Your Morning Smile 
Is Climate Change Propelling the Rise of Superbugs? 
Artificial Intelligence Detects Polyps at the Colón Hospital. 
Heavy Rain Advisory for Several Provinces. 
French Cemetery: the Forgotten Memory of Those Who Died Building the Panama Canal. 
Land grab exposure continues
A lawyer representing businesses seeking possessory rights of prime coastal land, and went on to become a government functionary who...
People power and polls kill mega tower on Balboa
After days of foot hopping and paper shuffling, the new Minister of Economy and Finance, Frank De Lima, has announced...
Pele police check over one million drivers
Over a million people were stopped and checked by Panama’s “pele police” in the first nine months of 2011 says...
Drug trade creates unstoppable murder rate in Central America
One in 50 men over the age of 20 in Central America will not reach 31 and the number of...
Panama to clamp down on indiscrimate antibiotic use
Panama’s Ministry of Health (MOH) plans to clamp down on the indiscrimate use of antibiotics, long believed to be a...
Panama private education joins inflationary cycle
Educating children in Panama’s 889 private schools, in a country with one of the world’s lowest rated public school systems,...
Law to help small farmers creating billions for speculators
A law introduced to help small Panamanian farmers and share roppers get title to their lands has developed into a...
Rising food prices threaten health of Panamas poor
The rising cost of Panama’s basic food basket, up $9.16 in a year, reflects the startling rise of food prices...
Panama diverts Unesco delegation
Residents of Casco Viejo had their flags and banners standing by in the past week, ready to unfurl them in...
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Truth and transparency
La Prensa, Hoy por hoy. October 14 It is incredible how politics and improvisation affect the processes of and projects managed by the public sector....
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Two Middle East countries want war with Iran
Panama, once the refuge of the deposed Shah of Iran is a firm supporter of Israel in the United Nations...
Good news for car salesmen, bad for drivers
Panama’s highways were loaded with another 32,720 new vehicles in the first nine months of the year. (more…)