Tao Rodriguez takes first at NSSA Surfing Event
Panamanian Surfer Tao Rodriguez has won first place in his category (Jr. Sub 15) at the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA), in ...
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Mexico Earthquake triggers tsunami warning
After an 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico Friday, September 8th, 2018, leaving 61 people dead, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning for Guatemala, El Salvador, ...
ATTT proposes Uber-Taxi rules
As protests from taxi-drivers and tourist operators continue Panama’s Authority on Transport (ATTT) works towards a ...
Police Woman with Guna Yala Ancestry
Gina Vaneesa Hawkins Esquivel, will be the first women to run a police department in Fayetteville North Carolina. While born in Ohio, Gina has relatives in the community of Narganá, in the ...
IMAX 3D theatre to premier Canal documentary
Panama City will soon be home to the second largest screen in the world, with the opening of the country’s first IMAX 3D theatre February 2018 in ...
Fines for renting without permits
Two landlords received fines for renting without the proper permits Wednesday, August 30th, 2017. The houses, located in La Loma, Pueblo Nuevo, are believed to have had a total of 26 ...
Panamanians affected by Hurricane Harvey
A group of Panamanians living in Houston, Texas, have been affected by the Tropical Storm Harvey. In conversation with La Prensa, one victim reported that while water did not ...
Red light cameras in Panama City
Panama’s Transit Authority (ATTT) will install right light cameras to help curb accidents in Panama. The new electronic system will begin in Panama ...
Panama moves Black Friday to September
Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) has decided to move Black Friday to mid-September, in an effort to increase sales during this period in ...
Military with Pence in Panama reassigned
NBC reports that three service members from the U.S. air force and army that were in Panama with Vice President Panama have been removed from the white house after ...
New visa requirements for Venezuelans visiting Panama
Starting October 1, 2017, Venezuelans entering Panama will be required to have a stamped Visa. Juan Carlos Varela announced the decision, in a message to the Nation, informing that the ...
Ricardo Martinelli awaits extradition hearing
Ricardo Martinelli, Panama’s ex-president, has been in the Miami Federal Detention Center since June 12th, 2017, after an arrest by federal marshals near his $ 8.2 million Coral ...
Panamanian preacher arrested in Spain
Panamanian preacher, Rivelino Rey Acosta, was arrested in Spain for committing alleged fraud. Acosta, 41, and ...
Pence meets with Juan Carlos Varela, Panamanians protest
Thursday August 17th the President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela met with Vice president Mike Pence, at the forefront of the conversation was the recent attacks that occurred in Spain that ...
Santos and Pence speak about Venezuela
The Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, met with the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos on August 13th ...
Wild Bill and ex-wife jailed in Panama
A sentence of 47 years and a month was given to American, William Dathan Holbert, aka “Wild Bill”. Monday, August 14, 2017. Holbert was imprisoned for killing and stealing from five ...
Panama’s economic activity grows 6.49%
Panama’s monthly index of economic activity (Imae) grew by 6.49% in the first five months of the year (2017), when compared to the same period of the previous year ...
Pence to Visit Panama
The Vice President of the Untied States, Mike Pence is scheduled to arrive in Panama Thursday, August 17 to kick off his official tour of the ...
Minsa declares Pink Eye epidemic
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) has declared an epidemic after 10,646 viral conjunctivitides (commonly referred to as pink eye) cases ...
Police officer honored for rescuing child
Last week a nine-year-old boy was rescued after falling into a sewer in Dos Rios, Colon by a member of the national police of Panama, Officer ...
Expat arrested for hit-and-run
July 30th, 2017, 48-year-old Feliciano Lorenzo Perez was hit by a pickup ...
