Newsroom Panama Quick Reads for December 15 & 16 of 2025 
An Investigation is Being Called Into Annette Planells and her Insider Reports at La Prensa 
Far-Right Candidate José Antonio Kast Wins Chile’s Presidential Election by a Wide Margin 
Getting Your Cannabis Packaging Pharmacy-Ready Before Legalization 
Panama’s Activities That Have Increased the Most in 2025 Up To October 
Curfew change allows later dining hours
Starting Monday, April 5 restaurants will be allowed to stay open later and access hours to beaches and spas will...
Brother of Honduran president jailed for life for drug trafficking
AFP A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sentenced Juan Antonio "Tony" Hernández to life imprisonment for trafficking 185 tons...
New rules for travelers from S. America
After confirming the first case of the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 known as P.1, Panamanian authorities have defined new rules...
Covid deaths down for 10-weeks
Panama has 10 consecutive weeks with a downward trend in covid-19 deaths, and for 11 weeks reported cases have been...
The road to medical mediocrity
PRIDE is the reason for some deputies. They do not understand reasons or arguments or advice or suggestions. They believe...
Bill to lower certification bar opposed by 41 medical societies
The Medical College of Panama and 41 medical societies have issued a joint communique – saying that a bill to...
Panama Canal traffic at pre-pandemic levels
The Panama Canal will not benefit from the week-long blockage by Panama-flagged ship Ever Given says the Canal administrator Ricaurte...
Arrival of Brazil covid variant concerns health authorities
The scientific community and authorities of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) are on alert for the detection in Panama of...
Reports of fugitive’s Interpol arrest denied
News reports that Adolfo 'Chichi' de Obarrio, former private secretary of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), had been detained in Italy...
300,000 in Panama could plunge into poverty
Over 300,000 people in Panama could fall into poverty as a result of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and...
Panama training sexuality instructors for schools
Panama’s introduction to Sexed begins the first week of April, with the virtual training of the guides on sexuality and...
Brazil deadly variant of coronavirus in Panama
Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre recommended nationals and foreigners residing in Panama not to visit any country in South America...