New appeals against mobility and lockdown decrees
Three new appeals are against decrees issued by the Executive Branch and the Ministry of Health (Minsa) that apply restrictions...
Month: August 2020
OPINION: Panama a failed state
When it is the authority that sets the example, how can the rest of the officials or citizens be blamed...
4,5 earthquake felt across Panama City
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 was felt in various sectors of the capital city at 12:26 am, on...
NGOs condemn children’s rights abuse in shelters
Three leading Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)have condemned alleged violations of the human rights of children and adolescents in shelters in Tocumen,...
Probe into state advisor´s quarantine busting fling
The Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation for alleged embezzlement of the Urban and Home Cleaning Authority (AAUD), after...
President gets uppercut for handout to partying boxer
Panama President Laurentino earned bouquets and brickbats from political observers on the weekend over his use of the discretionary funds...
Call for rethink of mobility rules as re-opening begins
The government needs to review mobility restrictions that do not match with the restart of economic activities that on Monday,...
HEALTHWATCH How to Lower Your Sodium-to-Potassium Ratio
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM The potassium content in greens is one of two ways they can improve artery function...
New rules for arriving passengers
The Ministry of Health has announced its new sanitary measures for passengers entering Panama during the national emergency. Travelers must...
"Paradise" will take 10 years to recover from Panama flagged shipwreck
The corals, lagoons and paradisiacal beaches of Mauritius will take at least 10 years to recover from the damage caused...
Endangered girls housed with addicted adults
While a Public Ministry investigation is underway into alleged abuse of children in a Tocumen shelter under the direction of...
Medical unions to allow foreign doctors to fight coronavirus
Leaders of medical unions and associations have reached a “historic” agreement with the Government to guarantee human resources in public...
