International flight ban extended to July 23
Expats who have announced their intention of fleeing Panama in June will have more time to pack their bags as...
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Fat cat government workers thrive – private sector jobless
While the pandemic has led to the suspension of more than 245,000 worker contracts, with more job losses to follow...
Call for government aid to floundering regional airlines
The International Air Transport Association ( IATA ) made an "urgent" call to the governments of Latin America and the...
736 new cases in one day risks hospital saturation
As hundreds of new cases of COVID-19 are detected daily, Panama health authorities are increasingly concerned about the capacity of...
Panama's ICUs at breaking point
As the number of cases of coronavirus, continues to escalate The main hospitals in the metropolitan area of Panama are...
Giant China bank granted Panama license
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), one of the largest in the world’s second biggest economy has planted...
761 vehicles blocked from Herrera
A total of 761 vehicles and 1,313 people were turned back by police in the first two weeks of June...
Panama Canal transits down 21% in May
Transits of the Panama Canal fell 21% , in May reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on waterway operations...
FDA kills approval of Trump touted drugs
The United States FDA has withdrawn the emergency authorization of two treatments against COVID-19 touted by President Donald Trump,...
Virus fight leaves medics exhausted and sick
Exhausted and sick health personnel is another reality of the spread of COVID-19, in Panama since it arrived on March...
Oxford virus vaccine production in Belgium
The "active substance" of the eventual coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and announced by the pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca will...
Big time Chinese investor in Panama under probe cloud
A Chinese businessman who made massive investments in Panama has been arrested in Shanghai Gao Tianguo, now the former president...
