National Panamanian News

Westland Mall Security Guard Killed in Shooting

A Westland Mall security guard was fatally shot on Friday after trying to stop a woman from being robbed at a mall ...

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 ...

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 ...