27 new monkeypox cases lifts total to 216
The Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reports that, during the week of March 15 to 29,...
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The failed attempt to oust the head of Social Security
The board of directors of the Social Security Fund (CSS) has 11 members, two of whom – who are...
US fingers Corruption and lack of judicial independence in Panama
The United States Department of State in its annual report on human rights in different countries of the world....
EXPOCOMER targeting 15,000 visitors
Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, and Agriculture (Cciap) anticipates receiving some 12,000 – 15,000 national and international visitors at...
Freshwater charge earns Canal $457 million
The "freshwater charge" introduced three years ago by the Panama Canal Administration (ACP) has generated income of $457 million...
US-flagged vessel attacked and robbed by an armed gang in Las Perlas
The National Aeronaval Service (SENAN) confirmed that on Monday night a group of four people violently assaulted US citizens who...
Traffic chaos as protesting patients close highways
For the second consecutive day, on March 28 Panama city experienced chaos after the total closure of the Transistmica, which...
Complaints against private schools draw sanctions
Complaints formally filed against private schools with the Authority for the Protection of Consumers (Acodeco) in the last five...
The unfulfilled promise of ‘Health for All’
Almost twenty years have passed since the need to build a new headquarters for the National Oncology Institute (ION)...
400,000 migrants are predicted to cross Darien this year
So far this year, a record number of 78,585 migrants have crossed the dangerous Darién jungle on foot five...
school shooting in country with more guns than people
A woman killed three children and three staff members on Monday March 27 when she opened fire at a...
Social Security boss denies DEA found fentanyl outside of Panama
The embattled director of the Social Security Fund, Enrique Lau Cortés has denied that the US Drug Enforcement Agency...
