USA Little Rock Arkansas – Baxter County student goes to Panama with ACE program
Hannah Dooley, a senior from Baxter County, recently returned from Panama after participating in the ACE Panama Tour, an international...
ENVIRONMENT
$140 Million Contract Offered as Panama Seeks to Modernize Garbage Collection
PanamaCompra published the details of a new tender for solid waste collection, transportation, and final disposal services in the capital...
Panama Government Files Criminal Complaint for Pollution of the Alanje Estuary
The Ministry of Environment (MiAmbiente) filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office for the alleged contamination and death...
Panama Proposes to Colombia to Measure Environmental Damage in the Darien Gap
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said this Friday, June 6, that he has asked neighboring Colombia to assess the ecological...
Remembering Gardi Sugdub the Panama Island Threatened by the Sea One Year after the Exodus
You may remember a story that we ran last year on NewsroomPanama.com about Gardi Sugdub and the exodus. Let’s revisit...
$70 Million is the Investment in Panama’s New Solar Park
Panama formally inaugurated the Santiago Solar Park, a $70 million investment by the Naiad Renovables Group with a capacity to...
Alarming Levels of Pollution in the Estibaná River in Los Santos Affecting Drinking Water
Along the Estibaná River, a sub-basin of the La Villa River, the waters no longer run clear. Authorities have detected...
Bladex and the Panama Canal: An Alliance Transforming Plastic Waste into Progress for Communities
In Latin America, where social, environmental, and economic challenges are so diverse, strategic partnerships have become a key tool for advancing...
The United States Releases Millions of Flies over Panama Every Week
Every week, U.S. aircraft drop more than 14.7 million sterile flies over the Panamanian rainforest to curb the screwworm, a key operation to...
Indigenous Communities near the Panama Canal have a Bigger Problem than Trump
Since entering office in January, Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize control of the Panama Canal, a critical passage for...
Panama Night Swimming in Bioluminescent Water Is A Little Scary, Very Beautiful, and Totally Worth It
No phone, no camera, no fear. Well, a little bit of fear. This is what it’s like to go night...
Worrying Levels of Mercury Detected in Fish for Human Consumption in Panama
A recent study led by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and McGill University revealed, for the first time, the presence of significant concentrations...
