5th death detention center fire death –President speaks out
The number of deaths of young people resulting from a fire at Juvenile Detention Center in Tocumen, reached five on...
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Wanted: drivers for Metro buses
The flagship project of the Martinelli administration, Metro Buses is backed up by lack of drivers. (more…)
Second death at Avenida Balboa construction site
A 25-year old construction worker was killed Thursday morning (January 20) after falling from the 46th floor of a construction...
Copa adding direct flights to Canada and two other destinations
The waiting is over for Canadians living in Panama, who have been promised direct flights to their home country for...
New municipal taxes threaten to drive up prices and hit consumers pockets
The new Panama city taxes proposed by Mayor Bosco Vallarino and his advisors, will have some supermarkets paying 26 times...
Taxis wooing customers changing “no voy” to “Si”
Taxi drivers in Colon, worried about their public image, and perhaps their income, are planning a campaign to become more...
Hang on, the buses will be arriving shortly
The buck has passed down the line and the governmental trumpets that heralded the arrivaI of the Metro buses have...
Fatal fire at detention center caused by tear gas bomb
All the signs point to a tear gas canister being the source of the fire in a Panamanian juvenile detention...
CRISIS: Government coughs up $805,000 for bottled water
With Panama’s water crisis entering its 41st day, the government has had to dig deep and $805,000 for the purchase...
Dead man who fled to Panama out of jail
John Darwin, who faked his death in a canoeing accident off the County Durham coast in March 2002 as part...
Vice president calls for moratorium on mining concessions
Signs of a split in the Panama’s governing coalition over changes to the country’s mining laws are appearing with ministers...
The Dry Season Picnic you won’t want to miss
The Social Scene with Dra Lourdes Quijada If you are a picnic and/or a barbecue lover the Tucan Country Club...
