Maritime freight rates will hike consumer prices worldwide
The excessive rise in maritime freight rates since the second half of 2020, due to the lack of container ships to...
Month: November 2021
Health Minister meets restaurant owners on bio-security
The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, met Tuesday with representatives of the Restaurant Association and the Association of Restaurants,...
OPINION: Deaf and Blind by Choice
Everything indicates that the Government considers it a very good idea to contract public works through the "turnkey" mechanism. This...
Panama and Costa Rica launch e-car link
Panama and Costa Rica have launched an electric mobility initiative that will allow residents of both countries to travel...
No evidence that current vaccines fail to protect against new variant – Oxford
There is no evidence that existing vaccines do not provide any protection against the Omicron variant, says the University of...
Vaccination slashes hospitalization 89.2%
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Panama has plummeted 89.2%, when comparing the figures of November 28, 2021,...
Miss Universe candidate tests positive for Covid
The representative of France in Miss Universe, Clémence Botino, tested positive for Covid when she arrived in Israel, home...
Significant rain warning
A significant rain alert until December 2, was reiterated by the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) on Monday, November...
Holiday weekend two dead, 4,702 ticketed
Luis Hernández, from the National Directorate of Traffic Operations of the National Police, revealed on Monday, November 29, that during...
Bouquete hit with a fine for flouting bio-security rules
The Bouquete mayor’s office has been slapped with a $5,000 fine for breaching Ministry of Health bio-security rules. Originally the...
Inequity mutations, and misinformation hinder pandemic fight
Inequity in access to vaccines, virus mutations, relaxation of biosafety measures, and misinformation are some of the factors hindering...
OPINION: Muddying public service
It is clear that in this government there is blatant opportunism sponsored by the President of the Republic himself,...
