Panama grants asylum to Ecuador editor as criticism mounts
Carlos Eduardo Pérez Barriga, director and editor of the Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo, has sought asylum in Panama’s Embassy in...
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Memories of a baseball hero and man of charity
By Mark Scheinbaum* AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Mets catcher Gary Carter in 1986 receiving $2.07 million a year for his baseball...
Newsroom heading back to full swing
Our apologies for reduced coverage during the illness of our editor and publisher, With additional staff and a recovering editor,...
Turning history into 21st Century gold
The cannons that disappeared from Panama’ historic fortresses at San Lorenzo and Portobelo have been recovered … in a container...
A crime lights the way to a major opportunity
By Dafydd Young The recent theft of two cannons from historic Fort San Lorenzo is both a crime and another...
Health check
David Young, publisher of Newsroom Panama is out of intensive care, and on the road to recovery. (more…)
A chance to spend a day messing about in boats
By Lourdes Quijada “There is NOTHING – absolute nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing around in...
Government reacts to election fraud suggestion
The presiding judge of Panama’s Electoral Tribunal (TE) warned on Monday, February 13, of the possibility of electoral fraud in the elections...
David Young
I am sorry to report that David is feeling under the weather at the moment and will not be able to...
Blocked drivers were not hostages
Government statements labeling stranded motorists on Panama's Trans America highway as “kidnapped” and “hostages” were wrong say legal authorities. (more…)
Government ordered cell phone shut down
Panama’s Minister of Justice, Raul Mulino has admitted that the shutting down of cellular services in the Chiriqui region was...
Government launches attack campaign against critics
As images of the violent confrontation between Panama’s riot squads and indigenous protestors circle the world, the government has launched...
