Your Morning Smile 
11 People Died in Panama Due to Storms Over the Last 12 days Causing Over $100 Million in Losses from Flooding and Infrastructure Collapse 
You Can Now Calculate Your Retirement Pension in Panama 
They Propose that Minors with More Than Two Children Can be Sterilized 
Amber Alert: Authorities Continue the Search for 18 Missing Minors Nationwide 
Time running out for two Panama papers
WITH THE POTENIAL closing of La Estrella, Panama’s oldest newspaper and El Siglo its tabloid stablemate, only three days away,...
Deputies face tough fight to regain public trust
WITH HIS EYES on the Odebrecht revelations of massive bribery of local politician and administrators, National Assembly President Rubén De...
Varela makes new promise on Constitution
CRITICIZED over his 2013 unfulfilled promise promised to convene a Parallel Constituent Assembly if elected, President Juan Carlos Varela made...
International award to Panama conservationist
IT’S NOT EVERYDAY that Panama’s conservation efforts get international recognition, especially when linked to the lowly sloth. Dr Diorene Smith Cabellos The...
OPINION: Listen up Mr President
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Jan 1. PANAMA deserves a better political horizon to stop being considered as a land of opportunism, opacity...
Prison inmates suffer human rights violations
THE 17,000 PRISONERS IN Panama’s jail system suffer from serious human rights violations including lack of health care and delays...
Awaiting action on Varela election promises
LAWMAKERS returning to the National Assembly after the holiday break will be faced with three issues that have been hanging...
OFF THE CUFF: Panama’s traveling judge
Panama’s traveling judge, clocks up frequent flyer points SUPREME COURT president José Ayú Prado, managed to maintain his place as...
Panama asks US aid in Odebrecht bribery probe
PANAMA has asked for legal assistance from the United States to investigate the $89 million in bribes paid by the...
Your New Year smile
I called an old school friend and asked what he was doing. He replied that he is working on "Aqua-thermal...
Three country kickstarter for Panama musical
By Margot Thomas PUTTING PANAMA in the world’s musical spotlight is the ambition of two Canadian expats who will soon...
OPINION: A year of success scandal and corruption
Hoyporhoy La Prensa Dec. 31 THE YEAR 2016 was glorious for Panama. The inauguration of the third set of locks...