Mining lifted Panama 2019 growth to 3 percent
Panama’s economy grew 3% in 2019, which meant an increase of $1.256.8 billion, to a gross domestic product (GDP), ,...
Year: 2020
Panama jockey wins world’s richest race and Kentucky Derby redemption
Panamanian jockey Luis Sáez road Maximum Security to victory in the world’s richest race the $20 million Saudi Cup at...
One dead, three injured in speeding Brinks truck
One person was killed and two injured in Las Margaritas in the Chepo district east of Panama city when the...
Panama security leaders discuss coronavirus strategy
Leaders of Panama’s security authorities on Sunday, March 1 met with, Juan Manuel Pino Minister of Public Security and ,...
Victims of Road Violence leave their mark
The Victims of Road Violence movement, on Sunday, March 1 painted a blue heart on Santa Elena Avenue in...
21 under coronavirus watch in Herrera, Chiriqui patient cleared
Another two people were added on the weekend to the list of 19 asymptomatic people, who are under surveillance...
One dead 15 injured in rear-ended bus
One passenger was killed and 15 injured when a bus was rear-ended on the Interamerican Highway, in Los Canelos de...
MEDIAWATCH: The Coronavirus and Political Spin
Evan Osnos The New Yorker Feb.28 The virulent germ we now call the Spanish flu happened to strike at a...
Fanaticism vs sex-ed as teen pregnancies soar
IN PANAMA we have a serious and growing problem with pregnant girls and adolescents because governments echo fanaticism and absurd...
Coronavirus coming and must be taken seriously- Panama President
The coronavirus is coming to Panama and “has to be taken seriously." Said President Laurentino Cortizo on Saturday, February 29...
Gun toting mol gets plea deal, seeks community work
A video circulated on social networks on the last day of Carnival that showed Dagney Yineth Ryfkogel Oquendo, 29 who,...
Panama’s murder rampage surges to 105 in two months
Forty-one murders in Panama in the first four weeks of February brought the killing rampage this year to 105 up...
