Panama Ports Defends its Concession with the State and Assures that it has Paid $668 Million 
Ricardo Martinelli will Remain in Panama: Nicaragua is not Responding to his Transfer 
Yamandú Orsi President of Uruguay Met with President Mulino in Panama 
Panama Authorities Locate Illegal Mining in Eight Camps Finding Water Pumps and Gold Remnants 
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Failed kidnap attempt in Parque Omar
A kidnap attempt in Parque Omar, on Friday, September 9, was thwarted by members of the Institutional Protection Service (SPI)....
Free parking in Panamas municipal lots is a no no
If you have been parking for free in a Panama municipal parking lot, be sure the eyes of the authorities...
Search for crashed plane abandoned
The search for the Cessna 210 that crashed August 19 in Darien, with six men aboard, was suspended Friday September...
New rules for Supreme Court judges selection
Panama’s National Coalition on constitutional amendments, produced its final report on Thursday, September 9. (more…)
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Gloom and doom in US politics
Alexander Cockburn in The First Post August 9 ACROSS two evenings this week, we've been offered America's future in a...
Newsroom hit by internet service shutdown
If you are one of the hundreds of readers who get Newsroom by e-mail each morning, you may be wondering...
Martinelli-Varela conversation recorded
The crisis brought about by the breaking up of the ruling alliance has taken another turn with the possibility that the...
Transparency in Panamanian politics on the run
Transparency in Panama’s political process has been further eroded by the adoption of the first block of electoral reforms that...
Lead fist Martinelli hits back as polls show massive fall in popularity
Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli is bloodied but apparently unbowed after poll results show the worst slump in a presidential rating in...
Martinelli unbowed as polls show massive fall of support.
Panama’s president,Ricardo Martinelli is bloodied but apparently unbowed after poll results show the worst slump in a presidential rating in...
DEA smashes 80 strong Panama drug ring
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Panama has busted an 80 member drug ring ending a two year operation....
Second infant tests positive for KPC
A second child has tested positive with anti-biotic resistant Klebsiella pneumoniaecarbapenemase (KPC) in the nursery unit of Panama’s Social Security Hospital. (more…)