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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 cause countrywide power outages
CONTINUING strong winds with gusts up to 90 km an hour caused power outages across the country, on Monday February...
BOOK REVIEW: A one-stop Conquistador study
THE PANAMANIAN ISTHMUS played a major role in the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, with Vasco Núñez de Balboa founding...
Facing 13 complaints, chief justice named goodwill ambassador
PANAMA’S CHIEF JUSTICE, Jose Ayu Prado, with 13 outstanding complaints against him in the hands of the Credentials Committee of...
Man dies trying to save son as 90 km winds raise waves
A POLICE OFFICER DIED in an unsuccessful bid to rescue his son in Los Santos on Sunday, February 7, as winds...
Panama outstrips Costa Rica with tourist income
Panama received 2.5 million tourists in 2015 but had double the amount of foreign income received by Costa Rica from...
Carnival death toll hits 8 as 132,000 vehicles leave city
THE 2016 CARNIVAL death toll climbed to eight on Sunday Feb 7 with two more fatal traffic accidents in spite...
Martinelli troika meets in Bogota
TVN NEWS on Sunday Feb.7, showed images of a meeting between the former tourism manager Salomon Shama, Ricardo Martinelli...
34 injured as tourist buses collide
A SECOND highway incident involving colliding buses this week, took place on Friday February 5 on the Cabello de...
600 Metro buses with mechanical woes
OVER 600 of Panama’s metro buses have mechanical problems according to Tommy López, leader of the Transport Drivers' Union (Sicotrac). He said...
Public swimming pool water for Carnival partying
WATER is being extracted from Panama’s "Eileen Coparropa" Olympic swimming pool to supply the Culecos (water sprayed from tanks) for revelers...
Shamah emerges from shadows in Bogota
SALOMÓN SHAMAH, the disappearing former director of the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) who has largely remained in the shadows since...
Colombia’s first zika deaths as cases near 23,000
Colombia's first zika deaths as cases near 23,000 PANAMA’S southern neighbor has recorded over 22,600 people infected with the Zika...