Riot police break up Panama student protest
STUDENTS from two schools faced off against riot police on Monday, August 19, as they closed Via Israel to protest...
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Deaths of nine Panama babies by acute poisoning
Deaths of nine Panama babies by acute poisoning THE NINE premature babies who died recently at a Panama Social Security...
Tourism web site cost reaching for the sky
THE PRICE of websites in Panama keeps climbing. Former ombudsperson Patria Portugal was fired for signing a contract for a...
Panamas national shame by neglect
The famed golden altar of San Jose church in Casco Antiguo is in danger of collapse and churches in the...
WHY WE LIVE IN PANAMA: A pictorial celebration
Panama August 18 WELL it seems after all, that contrary to some of the disgruntled views expressed in Newsroom comments,...
Teachers threaten prolonged strike
AFTER an 18 day work stoppage. Panama teachers are still locked head to head with Minister of Education, Lucy Molinar...
Panama Little Leaguers take world title
SOME potential future big league baseball players from Panama strutted their stuff on the world stage on Saturday August 17...
Basic food basket up 6.1%, inflation 4.1% – more to come
THE BASIC food basket in Panama jumped 6% in the month of June and inflation climbed 4.1% according to the...
Confusion over tax increase for hotel stays
A jump in taxes for accommodation in Panama is worrying the tourism industry because the proposed increase from 10% to...
Pressure mounts for explanation of multi no bid contracts
PRESSURE on Small Business Administration Director Giselle Burillo continues to mount with the latest call for transparency coming from the...
Political strategist doesnt work for dictators, lauds Navarro
CALLED by some “the rainmaker” and by others ‘’king of the black campaign” political strategist Juan José Rendón, got tongues...
Ex-mayor Bosco Vallarino returning to politics
SOME POLITICIANS, like former US President Richard Nixon never give up and Panama’s former mayor Bosco Vallarino, has demonstrated that...
