112 infected cruise ship passengers in humanitarian airlift
The Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer carrying 112 passengers infected with COVID-19 will dock in Montevideo on Friday, April 10...
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Virus closes Panamaa’s largest mine
As the number of cases of COVID-19 surged to 2.100. with 55 deaths, Panama’s health Minister Rosario Turner announced on...
Canal operator lives come first says Administrator
Most of the 20 Panama Canal workers infected with COVID-19 are employed in the operations area says Canal Authority (ACP),...
Panama airspace closure could mean 138.000 jobs lost
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that until the month of May, the air sector in Panama will stop...
Extending Sunday total lockdown under review
The total prohibition on citizen movement that was in place across the country on Sunday April 5 could be...
First mineworker virus death
A worker from the Minera Panamá company affected by COVID-19 has died. Israel Cedeño, deputy director of Planning of the...
Logging continues during nationwide lockdown
The nationwide mandatory quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the widespread felling of trees and the movement...
Virus fight restricts taxis to three-day week
Starting on Friday, April 3 the fight against coronavirus will ensure scores of taxis will disappear from Panama streets as...
A Tough April Fools Recovery Plan
by Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (April 1)--Everything will automatically be great! “April Fools!” For the past week or two, I have...
More lives at risk on cruise ship after leaving Panama
More lives are at risk on the Holland America Line cruise ships and Zaandam which transited the Panama Canal with...
Tougher quarantine rules as covid-19 cases pass 1,000
Tough new quarantine measures will come into effect across the country as cases of coronavirus climbed to 1,075 with 27...
