Your Morning Smile 
The Drug ‘Mounjaro’ is Being Counterfeited in Panama Warns MINSA. 
Most Wanted Man is Apprehended in Bocas for Drug-Related Crimes. 
According to ECLAC, the Panamanian Economy will Grow 4.4% in 2026 and 4.6% in 2027. 
Correction of Non-Compliance Demanded by MiAmbiente During the Inspection of Cobre Panamá. 
22,000 unvaccinated civil servants
Some 22,000 civil servants have not yet received the Covid-19 vaccine the presidential adviser Rafael Mesquita confirmed on Tuesday, August...
Highway embezzlement hearing gets 2nd suspension
A preliminary hearing for former Ministers of Public Works Federico Suárez and Jaime Ford and nine other people for the...
OPINION: Time to end pandemic restrictions
The measures adopted by the Executive - due to the pandemic - that restrict freedom of movement in the country,...
WORLDVIEW: Afghanistan! Who invited us?
By Jonathan Power The Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and withdrew, exhausted and demoralized, 10 years later. In...
25 archeological treasures stolen –10 recovered
NATÁ, Coclé. -A ceremonial clay vase, more than 1,200 years old, is one of the approximately 25 archaeological pieces that...
Panama donates to Haiti quake victims
On Tuesday, August 17 a cargo plane provided by the Chilean government will arrive in Panama on its way to...
Killings rise in tandem with increased security budget
As the public security budget continues to increase, homicides in the country are also on the rise reports La Prensa....
COVID-19: Two deaths, positivity falls to 6.8%
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) listed just two deaths from Covid-19 in its Sunday, August 15 report raising the accumulated...
OPINION: Legalized Fraud
OPINION: Legalized Fraud Law 122 of December 31, 2019, which modified another tourism incentive law - which allowed up to...
Canada’s Justin Trudeau calls snap election
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a snap election for September 20 although the next vote wasn't required until...
Rain, wind and electrical storm alert
The Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) has issued a surveillance and monitoring alert for the passage of tropical wave No. 28...
Now or never to halt Delta variant with vaccination
By Dr Marta Illueca In past installments, I have referred to the issue of the newly vulnerable and Covid-19 in...