Newsroom Panama Quick Reads for February 23 & 24 of 2026 
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Panamanian and US Forces Elevate Jungle Warfare Training 
The Plight of Migrant Venezuelan Families in Panama 
Historic Voyage Begins as U.S. Donated Cutter Sails for Sri Lanka through the Panama Canal 
UPDATE: Fugitive lawyer linked to Martinelli sons caught in Mexico
FUGITIVE Panama lawyer Evelyn Ivette Vargas Reynaga, wanted on an Interpol red alert along with ex-president Ricardo Martinelli’s two sons,...
Nidal Waked to stay in US jail until Oct. 30 trial
A BAIL APPLICATION by Panama citizen Nidal Waked, was turned down last week by a US Federal judge for the...
Panama moving to head Latin America GDP list
PANAMA will have the highest gross domestic product per capita in Latin America by 2018 says a report by the...
Bargain time for hotel visitors to Panama
IT’S A BUYER’S MARKET for visitors to Panama seeking a city hotel room as occupancy rates continue to fall, and...
Public-private tourism fund for Panama
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE tourism promotion fund similar to a scheme introduced in Canada some 30 years ago and already in place...
MEDIA WATCH: Brit MPs debate Trump visit
BRITISH MPs on Monday, Feb. 2 debated a petition signed ny 1.8 million people calling for President Donald Trump's planned...
Lawyer’s killer gets 25 years
THE MAN who gunned down a Panama lawyer while he was lunching in a San Miguelito restaurant has been sentenced...
OPINION: Steinbecks Road Map For Resistance
By Stephen Cooper A RECENT blog post of the National Book Critics Circle asked members “at this time of cultural...
3 traffic deaths raise Chiriqui toll to 15
THREE SEPARATE weekend accidents in Chiriqui brought the highway death toll in the province this year to 15. The driver...
Reformed Wild Bill says wife also victim
WILLIAM “Wild Bill”Dathan Holbert, self confessed killer of five Americans in Bocas del Toro said Monday Feb.20 that he is...
Opposition to enlarged Airport Directorate
State owned Tocumen International S.A. is opposing the addition of two new members on the board of directors of the...
Criminal complaint filed in bribery scandal
THE APPOINTMENT of Minister of Public Security Alexis Bethancourt, to oversee investigations linked to the Odebrecht bribery scandal was seen...