Big drug bust off Los Santos
A SAILBOAT carrying 500 packages of drugs 60 miles off the coast of Los Santos was captured by Panama National...
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Assembly trio gets 5 luxury cars for $306,832
PANAMA’S National Assembly aims to spend $306,832 on the no-bid purchase of five Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 3.0’s for use...
Cop caught with 49 packets of drugs
A NATIONAL Police (PN) officer identified with drug shipping in an intelligence operation was arrested in Chame, on Thursday, October 19....
MEDIA WATCH: Return of socialism and will it last?
“In the 1990s and noughties, a socialist was shorthand for a person who didn’t understand modernity and couldn’t find political...
Presidents $31 million in discretionary payments
FROM the time he office in July 2014 through September 2017, President , Juan Carlos Varela, has dispensed $31...
Prisoners opposing move set fire
PRISONERS objecting to transfer from the public prison in David Chiriqui to a new facility set fire to mattresses and...
Varela defends soccer holiday decision
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela remains unapologetic for his snap decision to declare Wednesday, Oct .11 a public holiday because Panama’s...
HEALTH WATCH: Who should Avoid Coffee?
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM Do coffee drinkers live longer than non-coffee drinkers? Is it “wake up and smell the...
Lowest rainfall in 103 years threatens Canal
THE HURRICANES that devastated areas of the United States and islands in the Caribbean could affect the operation of the...
Panamas English speaking level declining
PRESIDENT Varela’s attempt to increase the number of English speakers in Pananam appears to have fallen flat according to a...
End of apartheid leader visits Panama
FREDERIK De Klerk, the last President of South Africa under the apartheid segregationist regime and Nobel Peace Prize winner...
Nidal Waked pleads guilty to laundering
PANAMA businessman Nidal Waked Hatum, a prominent player in the Waked family conglomerate, on the Clinton list as a drug smuggling...
