Your Morning Smile 
Families Affected by Earthquake in Herrera Aided by USA. 
Singapore Joins Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty. 
Buying Stolen Goods in Panama Can Lead to Prison Time. 
Authorities Searching for 12 People who Abandoned Malaria Treatment: Over 90 Cases Reported at Merca Panamá. 
Medical guild will avoid Martinelli trap on eve of new government
The National Medical Negotiating Commission (Comenenal), has not ruled out strike action to protest the firing of its leader, Fernando...
DNA tests confirms identity of second missing Dutch tourist
FORENSIC tests performed at Panama’s Medicine and Forensic SciencesInstitue have confirmed that remains found in Bocas del Toro matched the...
Decision time: Panama a victim in bribery scandal?
PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli has until Friday, June 27 to make one of the major decisions of his term in office....
Medical turmoil looming over doctors firing
THE MARTINELLI government’s troubled relationship with the medical profession which has led to strikes of doctors, nurses, technicians and support...
Tourist arrivals from Europe up 20%
WHILE overall tourist visitsto Panama declined In the first four months of the year visits by Europeans climbed 20%. There...
$725,000 award said blow to freedom of expression
IN WHAT has been condemned as a “blow to the freedom of expression” five Panama journalists, the daily publications La...
Dutch girl tourists disappearance now labeled crime
THE CASE of the two Dutch tourists who went missing on April 1 is now being treated as "crime against...
Martinelli planning to issue pardons
SOME of Panama’s malefactors will sleep easier after June 30 as President Ricardo Martinelli confirmed Monday, June 23, that he...
Direct contract port concessions languishing
NOT ONE of Panama’s container port concessions awarded by direct contract between 2012 and 2014 is under construction, raising concerns...
Panameista Party seeking 3-year “governance” alliance
THE PANAMEÑISTA Party has proposed a "governance" alliance with the PRD in the National Assembly of at least three years,...
DNA tests show remains in Bocas del Toro are of missing girls
DNA TESTS on the skeletal remains found in Bocas Del Toro show that they belong to one of the two...
Sip a tea and share a dream in Casco Viejo
By Margot Thomas The link between a cozy restaurant with the charm of an “Olde English” tea shop, and a...