Aeronaval Service member caught with five drug [packs
After a record-breaking year in which security forces seized thousands of kilos of drugs and arrested dozens of narco-traffickers, members...
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HEALTH: Tuberculosis among reemerging diseases
Tuberculosis TB) is among reemerging diseases in Panama with two doctors among recent cases bringing the total nationwide total to,450aThe...
Ex-lawmaker facing $3 million embezzlentc harges
A former legislator who switched parties at a time when it was alleged that bags of money were changing hands...
No increase in electricity bill for 99% of customers
Over 99 percent of customers will see no increase in electricity rates, in the first half of 2020, from...
Lake Gatun below expected level as dry season looms
In spite of recent rains and with Panama on the eve of an anticipated severe dry season, Lake Gatun remains...
More charges in multi-million sports organization scam
The former director of the Panamanian Sports Institute ( Pandeportes ), Mario Pérez, was charged with embezzlement of the sports...
Panama prepares for forest fires in 'severe dry season'
With a severe dry season forecast Panama’s Environment Ministry (Miambiente) is preparing for the season of forest fires, many of...
Fourth bridge consortium lays off workers in spat with MOP
The timetable of Panama’s most expensive infrastructure project - the $1.5 billion fourth bridge over the canal – is up...
Panama Police operations said outdated as violence spread
As violence continues to spread on the streets of Panama including at least five homicides on Christmas Day, lawyer and...
Water and Social Security will not be privatized -Cortizo
President Laurentino Cortizo confirmed on Thursday, December 26, that he has no plans to privatize the Institute of NationalAcqueducts and...
Nine murders mar Panama Christmas
Two adults and a minor were gunned down between the night of December 24 and 25 in Arraiján the...
1,070 affected by Christmas Day floods
Some 215 families will receive humanitarian assistance in Isla Colon and Changuinola in the province of Bocas de Toro , after being affected by floods brought...
