First Lady’s Office Already Preparing for Christmas
The Christmas shopping for the Ministry of the Presidency has already begun! The presidency is working towards buying the 541,000 toys that the First Lady will distribute ...
National Panamanian News
Panama Health Official Replaced for Playing Hooky to Watch Soccer
President Juan Carlos Varela has replaced Panama’s Minister of Health, Francisco Javier Terrientes, after he reportedly left his post to catch a ...
The Panama Canal Authority prepares for Maiden Voyage
While Panama Canal’s new locks undergo a series of trial runs with post-panamax ships, COSCO shipping Panama, sets sail from Greece. The ship will ...
ATTT Enforcing Road Safety in Schools
Panama’s Transit & Land Authority (ATTT), has started a series of road safety talks aimed at students at the pre-primary level in public and private ...
The Panama Canal Expansion Promotional Video
As you have probably heard, the Panama Canal Expansion will be inaugurated June 26, 2016. In anticipation the Panama Canal ...
Growing Number Affected by AH1N1
The line up for flu shots grows as the number of patients hospitalized with the AH1N1 rises to 197 according to the Ministry of Health ...
Panama’s first Heart Transplant Successful
The recipient of Panama’s first heart transplant has been declared stable and the transplant a ...
The Panama Canal: The Past and Future
After billions of dollars in expenditures, the much awaited Panama Canal expansion inauguration will take place this month. On June 26th 2016 Cosco, a ...
Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali Dies at 74
former heavyweight champion and boxing legend, Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74. Ali died late on Friday at a hospital in Phoenix, ...
H1N1 Epidemic in Panama
43 cases of H1N1 have been confirmed, 35 of which have resulted in hospitalization with at least 15 cases landing those affected in ...
"Green Alert" as Swell hits the Pacific Coast of Panama
The beach communities on the Pacific Coast of Panama are expected to get some swell. In light of this, Panama’s National Civil Protection ...
Bus accident in Chorrera
Monday May 30th a bus driving the Aquadulce-Panama route, lost control over turning into a ditch between the east and west lanes of the Pan-American highway at ...
Italian National Missing
48 years old Italian National, Cristiano Zeviani was last seen in David on May 10. He Speaks Italian, Spanish, English and has no hair. ...
Nurse-in at Expo Turismo Panama
Playa Community attended the Tourism Expo in Panama. Perhaps the most notable event took place on Saturday May 28, when a group of nursing mothers ...
Protesting at the Barro Blanco hydro electric project
As the government announces that testing of the Barro Blanco hydro electric project is close to beginning, Indigenous residents continue to ...
Reports of high spending on travel by Panamanian deputies
According to a recent report published in La Prensa, From July 2014 through March deputies spent $297,000 on trips. An article by noticias7dias wrote that ...
Noriega seeks House Arrest relatives of victims oppose
Manuel Noriega’s Lawyer, Ezra Angel, has formally requested that Noriega be considered for house arrest due to his current health condition. ...
Taxi vs. Uber battle continues
Panama taxi drivers are still up in arms about the Uber system that has taken Panama city by storm. While the transit authority has taken to the sidelines, both Uber Panama ...
Panama City's newest selfie site
Yesterday, Tuesday May 17th Panama’s Tourism Authority (ATP) inaugurated an installation on the Cinta Costera, that will offer visitors ...
2017 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival announcement
Tickets for the 2017 Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival go on sale this month on May 1, 2016. The festival which has lit up the slopes of the Chiriqui ...
Varela responds to worker affected by Waked Group drug money laundering accusations
Members of the Waked family, a prominent family in Panama have been accused by US authorities of laundering drug money through businesses. Nidal Waked son of ...
