Drinking and driving warning as 5 injured in overloaded vehicle
AUTHORITIES reiterated warnings against drinking and driving after a vehicle,with beer bottles scattered inside, crashed into a ditch, injuring eight...
Month: February 2016
MEDIA WATCH: Trump and Christianity
Jessy Berecy in the Rolling Stone POPE FRANCIS REALLY stepped in it Thursday, didn't he, getting all judgy about whether...
12 arrests as police seize 380 kilos of cocaine
TWELVE people were arrested and 380 kilograms of cocaine seized during police raids in Rio Abajo on Thursday night and...
55 Free Zone businesses close in January
A TOTAL of 55 companies put up the shutters in the Colon Free Zone in January, leading The Association of...
Social security stands fast on ambulance deal
PANAMA’S Social Security (CSS) is standing fast on its plan to lease 97 ambulances for $24 million. During a public...
OFF THE CUFF: Vetting the ombudsman
MOVIN The civic organization whose voice is increasingly listened to by government circles, has prepared a list of questions for...
Zica cases climb to 73, one imported
THE NUMBER of cases of Zika virus confirmed in Panama had climbed to 73 by Saturday February 20 February says...
Healthy Park, healthy people in citys unique location
METROPOLITAN NATIONAL Park is one of Panama’s unique treasures, described on its website as A lungs of the city, it is...
Fired for refusing to take VIP Gucci dog for daily walks
A BODYGUARD of a deputy minister was fired because he refused to take a VIP Yorkshire terrier called Gucci, on...
High waves, strong winds alert on both coastlines
STRONG WINDS causing waves up to nine feet are forecast for both Panama coast lines for the February 20-21 weekend....
Taboga, island of flowers set for facelift
TABOGA, The Island of Flowers so entranced French artist Paul Guagin in 1887 that he tried to buy land there....
Highlighting Panama Cuisine with musical spices
By Margot Thomas IF YOU THINK that Panamanian cuisine is rice, beans and pollo (chicken) you might want to make...
