US-flagged vessel attacked and robbed by an armed gang in Las Perlas
The National Aeronaval Service (SENAN) confirmed that on Monday night a group of four people violently assaulted US citizens who...
Month: March 2023
Traffic chaos as protesting patients close highways
For the second consecutive day, on March 28 Panama city experienced chaos after the total closure of the Transistmica, which...
Complaints against private schools draw sanctions
Complaints formally filed against private schools with the Authority for the Protection of Consumers (Acodeco) in the last five...
The unfulfilled promise of ‘Health for All’
Almost twenty years have passed since the need to build a new headquarters for the National Oncology Institute (ION)...
400,000 migrants are predicted to cross Darien this year
So far this year, a record number of 78,585 migrants have crossed the dangerous Darién jungle on foot five...
school shooting in country with more guns than people
A woman killed three children and three staff members on Monday March 27 when she opened fire at a...
Social Security boss denies DEA found fentanyl outside of Panama
The embattled director of the Social Security Fund, Enrique Lau Cortés has denied that the US Drug Enforcement Agency...
OPINION: Excess rewards for a government darling company
As if the multimillion-dollar contracts with the State were trifles, one of the Government's darling companies –Bagatrac– has obtained...
Former president Torrijos calls for unity and decency
"Unity and decency “ were the themes of an address by former president Martin Torrijos at the Extraordinary National Congress,...
OPINION : Social Security power lurks in Boca
The Social Security Fund (CSS) has a formal supervision structure, but it is totally manacled, since there are forces...
Panama’s GDP exceeds pre-pandemic level
2022 closed with a gross domestic product (GDP) higher than that of 2019. Seen in global terms, the recovery process...
The US will provide support in missing drugs probe – Ambassador
The United States Ambassador to Panama, Mari Carmen Aponte confirmed to TVN Noticias that her country will help Panama...
