Panama
By David Young A love affair between an opera singer and a theater has proved a boon to Panama opera...
Special bus services for World Baseball Championships
A special bus service (not diablos rojos) has been ordered to transport baseball fans to the Rod Carew stadium for...
100 dengue cases, 8 deaths
There have been eight deaths from dengue, the highest on record since 1992,and over 100 cases of are still being...
Doctors Associations protest police violence
Two Panamanian medical groups are demanding justice for a physician who was, they say. the victim of excessive force by...
Brutal mastermind on the run, buried student alive
Emerging details of the kidnapping and murder of five students of Chinese descent in Chorrera reveal that one of the...
Baseball and Environment boost to Panama tourism
Panama’s tourism industry, particularly the hotel sector is about to get a double financial shot in the arm. (more…)
Alleged assault by police leads to call for law change
Following the widely published alleged assault of a doctor by police, Panama’s Citizen’s Assembly is calling for a change in...
