NEWS
Weekend lockdown continues as 474 frontline staff contract virus
Panama’s total lockdown will be in place for the third weekend in a row on April 25 and 26 as...
Deputy files gender violence complaint loose cannon caucus member
PRD deputy Kayra Harding, has presented a gender violence complaint in the Supreme Court against fellow caucus member Jairo Bolita...
Minera Panama suspends 7000 worker contracts
Minera Panamá the Canadian controlled mining giant that has spent billions of dollars developing a mine to extract copper, gold,...
President's ultimatum to civil servant freeloaders
President Laurentino Nito Cortizo has removed the velvet glove in dealing with a large group pf public officials, many of...
488 traffic cowboys ticketed in virus crackdown
Cowboy style drivers have taken advantage of reduced traffic on Panama streets during quarantine to flout normal driving rules with...
Panama’s virtual march for science
Panamanian scientists and friends of science will unite online from April 22 to 26, 2020 to celebrate the fourth...
As frontline staff battle 1,367 quarantine flouters arrested
As medical workers continued on the frontline battling to control the COVID-19 pandemic, The National Police announced the arrest of...
Black market in stolen face masks
The theft and sale of face masks sparked a new mini-crime wave among petty thieves even before their wearing became...
Rate of new virus infections slowing
Panama has slowed the average number of new infections that occur from one case of COVID-19 (the Rt.) which means...
Easing of corruption jailing, tougher for COVID-19 offenders
Alleged corruption offenders in preventive detention awaiting trial may benefit from a draft law intended to reduce Panama’s prison population...
Next 10 days vital in fight against coronavirus
Although Panama has entered the stage of "viral suppression", is necessary to continue with the measures established by the health...
