WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Violence in Guatemala
The Economist: January 21 20012 MURDER is an everyday tragedy in Guatemala, one of the world’s most violent countries. With...
NEWS
Panama moving to sanitize Carnival
Panama City is moving to clean up the image of carnival, which for centuries has had an orgiastic flavor before...
$500 fines for parking on disability spots
Life is about to become more expensive for motorists who like to park their vehicles on spots reserved people with...
289 left homeless after fire
A total of 289 people, including 100 children, lost their homes and possessions in the Santa Ana fire in Panama...
Lack of water as fire destroys 10 homes in Santa Ana
A fire that witnesses claimed was started by children, playing with matches, destroyed 10 houses on Calle 13 in Santa...
Martinelli defends us of presidential plane for CD rally
President Ricardo Martinelli has defended the use of the presidential plane to attend a party political rally in Santiago Saturday...
Tiny relief at the pumps forecast
While talk of speculation in Panama gas prices continues, motorists are likely to get a little relief on Friday January...
Only 16% of Panamas 2011 babies had married parents
Only 16% of the 73,292 children born in Panama in 2011 were the offspring of married parents says a report...
Indefinite leave for CD secretary facing embezzlement allegations
THE SECRETARY of the ruling Democratic Change (CD) party, facing embezzlement allegations, has taken “indefinite” leave (more…)
Martinelli nixes talk of wife running for president
THE PROSPECT that Panama’s First Lady, Marta Linares, wife or President Ricardo Martinelli could run to replace him in the...
Environmental studies dont work — Agency chief
"ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT studies do not work" says the head of Panama’s Environmental Authority (ANAM), (more…)
Fired ambassador turns guns on Panama government
Former OAS ambassador Guillermo Cochez did not go into retirement quietly. Before he was fired on Thursday, Jan 17, he...
