Your Morning Smile 
In December Chiquita Panama will Resume Banana Exports 
Bad Weather Watch Activated: Days of Heavy Rain are Coming 
$100,000 a Year is the Cost for U.S. Visas for Professionals: Panamanians or Others 
Documentary Film Arrives at the Museum in Panama: “Stories From the Canal” 
Few management plans for Panamas protected” areas
MOST “protected” areas in Panama do not have a management plan to ensure their protection and the sustainable use of...
Garbage dumping causes floods in Panama city
GARBAGE dumped into rivers and the collapse of sewers led to flooding in several parts of Panama city after heavy...
Health workers on alert to fight import of foreign doctors
MEMBERS of the association representing multiple health care workers are in “ a state of alert” following a government decision...
Former education minister gets 3 years jail
A FORMER Minister of Education in Panama, has been sentenced to three years in jail for embezzlement. (more…)
First metro subway trains on Panamanian soil
THE FIRST three trains destined for Panama’s Metro subway arrived on Saturday, May 25, at the port of Manzanillo, in...
Second prison riot of the week tear gassed
POLICE used tear gas on 200 rioting inmates at a Penonome prison on Friday May 24.The prisoners were protesting poor...
Joint Spain-Panama program to aid indigenous areas
A $28.4 MILLION program to improve water and sanitation service in rural and indigenous areas will be jointly funded by...
ELECTION LOG Presidential show time
SIX DAYS after having lunch with former President Mireya Moscoso in La Casa del Marisco, the president, Ricardo Martinelli, reappeared...
Metro Bus services staggers on as $39 million spent on parking lots
WHILE Panama’s Metro Bus system moves forward by stops and starts towards the long promised efficient service, and passengers are...
CanadaPLUS now with two facebook sites
By Dylis Jones PANAMA'S CanadaPLUS Club which has grown to nearly 500 members and associates has updated its Facebook site and...
President gives nod to closing of womens prison
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli has given the thumbs up to a proposal to close the women’s prison, the scene of riots...
Energy restrictions off but watch your air conditioner
ENERGY-SAVING measures that were put in place several weeks ago ave been lifted but citizens are asked to be prudent...