Patacon fire triggers pollution and smoke warning
A surveillance notice for pollution and smoke dispersion was issued Friday, January 19, by the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), by the forecasts of the Institute...
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Interpol Red Alert leads to arrest of Panama public official
An Interpol red alert triggered the arrest by National Police at Tocumen International Airport of a Panamanian public official...
Arrest confirmed of US passport holder who hit cyclist and drove 29 km with body on hood
The Superior Court of Appeals confirmed the provisional detention of a 39-year-old man with a US passport accused of...
Panama shrouded in toxic smoke from landfill fire
Panama City was shrouded in toxic smoke on Friday morning from a fire that started in the Cerro Patacón...
Updated Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Panama
A new batch with 186,000 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 arrived at the Ministry of Health (Minsa), on the...
Mine closing plan could cost $20 million a month
Minera Panamá, a subsidiary of Canadian First Quantum delivered the maintenance and management plan that the Ministry of Commerce...
Drought will cut Panama Canal revenue by up to $700 million
Revenue from tolls from the Panama Canal will decrease between 500 million and 700 million dollars in the fiscal...
Supreme Court rejects Martinelli’s 8th attempt to void jail sentence
Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected yet another protection of constitutional guarantees from former President Ricardo Martinelli in the New...
Anti-mafia prosecutor murdered in Ecuador
An anti-mafia prosecutor in Ecuador investigating the assault by armed men on the TC television channel on January 9 was...
Girl dies attempting to escape burning bus
A 17-year-old girl on her way to an evangelical service died Tuesday night when she jumped from a bus...
WHO warns about spread of respitatory viruses
The European regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday of the increase in flu cases in...
