Man dies trying to save son as 90 km winds raise waves
A POLICE OFFICER DIED in an unsuccessful bid to rescue his son in Los Santos on Sunday, February 7, as winds...
Month: February 2016
Panama outstrips Costa Rica with tourist income
Panama received 2.5 million tourists in 2015 but had double the amount of foreign income received by Costa Rica from...
Carnival death toll hits 8 as 132,000 vehicles leave city
THE 2016 CARNIVAL death toll climbed to eight on Sunday Feb 7 with two more fatal traffic accidents in spite...
Martinelli troika meets in Bogota
TVN NEWS on Sunday Feb.7, showed images of a meeting between the former tourism manager Salomon Shama, Ricardo Martinelli...
34 injured as tourist buses collide
A SECOND highway incident involving colliding buses this week, took place on Friday February 5 on the Cabello de...
600 Metro buses with mechanical woes
OVER 600 of Panama’s metro buses have mechanical problems according to Tommy López, leader of the Transport Drivers' Union (Sicotrac). He said...
Public swimming pool water for Carnival partying
WATER is being extracted from Panama’s "Eileen Coparropa" Olympic swimming pool to supply the Culecos (water sprayed from tanks) for revelers...
Shamah emerges from shadows in Bogota
SALOMÓN SHAMAH, the disappearing former director of the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) who has largely remained in the shadows since...
Colombia’s first zika deaths as cases near 23,000
Colombia's first zika deaths as cases near 23,000 PANAMA’S southern neighbor has recorded over 22,600 people infected with the Zika...
Chiriqui water predators arrested
TWO WATER truck drivers, with an18,000 gallon capacity have been arrested in Dolega, Chiriquí. for removing water from a river...
OFF THE CUFF: Collision bus driver owes $18,000 in tickets
THE DRIVER of one of the diablos rojos (red devils) buses that collided in Colon, earlier this week, sending 64...
Deal allows Cuban migrants to fly to Mexico
CUBAN MIGRANTS stranded in Panama will soon be heading to Mexico following a deal between Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto...
