Mayor claims green light from Martinelli for Cinta Costera charade
Panama’s president, Ricardo Martinelli has once again stepped in to overrule one of his cabinet members, according to city Mayor...
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Thousands march in Panama as inspectors check dress code
Over 100 schools , 41 state and civic delegations and eight independent bands took part in the November 3 parades...
Berlusconi upsets Vatican and gay rights campaigners
Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi a recent VIP visitor to Panama and already in hot water with the Vatican because...
Traffic authority rakes in $400,000 as fines moratorium ends
If you were not one of the thousands who lined up to pay overdue traffic fines on Monday, you could...
Rain holds back for Mayor’s parade
There were fireworks aplenty at Parque Urraca on Monday Nov 1, courtesy of Panama City Mayor Bosco Vallarino, and the...
Health authorities vigilant during national parades
Panama’s public health inspectors were out in force during the Independence Day parades on Wednesday, November 3, checking sanitary conditions...
More friendly police uniforms coming
Panama’s National Flag Day, Thursday November 4 may also mark the introduction of more citizen-friendly police uniforms. (more…)
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...
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…)
