Sea Snakes and Stingray Alert
The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) issued a warning on on Monday, February 12, of the presence of marine snakes...
Year: 2018
Sinaproc saves four more bathers
THE NATIONAL Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) saved another four bathers from waves on the Pacific Coast on Monday afternoon bringing their...
Carnival Rescues, Escapes, Accidents
PANAMA’S Joint Task Force (FTC) was kept at full stretch in the first two days of Carnival as 128, 307...
Waves force beach evacuation
STRONG WAVES hitting the Santa Clara beach led the Joint Task Force to order its evacuation on Monday afternoon, February...
Pediatric Hospital surgeries, patient visits suspended
ELECTIVE surgery and patient visits will be suspended for ten days at the Pediatric Specialties Hospital (HEP) for urgent structural...
380 grass fires in five weeks
THE PANAMA FIRE Department has been called out to douse 380 grass and undergrowth fires in the first five weeks of...
Police and tow trucks hitCarnival drivers jackpot
BY EARLY afternoon on Sunday, February 11, the National Traffic Operations Directorate of the National Police, had handed out 2,...
One dead 30 injured on first Carnival day
One person was killed and 30 injured in 119 traffic accidents on the first day of Operation Titan 2018:"Safe Summer...
Three overnight quakes recorded in Panama
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 shook Panama City on Saturday night, February 10, reports the University of Panama Institute of Geosciences....
Pope Francis opens registration for WYD Panama
Pope Francis became the first person to register for the 2019 World Youth Day (WYD) in Panama with the words:...
OFF THE CUFF: Carnival dodgers exit Panama
Not everyone in Panama celebrates Carnival, and in spite of the cheerleading from whoever heads the tourism office in...
65,807 vehicles, (and counting), head to interior
By 10 am on Saturday, February 10, some 65,807 vehicles were heading for the interior to celebrate carnival or spend...
