Month: June 2020

WORLDVIEW: Life after the pandemic

June 16, 2020

By Jonathan Power Perspective and proportion are everything in this Pandemic of Fear that now consumes our attention and our...

Panama's ICUs at breaking point

June 16, 2020

As the number of cases of coronavirus, continues to escalate The main hospitals in the metropolitan area of Panama are...

Giant China bank granted Panama license

June 16, 2020

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), one of the largest in the world’s second biggest economy has planted...

761 vehicles blocked from Herrera

June 15, 2020

A total of 761 vehicles and 1,313 people were turned back by police in the first two weeks of June...

Panama Canal transits down 21% in May

June 15, 2020

Transits of the Panama Canal fell 21% , in May reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on waterway operations...

FDA kills approval of Trump touted drugs

June 15, 2020

The United States FDA has withdrawn the emergency authorization of two treatments against COVID-19 touted by President Donald Trump,...

OPINION: Pandemic needs intelligent action

June 15, 2020

The numbers of coronavirus infections are alarming the population. The health crisis requires comprehensive responses, including attention to growing economic needs,...

Virus fight leaves medics exhausted and sick

June 15, 2020

Exhausted and sick health personnel is another reality of the spread of COVID-19, in Panama since it arrived on March...

Oxford virus vaccine production in Belgium

June 15, 2020

The "active substance" of the eventual coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and announced by the pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca will...