Hotel room supply climbing but customer service trailing
Although tourism to Panama has been on the decline due to the world economic crisis, 7000 more hotel rooms...
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Government bureaucracy growing
In the past nine months the administration has created around 10 secretariats to develop and evaluate social, economic and political...
Metropolitan Park threatened by government land grab
Hot on the heels of the destruction of 181 trees in Obarrio comes a threat to Panama’s Metropolitan Park from...
International arms smuggling net moves to Panama
Four men arrested in a San Francisco apartment with an arsenal of weapons including an anti-aircraft missile, have been charged...
Rush for the interior created traffic deaths
Holy Friday was also Black Friday with six people killed in traffic accidents as they rushed to the Interior. There...
Stand by for the long crawl home
If you are still in Panama wondering at the emptiness of the streets with traffic flowing as freely as during...
Thousands watch a living Biblical history lesson
They waited in their thousands for up to three hours on the Cinta Costera for the arrival of the Good...
Thousands flee to the beaches
The Easter weekend rush to the beaches began early with over 58,000 vehicles heading out of the city past Chorrera,...
Whales and calves in the Las Perlas while Big Oil funds climatechange skeptics
A personal point of view Whales and their calves have been photographed around the Las Perlas archipelago in early March....
Pensioners may close city streets next week
Pensioners in Panama have again warned that they may close the streets of the city next week to alert President...
Holy Week parades and celebrations
Holy Week is a time for prayer, reflection and celebration in Panama, and churches across the country express their beliefs...
Man who tried to kill Noriega says ex dictator will never return
An American army veteran jailed and tortured by Manuel Antonio Noriega, after an alleged assassination attempt, says the US will...
