Panama Canal Sets New Daily Tonnage Record
In February 2017, The Panama Canal set a new daily tonnage record of 1.18 million tonnes, with a total of 1,180 vessels traveling through both the expanded and original ...
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Teatro Nacional Repairs Stalled
Panama City’s Teatro Nacional, a tourist attraction offering cultural performances from opera and ballet to folkloric dance requires waterproofing of the building which was built ...
Government Allocates Millions for Religious Organizations
So far during the Juan Carlos Varela administration, $16.7 million has been donated to religious organizations, mostly the Catholic ...
63% of University Graduates are Women
According to information published by the Controller General of Panama 63.4% of students that graduated from University in Panama in 2015 were ...
Suspect in the Murder of Catherine Johannet
President Juan Carlos Varela was in Bocas del Toro March 9th 2017 for a meeting with local authorities regarding the Catherine Johannet ...
Cooler Ban on Taboga Island
Visitors to Taboga Island will no longer be allowed to bring coolers containing alcohol or prepared ...
Noriega in Critical Condition
Manuel Noriega, currently serving 20 year sentence for three murders committed during military dictatorship, is in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery, Tuesday March 7th ...
Tragic Bus Accident in Coclé Leaves 18 Dead
Sunday March 5th at approximately 2:15 p.m. a bus traveling from Bocas del Toro towards Panama City over turned on a bridge into the Las Guabas ...
Over 1000 accidents in Panama during Carnival
Jose Donderis, director of the National System for Civil Protection (Sinaproc) announced that there were a total of 1,024 ...
Minsa Announces Green Alert for Carnival
A green alert has been issued by Panama’s Ministry of Health (Minsa) for Carnival in Panama. The green alert includes all 15 health regions and will last from 7:00 am ...
Earthquake of 4.7 Magnitude in Panama
An earthquake of 4.7 magnitude was felt in parts of Panama Monday February 20th 2017. Readers reported feeling the tremor in Coronado Panama, La Chorrera and Panama ...
Ricardo Arias Calderón dies at 83
Ricardo Arias Calderón, former vice president of Panama, passed away Monday, February 13th at 83 years of age. The information was confirmed by his ...
Speculation of Serial Killer Denied
While reports surfaced with speculation of a serial killer Friday February 10th, Panama’s Security Minister Alexis Bethancourt, has denied the ...
FBI Investigates Possible Serial Murders
According to a confidential source, the recent murder of Catherine Johannet could be related to the case of the two Dutch tourists declared missing April, 1 ...
Indian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi Visits Panama
Indian children’s rights activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Kailash Satyarthi, has arrived in Panama with his wife Sumedha ...
Panama to Certify Organic Crops
Panama is growing organic! This year, there are approximately 1,271 farmers who are cultivating about 6,396 hectares of pesticide-free products using environmentally ...
Early Autopsy Report Indicate Johannet was Strangled
The body of Catherine Johannet, a 23 year old woman from Scarsdale, New York, was discovered Sunday, February 5th in the afternoon on a hiking trail on Bastimentos Island in ...
Eisenmann Proposes 'Special Public Prosecutor' for Odebrecht Case
Entrepreneur I. Roberto Eisenmann, one of founders of Panama’s newspaper La Prensa, has proposed that a special public prosecutor's office be created to collaborate in the ...
Officer receives 30 years for shooting Children
Lieut Alexander Joel Rosales has received a sentence of 30 years in prison for firing the shots that killed two children at a check point in San Carlos in ...
David Viteri acquitted of attempted murder charges
Former U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) informant, David Viteri was acquitted of the attempted murder of three men January 31st ...
Noriega Granted House Arrest
Manuel Antonio Noriega was granted house arrest January 28th 2017. The Ex-dictator of Panama was transferred from Renacer prison to his daughter’s home in San ...
