American driver investigated in cyclist death
AN AMERICAN driver is under investigation following the death of a cyclist in David on Friday March 4, bringing the...
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Lufthansa launches Frankfurt-Panama direct service
LUFTHANSA has joined a growing band of major airlines offering direct flights to Panama with the introduction of a Frankfurt...
Panama a magnet for job seekers
PANAMA has become a magnet for foreign workers and in In 2015, authorities approved 20,369 work permits, about half of...
Blitz on impaired drivers
AS ALCOHOL fueled highway deaths continue to mount, including the recent death of a police officer hit by a drunken...
MEDIA WATCH : Court inaction raising terrible suspicions
hoyporhoy, La Prensa, Mar.5 THIS WEEK we witnessed the Panamanian operation of the adversarial criminal justice system, applied to two...
Shortchanging gas stations
IF YOU THINK your car is using more gas than usual, the problem may not be with the vehicle, but...
23 hurt in city bus crash
ANOTHER accident involving buses in Panama City, injured 23 on Friday morning, March 4. It took place between two buses and an...
Car free Casco area starts Sunday
A LONG awaited and much welcomed initiative begins in Panama on Sunday Mar 6, when a partof the city’s...
Zika cases reach 118
THE NUMBER of cases of Zika virus in Panama continues to climb and are now distributed across the country. The...
Three pirate buses impounded in document blitz
A DRIVER document blitz in Arriajan and San Miguelito by Transit Authority inspectors on Friday, March 4,netted 46 offenders, including...
Bankrupt hotel bondholders chaotic meeting
A MEETING of creditors of the bankrupt developer R.G. Hotels, intended to create a unified front to recover $30 million...
Cold water poured on Nicaragua Canal
WATER IS SCARCE in Panama these days, with the possibility that, by the end of the dry season, the low...
