Colombia and FARC near peace accord
COLOMBIA President Juan Manuel Santos and the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced Wednesday, September 23,...
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Varela leads team to UN
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela left Panama Wednesday, September 23, for the United States on a seven day official tour that...
Two new Panama marine sanctuaries
PANAMA has two major new protected marine sancturies, Cordillera de Coiba on the Pacific Ocean, and Banco Volcan in the...
CD leaders dodging corruption bullets
The internal elections of the Democratic Change (CD) Party have about 12 people supposedly linked to the same number...
Justice Alliance wants shield law vetoed.
THE CITIZENS Alliance for Justice, made up of multiple organization, has handed a note to President Juan Carlos Varela t...
Escape artist gets 15 man escort to hospital
ESCAPE ARTIST and convicted killer and narco trafficker Azael De Gracia Ramos 32, had a 15 man security team when...
Canal expansion opening springs a leak
A DAY AFTER the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) leaked an announcement that the new locks of the expansion project would...
$64 million low income housing development
AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (EIA) study has been submitted for a $64 million construction in the east of Panama City of 1,656 homes for...
It’s official, murder rate too high
PANAMA has finally received official recognition that the country’s murder rate is too high. (more…)
Watchdog targets joy-riding mayors
TWO PANAMA mayors have been targeted by the country’s Transparency and Access to Information watchdog (Antai). (more…)
14 seriously injured in school bus crash
FOURTEEN students of the Agricultural Technical Vocational Institute, Tonosí, received serious injuries but no one was killed, when their school...
Panama road slaughter underlined by twin accidents
WHILE THE DEATH of a young Panamanian woman cyclist on Sunday, September 20 grabbed the headlines and heartstrings in Panama,...
