Panama Canal container transit record
OVER 100 years after the oopening ofthe Panama Canal a ship bearing the name of the driving force behind what...
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Embezzlement suspects get $1 million bail
TWO MORE former ministers facing charges of embezzling millions of dollars, with potential 8-year jail terms, have dipped into their...
Third weather linked death
THE BODY of a third teenager who disappeared during a weekend of heavy tropical storms was found on a Chiriqui Beach...
SOUNDS NOT NOISE – a plea that resonates in Panama
By Jonathan Power EVERYONE has their favorite sounds- a ball on a cricket bat on a summer’s afternoon, birds singing,...
A Musical, putting Panama on the Map
By Margot Thomas TWO CANADIAN expats who converted a community entertainment project into a musical dream come true are playing...
Ex-finance minister facing three probes
HOURS after former Finance Minister Frank de Lima was featured in Panama media as one of the benefactors of Odebrecht...
Task Force recovers bodies of missing brothers
THE BODIES of two brothers aged 13 and 15, who were swept away by a sudden head of water while...
Elevator fall: One dead, one critically hurt
ONE MAN was killed and another critically injured when they fell nine floors down an elevator shaft at the Hard Rock...
Eclipse mania hides more than the sun
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (Aug. 21) - I hope thousands of young people develop an interest in science, space, the stars,...
More names for Panama bribes roll of shame
THE NAMES of more former Panama cabinet ministers who allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes from the Odebrecht construction...
Pacific coast high tides alert
A HIDE TIDES alert for the Pacific coast with tides up to 5.27 meters was issued by the National Civil...
Panama students lockdown during eclipse
PANAMA students must remain in their classrooms during the eclipse of the sun on Monday August 21 says the Ministry...
