Bosco seeking to return plastic Christmas to Cinta Costera
From The Sidelines Is Panama’s increasingly unpopular mayor listening? In spite of widespread condemnation of last year’s Christmas Villages on...
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Berlusconi under pressure to step down
Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi who, with girl friend Barbie, was given a warm welcome to Panama’s presidential palace recently,...
Panama gets shape up deadline from UNESCO
Panama has nine months to demonstrate that it is working to protect its "world heritage" historic sites. (more…)
Deadbeat employers skip social security payments for maids
Five years after Panama’s government introduced reforms making it a right for domestic workers to have their social security paid,...
Panama mayor wants to hang on to right to approve billboards
Panama’s beleaguered Mayor, Bosco Vallarino seems once again to be tilting at windmills. (more…)
One dead in highway race
A highway “race” on Monday morning (November 1) leading to a three vehicle collision, has left one dead, says Panama’s...
Jungle exploring from Lake Gatuns only houseboat
By Dafydd Young House boats are a way of life in some parts of the world. But In Panama they...
Prostitute killers of prominent Panama lawyer found guilty
It took a jury just 90 minutes to find two Colombian prostitutes guilty of murdering a prominent Panama lawyer. (more…)
Deputies hustle bill to protect them from extended investigation
A controversial bill that could quickly put Panama’s elected deputies out of reach of the law got its second...
Pensioners and poisoning victims cause massive traffic jams
Traffic jams spread across Panama City on Friday, October29, as two groups of protesters blocked Via Transimica for six hours....
Future of Casco Viejo heritage rating still in doubt
The specter of a highway circling Panama’s historic Casco Viejo leading to its delisting as a World Heritage site...
Non payers face waterless national holidays
If you are one of the 1,800 customers owing money to the national water board, IDAAN, stand by for a...
