Latest Editorials and News in Coronado Panama

Coronado expat found guilty of fraud

Canadian financial manager, Quintin Sponagle has served a 19 month sentence in La Joya prison in Panama for an investment scam with a company registered in ...

Streaming TV from Panama

Wondering what watching TV is like in Coronado Panama and the surrounding beach communities? Well, it depends! With local cable services the majority of channels are in Spanish, and ...

Flipped truck stops traffic in Coronado

A truck driving towards the interior past Coronado flipped Thursday May 11th 2017 in the afternoon blocking all lanes going towards David. Police arrived on site around 2:00 p.m. ...

Aunt Jemima frozen products removed from the market

Monday May 9th 2017, the Panamanian Food Safety Authority (Aupsa) reported that a batch of frozen products of the Aunt Jemima brand were removed from the ...

The first Mi Bus Rodeo

The first  “Rodeo Mi Bus” event took place May 7th in Panama City. Drivers and  maintenance staff wore cowboy hats and thousands of family members came out to watch the ...

Punta Chame development affecting mangroves

A tourist complex plans to remove at least 16 hectares of mangroves from the bay of Chame. The Environmental Impact Study (EIA) for the Portones del Mar Yacht Club & Resort is ...

The Rio Hato Mango Festival Will not take place in 2017

Organizers of the Rio Hato Mango Festival have announced that the mango festival will be suspended for this year, due to climate changes which have affected mango ...

SPI Officer Charged for Firing Gun in Casco

The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Panama has charged the Institutional Protection Service (SPI) officer who shot a 22 ­year­ old American tourist in Casco Viejo on April ...

Playa Community My Account Feature

We have been working to make it easier to manage Real Estate and Classified ads on Playa Community! Playa Community users can now use the My Account button the the top of the ...

US citizen hospitalized after shooting

A 22- year-old American is in stable condition in Santo Tomas hospital after being shot in Casco Viejo. The female tourist was a bystander when an incident occurred between an agent from ...

Morgan Freeman visits Emberá community

Morgan Freeman was in Panama visiting an Emberá community, located on the banks of the Chagres River to film the National Geographic series  "The Story of Man", which will air in ...

Pickup taken by tide in Coronado

Saturday April 29th in the afternoon a Toyota Hilux was taken by the tide in front of La Gaviota Resort in Coronado ...

Sinaproc issues swell warning

Sinaproc, Panama’s Civil Protection System, has issued a warning for Panama’s Pacific Coast urging people to avoid the beach from April 29th 2017 until May 7th ...

The SMV of Panama presents stock market results for 2016

The Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SMV), in English Superintendency of the Stock Market, presented the 2016 report on the stock market Thursday April 27th ...

Picasso keeps you dancing, even on a Tuesday!

After asking the community what they really wanted, Picasso has confirmed that the Coronado community really likes to dance. With that in mind Picasso, Coronado’s popular bar ...

Celebrate Earth Day 2017 in Coronado

 Join the Coronado International School (CIS) at the Playa Serena public beach entrance Saturday April 22nd at 3:00 p.m. to celebrate Earth Day ...

Ministry of Health offers Yellow Fever Vaccines

After a resurgence of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Panama is getting proactive about vaccinating the population against Yellow Fever in areas that could be ...

Lightning strikes kill three

Three people in Panama were killed by lightning within 24 hours. On Tuesday April 18th the bodies of two brothers, 13 years old Yulaikel Quintero and  his brother Johnathan Quintero, 12, ...

Two fire service women killed

Arianeth Rodríguez, 22, Fire Service graduate and Yariseth Cornejo 20, paramedic were killed in a car crash during heavy rain in Chiriqui on Wednesday, April 19. Both were part of the ...

Rain arrives in Coronado Panama after heat wave

The rain has arrived in Coronado Panama, following a heat waves that affected a good portion of Central America. After temperatures ranging between 34 C and 42 C throughout ...

Fire destroys five homes in Emberá Querá community

The homes of five families were destroyed in the Emberá village of Emberá Querá April 13th 2017. A tour guided tour was taking place The local indigenous village when the fire ...