Conservationists call for suspension of logging permits
Panama’s Environmental Authority (ANAM) has been asked to suspend logging permits to prevent the looting of the country's natural resources....
Month: April 2012
Panama thriving as cruise center
After four seasons as a home port for cruise lines and shipping 178,000 passengers out of Colon 2000, Panama has...
Panama rides world surfing popularity wave
On a weekend when Panamanians are being warned to stay clear of the Pacific coast waters because of high waves,...
Health workers strike action possible
Public health workers have not ruled out a country wide strike following talks with the Ministry of Health (MOH) over...
4.1 tremor shakes eastern Panama
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook the Caribbean side of Panama, near the Kuna Yala indigenous community....
Alleged fraud artist leaves Panama for trial in United States
Another alleged fraud artist previously wandering free in Panama, has been deported to face trial in the United States. (more…)
Seafood Market booming from 3.30 am and no price gouging
Panama’s Seafood Market on the CInta Costera opened for business at 3.30 am on Friday as hundreds of people lined...
Two die in in Albrook Holy Friday plane crash
A non-certified experimental plane with two people aboard, crashed minutes after take off from the Mark A. Gelabert International Airport in...
Complaints gain more peak hour Metrobus routes
Panama’s My Bus Metrobus service has taken step toward easing rush hour problems for passengers, after a litany of complaints...
ENVIRONMENT: Architects look to a watery future
Rising oceans and climate change are threatening low lying areas worldwide andplaces like San Blas. and Panama locations close to...
Panama’s “dead” canoeist was hacking victim
The name of John Darwin, a "dead" canoeist who had his fifteen minutes of infamy in Panama, is back in...
Stay away from beaches warning
Thousands of Panama city residents poised to head for the interior on Easter weekend have received double barreled security warnings....
