Nurses call 48 strike for better pay
NURSES in government hospitals across Panama were scheduled to stop work for 48 hours starting at midnight on Monday, April...
Month: April 2013
320,000 new voters and record $50 million price tag for election
NEARLY 13 percent of Panamanians entitled to vote in the 2014 elections will be voting for the first time That...
53 earthquakes in Chiriqui this year
CHIRIQUI Province recorded its 53rd earthquake of the year at 9.48 am on Monday, April 22. (more…)
Panama Metro-pass card problems easing
THE WARMTH of the fire,placed under the company providing access cards to Metro buses seems to be working. The encouragement...
Witch doctors, unexplored sacred caves and flying devils
Caving is not for the unfit traveler and, with added complications like sacred sites occupied by flying devils, not for...
A corner of Canada in Panama Lycee
The Canadian Embassy in Panama, has repeated its project "Leo Canada" to open the doors to French-Canadian literature for Panama’s...
Opposition trembles at name of Martinelli government spokesman
PANAMA’S opposition trembles at the name of Martinelli but he will not be aiming for re-election said government spokesman Luis...
Indigenous protesters claim persecution
Indigenous protesters claim persecution A small of the April 10 Movement, farmers and traditional Ngäbe-Buglé leaders walked Sunday afternoon from...
Panama-Paraguay celebrate 20 years of partnership
By Peter Tase In 2013 Panama and Paraguay are celebrating twenty years of bilateral cooperation, which has strengthened and intensified,...
BOXING: Panama wins one loses two titles
PANAMA, with its small population has pulled more than it weight in the boxing world over the years and on...
Electoral Code changes condemned
AMENDMENTS to Panama’s Electoral Code have been condemned by opposition legislators civil groups and former Electoral Tribunal judges. (more…)
Industrial park going up on protected mangrove site
The Panamanian Society of Engineers and Architects (SPIA) has called on the nation’s environmental Authority (ANAM) stop "immediately" the construction...
