Environmental crimes, illegal mining on the rise in Colon
Complaints about environmental crimes in the province of Colon climbed 14% in 2021-2022 threatening the bio-diversity system. Among the...
Month: April 2023
Rationalizing water supplies on the cards if the drought continues.
If the dry period continues and users continue to use water in a way that is not consistent with...
Business leaders join outcry over fine on La Prensa
Panama's Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture was among the first to condemn the $5,000 fine imposed on La...
Power transmission company issues jail-time alert over grassland burning
The power transmission company (Etesa) has warned of possible blackouts due to the indiscriminate burning of grasslands in areas...
Urban music singer and pastor among 10 arrested in police swoops
Some 10 people, among them, urban music singer Apache Ness and a pastor, have been apprehended during Operation "Babylon"...
Mating fights likely cause of death of humpback whale
A humpback whale about 13 meters long was found dead on a beach in the El Viejo municipality, on...
Doctors in Panama performed first new heart surgery in region.
For the first time in the country, Panamanian doctors performed a tricuspid heart valve implant, the first in Central America,...
India to host business forum in Panama
The Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Panama for the first time, on April 24 and 25....
Panamanian elected to American Society of Art and Science
Panamanian scientist Guillermo Antonio Ameer was elected as a member of c, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary...
7 in preventive detention in money laundring scam
A guarantee judge, Manuel Lezcano, ordered the preventive detention of Ezequiel Alarcón, alias Zequi, and six others alleged members of...
Subsidy remains on 91 octane
Regular gasoline prices register increase; the 95 will sell for $4.44 a gallon starting today. The subsidy for 95 octane...
