Latest Editorials and News in Coronado Panama

Non poluting Water soluble bags

Replacing oil by limestone, a group of Chilean entrepreneurs have managed to manufacture plastic bags and reusable cloth which are water soluble and do not pollute.

Weak hotel occupancy reported

In the first few months this year, only 46.5% o the hotel rooms were booked. The decrease in May was 2.8% , while the previous two months registered a fall of 2.9% compared to 2017.

Ex football players reject Varella’s offer

Blas Pérez and Felipe Baloy reject the position offered by Varela

Producers want protection for the Panamania farmer

Producers demand the suspension of imports that protects Panamanian farmers

Drivers of Panama West protest traffic jams

Drivers kept their lights on to protest the two to four hours they spend in traffic

Expansion to the Sloth Sanctuary

Panama is home to three of the six sloth species that exist in Central and South America and is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.

Extend the life of your car’s battery

7 tips to help you extend the life of your car battery.

2 agencies invited to observe tender process

Alfredo Martiz invites Acodeco and Transparencia to observe the ambulance tender process

Operation Safe Passage helps 20 children

At least 20 children and young people from Panama and Colon will be operated at the Children’s Hospital, as part of the project called "Operation Safe Passage",

Legendary Panamanian jockey Manuel Manny Ycaza died

Manuel Manny Ycaza, member of the Hall of Fame and winner of the 1964 Belmont Stakes, who paved the way for Latin American riders in the United States, died at 80 years old.

Government delivers 400 apartments

On Monday, the President of the Republic, Juan Carlos Varela, delivered the first 400 apartments of the Ciudad Esperanza residential complex, in the district of Arraiján.

Director to pay $19K in cell charges

Deputy director Juan Francisco Guerrero spent some $19,000 on data and roaming on a cell phone assigned to INAC

Fatalities in Chiriqui landslide

Two dead and three people were injured due to landslide at Cerro Punta, Chiriqui.

Electricity hike suspended

Varela orders the ASEP to suspend the increase in the electricity tariff

Initiative to promote gender equity

Wednesday afternoon, the National Parity Council was instituted, a step for the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goal (ODS) number five, which speaks, precisely, of gender equity.

Miss World Panama gets new crown

’’She deserves a crown matching her height," said jewelry designer George Wittels from Caracas, a few days after handing over the new crown to Señorita Panama Mundo, Solaris Barba.

Protests against electricity hikes

The citizen movements against the increase of the electricity tariff continue adding new protagonists.

26 gang members apprehended

A total of 26 people were apprehended as the result of an anti-gang operation carried out this morning in different sectors of the township of Juan Díaz.

Push to promote fabric bags

Law 1 of January 19, 2018 prohibits the use of the polyethylene bag, which lasts more than half a century to degrade.

Convicted Murderer Ventura gets 50 years

Superior Court finally sentenced yesterday Dominicans Alcibiades Méndez and Gilberto Ventura to 50 years in prison for aggravated homicide and the kidnapping of 5 Chorreranos of Asian descent.

Panamanian truckers released in Nicaragua

It took 37 days for Panamanian truckers to be released from Nicaragua.