Tougher sanctions as death toll zooms and thousands flout curfew
Nearly 12,000 people who have defied the government's stay-at-home orders had been arrested by the early hours of Saturday, April...
Month: April 2020
Fifth security service death from killer virus
The death of National Police Captain, Edwin E. Magallón, on Saturday, April 11 raises the number of security personnel killed...
License suspension for lockdown violating drivers
The government has added, an amendment to the Traffic Regulations to slap drivers who violate the COVID-19 curfew and quarantine...
Weekend humanitarian flights to Canada, the USA bring total past 15
Over 15 humanitarian flights carrying residents and stranded tourists to Canada, the USA, Brazil, and other countries have departed from...
Nearly 29,000 labor contracts suspended
The Pandemic state of emergency has devastated the Panama economy and caused the temporary suspension of 28,946 labor contracts, according...
Storm over medicine delivery contract to suspect group
A growing outcry over a $168 million Social Security (CSS) contract awarded to a Mexican-Panama consortium for the storage and...
Lockdown flouted as virus cases edge 3,000 with 74 deaths
The number of people in Panama who have tested positive with COVID-19 jumped to rose to 2,974, and deaths to...
Coronavirus rocks Brazil “little flu” president
Brazil, whose president originally downplayed the effects of the coronavirus pandemic is now the Latin American country with most cases ...
HEALTHWATCH: Pass the edamame -the benefits of soyfood
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM “Soyfoods have become controversial in recent years…even among health professionals…exacerbated by misinformation found on the...
Frontline healthcare workers and security staff infected
At least 24 doctors and nurses and 228 law enforcement officers have been infected with the COVID-19 virus and 300 health...
