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505 Kilos of Cocaine Seized in Nuevo Emperador, Arraiján, Panama 
Using Death as a Symbol, Suntracs and Other Groups Protest Against CSS Reforms 
Panama Government Proposes a 3-Year Increase in Retirement Age 
Passenger Arrested for Trying to Open the Door of a Copa Plane During Landing 
Strong winds, rain, waves alert
THE NATIONAL Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) has issued another strong winds alert for many areas of the country with gusts...
Civil Society asks OAS to drop chief justice honor
OUTRAGED civil society groups have petitioned the Organization of American States (OAS) to reverse a decision to honor Supreme Court...
MEDIA WATCH: Corruption culture lives on
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Feb. 10 THE CULTURE of corruption is still present in Panama. This is demonstrated by the 11 current...
Water plant and tourism boost for Contadora
CONTADORA, once the home of the exiled last Shah of Iran, and a favorite base for whale watching, is a...
15 die on Carnival weekend
FIFTEEN PEOPLE died during the 2016 Carnival, turning the celebration into a danse macabre for people traveling on the highways...
Panama gaining ground as a democracy
PANAMA, minus the presence of its previous authoritarian ruler is gaining ground as a democracy according to the latest index...
60,000 without water in Changuinola,
SOME 60,000 Changuinola residents have been without water since Sunday night Feb. 7 and will not get normal service until...
Panama facing water crisis as government dithers
PANAMA’S WATER needs are likely to be outstripped by a fast increasing population and a greater influx of tourists, raising...
WORLD VIEW: Mrs Clinton, foreign policy hardliner
By Jonathan Power WE in the world outside the US don’t have a vote in the US presidential election in...
Police raid nets half a ton of drugs 7, cars
A NATIONAL police drug sweep spoiled Carnival for an organized crime cell in Pueblo Nuevo and netted over half a...
Cell phones, alcohol, speeding, linked to carnival highway carnage
CELL PHONE usage joined alcohol consumption and speeding as a major causeof 136 traffic accidents resulting in 10 deaths in...
Fourth Transmission Line Could Cost $480 million
Fourth Transmission Line Could Cost $480 million PANAMA'S Electricity Transmission Company (Etesa) said it plans to put out to tender...