Latest Editorials and News in Coronado Panama

Finmeccanica Delivers Helicopter Ambulance

Panama and Finmeccanica came to terms on commercial disagreements involving a $250 million defense contract ...

Panama’s Metro System to be Extended

President Juan Carlos Varela has announced in the draft of the 2017 state budget that $661 million dollars will be allocated for the Panama Metro ...

Rana Dorada Festival 2016 Seeking Volunteers

Panama will once again come together to celebrate National Golden Frog Day on August 14th. Currently the festival is looking for volunteers to ...

Community Meets with Director of Garbage and Waste Management

Today members of the community group Libre de Basura and Marjorie Calipoliti of the Coronado Residential Association met with with Sra. Calderon, ...

Fire in Plaza Cinco de Mayo

Firefighters worked for over two hours to control a fire in one of the buildings in Plaza 5 de Mayo, Calidonia this morning (Sunday, July 24). The fire, reported at ...

National Park Camino de Cruces Looses 185 Hectares

The National Park Camino de Cruces will once again loose land. 185 hectares of forested areas of Clayton and land adjacent to ...

The Prado Museum in Panama

Replicas from Madrid’s famous Prado Museum, will be on display in Plaza de Francia in Casco Antiguo until September 18th, ...

The Presidency and Ministry of Education ask Teachers to Return to School

Friday July 22, 2016, President Juan Carlos Varela held a cabinet meeting to present the 2017 education budget draft. The budget of $21 000 670 ...

Body of Drowning Victim Found

After a 22 hour long search conducted by the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), the ...

Swimsuit Care in the Tropics

Panama can be hard on swimwear. From the constant sun and strong pool chemicals to the salt, sand and lotions, you will need to wash and dry swimwear in an ...

La Pokemanía Hits Panama

Pokémon GO, an extension of the Pokémon television series,  is an interactive  game that works using a smart phone’s camera and GPS.  Within a short period ...

Ex Chame Mayor Among 51 to Receive Reduced Sentences

President Juan Carlos Varela has granted reduced sentence to the ex Chame mayor, Euclides Mayorga, the father of the current mayor. His daughter, ...

Watch TV for Free at the Beach

Does free TV sound too good to be true? Rest assured, this is the real deal!  The Android TV box turns your regular TV into a SMART TV with just a click of a button! ...

Teachers Call 72 Hour Strike in Panama

Yesterday, July 18th 2016 marked the beginning of what will be a 72-hour strike by sixteen teachers unions in Panama. The announcement was made at 11:00 ...

Panamanian Athletes Competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5th to the 21st, and several Panamanian athletes have ...

ATTT Cameras on PanaPass Corridors

Starting Monday July 18, Transit Authority and Land Transportation (ATTT) will put into action a new plan to use cameras and issue electronic tickets to ...

Wash before you Wear

When buying new clothes in Panama, or anywhere else in the world for that matter it is a good idea to wash before wearing. There are a couple compelling ...

La Amistad National Park Holds on to UNESCO World Heritage Status

Thursday July 14th, the Unesco World Herriage Committee came to the decision that La Amistad National Park, located between Costa Rica and ...

Panama Remains Divided over Sex-Ed

On Thursday July 14th the Panamanian government filed a motion for the controversial bill 61 which would offer sexual and reproductive health ...

Chame Mayor seeks to Transform Dump

Nieves Mayorga, the mayor of the Chame is trying to put and end an open-air dump that is contaminating a nearby mangrove and negatively effecting the ...

Smithsonian Celebrates the Panama Canal Expansion

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) is celebrating the recent expansion of the Panama Canal. Over the past five years, the Panama ...