Your Morning Smile 
More than 500 Arrested in Panama in the Last 72 Hours 
Meteorological Institute of Panama Predicts December will be a Rainy Month 
Cobre Panama Denies Accusations of Contamination in Punta Rincón 
Panama Promotes Sustainable Tourism with Campaign to Eliminate Plastics 
Panama Canal expansion fuels Miami growth
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI The folks who buy a three storey, 8,000 square foot penthouse at the Argentine-funded Arias tower...
Two fire service women killed
TWO YOUNG women members of Panama’s Fire Service were killed in a car crash during heavy rain in Chiriqui on...
OFF THE CUFF: Odebrecht-CD link confirmed
IF THERE WAS any lingering doubt about Odebrecht’s involvement in Panama’s last presidential race it has now been removed. A...
Santo Tomas doctor strike ends
Santo Tomas doctor strike ends OUT- PATIENTS at Hospital Santo Tomas (HST) can again start booking medical appointments after doctors...
Golden silence protects exposed lawmakers
SILENCE is Golden when applied to the members of Panama’s National Assembly who are there allegedly to enact legislation to...
San Miguelito doctors end stoppage
STRIKING doctors at San Miguel Arcángel Hospital, in San Miguelito, decided Wednesday, April 19 to end the work stoppage that...
Lightning strikes kill three
LIGHTNING struck and killed three people on Panama beaches in a 24 hour period. On Tuesday, April 18, the bodies...
Varela promises more Coln security
SECURITY strategies will be strengthened to deal with and end organized crime said President Juan Carlos Varela at the end...
Panamas Afrodisiaco multi-country tour
AFRODISIACO, the Panamanian winner of the Festival Viña del Mar in Chile 2016, is about to set out on...
Tobacco sale and smoking banned from Azuero Fair
THE SALE or promotion of tobacco products (cigarettes and their derivatives), electronic cigarettes and hookahs will be banned at the...
SMILE: Exercise for the over 50s
Submitted by a reader in Entebbe, Uganda. BEGIN by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room...
The tortuous route to electoral reform
PANAMA’S PRESIDENT, Juan Carlos Varela is regularly caricatured as a tortoise, as he ponders at length before making decisions. It...