US treasure hunter gets to keep Panama loot
US FEDERAL agents in Fort Pierce have ruled that American treasure hunte Daniel Porter, is the rightful owner of 100...
Month: February 2016
Venezuelan tourist jailed after attack on store cashier
A VIDEO of a Venezuelan woman tourist attacking a cashier in a Panama City store is making the rounds...
1.5 million seedlings for reforestation this year
THE MINISTRY of the Environment has committed 15 nurseries to produce 1.5 million seedlings, to be planted in 2016 to...
Illegal vegetation burning hampering fire services
CONCERNS are growing about the ability of Chiriqui Fire Deparments to deal with emergencies as they are called out up...
Chinese loans to Latin America top table
CHINESE LOANS to Latin America have outstripped the combined lending to the region of the World Bank and Inter-American Development...
750 hectares destroyed by fire in Herrera
OVER 750 hectares of grassland trees and crops have been destroyed in the province of Herrera in 2016 so far,...
Waterless residents block road in Los Santos
RESIDENTS of El Cocal in Los Santos the province where a week earlier revelers danced beneath water jets carrying thousands...
Fourth H1N1 death in Chiriqui
THE FOURTH death from the H1N1 flu was recorded in Chiriqui on Monday February 8 reports the Ministry of Health...
Missing Canadians found in mountains
FOUR CANADIAN members of the Peace Corps who went missing for in the mountainous region of Changionola, Bocas Del Toro,...
Smithsonian warns of voracious fish invasion
THE SMITHSONIAN Tropical Research Institute in Panama has issued a warning about the proliferation of the voracious carnivore cobia fish...
Clearing the way for Martinelli arrest
NOW THAT The Supreme Court has unanimously declared the Dec 21 arrest order for former President Ricardo Martinelli legal, Civil...
Canal locks repairs get the go-ahead
THE REPAIRS to the third set of locks have got the thumbs up from external consultants. said the Panama Canal...
