Criminal gangs plunder protected national parks in search of cocobolo
The 19,545 hectares of Soberanía National Park, located between the provinces of Panama and Colón, have become the target...
Month: August 2022
43 arrests in police raids including drug lord’s wife
The wife and brother of drug lord Eduardo Macea, alias Marshall, and a local elected representative were among 43...
Staving off return to streets as new alliance demands representation
The dialogue between the three groups of the country's social sectors and the Executive will resume on Wednesday evening...
Delays not advances in Panama press freedom
Catalina Botero, former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States, in a conference she gave...
Panama leads region with projected 7% growth – ECLAC
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ( ECLAC ) forecast on Tuesday a growth of 7%,...
150 associations react to return to the streets threats
The National Alliance for Panama, consisting of over 150 associations, called for a role in, the ongoing dialogue in...
COVID-19: Twelve deaths 171 hospitalized
A total of 12 deaths from covid-19 were registered in Panama in the epidemiological week from August 14 to...
Business groups alarmed at threat of fresh highway closures
Members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Association in the province of Chiriquí, expressed their concern about...
Indigenous leaders leave discussion table and give Government an ultimatum
Indigenous leaders, who make up one of the three alliances discussing measures with the Executive to alleviate the high...
One dead five rescued as vehicles swept away
Two 4X4 vehicles were swept away, on Sunday night, by the flooding of the La Pita stream, in...
Pyrrhic victories in the price of medicines
The price of medicines is not an issue that can be settled with a resolution. This is a structural...
IMA boss abandons dialogue table amid confrontations
The director of the Agricultural Marketing Institute (IMA), Carlos Motta, left the dialogue table for Panama on Sunday, August after...
