Foreigners Worsen Overcrowding in Panamanian Prisons 
Mud Volcano Eruption Causes Some 200 to be Evacuated in Colombia 
Rice Producers in Chiriquí Still Do Not Know the Extent of Losses Due to the Rains 
CSS Allocates $603 Thousand For Three Experts; Each One Charges $4,500 Per Patient 
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MEDIA WATCH: Correcting Panama’s errors
Hoy por hoy La Prensa May 29 THE REQUEST for judicial assistance from Switzerland passed to the Public Ministry March...
Barro Blanco hydro protests continue
INDIGENOUS groups opposed to the Barro Blanco, hydroelectric project are continuing protests in Bocas del Toro, and promise to do...
Court took 4 years to OK money laundering probe
IT TOOK four years for Panama’s Supreme Court to accept a 2007, request from Colombian prosecutors for help in investigating...
Mothers demand right to breast feed in public
NURSING mothers mounted a protest during the closing hours at Expo Tourism at the Atlapa Convention center on Saturday on...
Senafront veteran 195th highway death
A 20 YEAR veteran of Panama’s National Border Service (SENAFRONT) was killed on Thursday May 27 on the Arraiján-...
Mini twister destroys homes, overturns cars
A "GUSTNADO" ( a swirling mini twister), gusting between 90 and 130 km an hiur and with a diameter of...
Finance Ministry oks $1.3 million for tax advice
THE MINISTRY of Economy and Finance (MEF) has approved A $1.3 million contract with the multinational firm Ernst & Young...
Martin Torrijos in Venezuela stand-off talks
FORMER PANAMA president Martin Torrijos was part of secret meetings held in the Dominican Republic with Venezuelan officials and government...
DEA lifts lid on 10 year Wisa probe
THE US DRUG Enforcement Administration (DEA) began its investigation of the Waked family group (Wisa) and its connection to drug...
A Mozart opera feast for themusical memories chest
By Margot Thomas INTERNATIONALLY recognized, Finnish concert pianist Markus Kaitila,24. who started playing at the age of six will be...
H1N1 influenza death in Panama outbreak
A 66 year old woman who was in the intensive care ward of the Social Security (CSS) Dr. Arnulfo...
Panama gets go ahead for new park
PANAMA’S Comptroller General has endorsed the contract for the construction of a 20 hectare municipal park in Chilibre at a...