Postal strike looms over privatization
Panama’s 800 postal workers are poised to call a strike over the privatization of the service, mooted by President Ricardo...
NEWS
Panama with poor Transparency ratings to host UN conference on corruption
While Panama continues to get poor ratings from transparency International, it will be the site of the 5th UN Convention...
Panama anti-drug youth program earns award
A Panama White Cross program to prevent or reduce drug use among children and adolescents has received international recognition. (more…)
Three aboard missing Panama helicopter
A Panamanian helicopter with three people aboard, went missing over Columbia on Saturday November 13. (more…)
Baby hippo finds a 100 year old new mom
A young hippopotamus in Kenya, has formed a bond with a 100 year old tortoise. The story and photos come from...
More big stick promised for errant drivers
More punishments for bad drivers in Panama may lie ahead if transport authority (ATTT) czar Jorge Ricardo Fábrega, gets his...
Padding the Christmas stocking from the taxpayer purse
The world of smoke and mirrors around the awarding of government contracts, national and municipal, got foggier this week. (more…)
Government tardiness brings protesters onto Panama streets
Lack of Government action to assist some of Panama’s most desperate citizens led again, to traffic jams across Panama city...
Lest we Forget
The dead of the First and Second World Wars, and the conflicts wherever British Commonwealth servicemen have fought, including Iraq...
CRIME: Panama homicide rate declines says report
In the first ten months of the year Panama recorded 635 homicides according to a report in El Siglo, the...
Prisoners riot, guards get pay raise
On the same day that Panama’s Minister of Government Roxana Méndez announced a pay increase for prison guards there was a...
Panama returns absconder to German courts
A man who fled Germany after he was put on trial for allegedly defrauding investors of €16 million ($22 million)...
