Colon groups promise support for protesting Indians
Support for the Indians blocking the Trans-American highway at various points is growing and calls are being made for a quick government response to the protestors demands.
Read more...Costa Rica’s take on open cast mining
As Panama’s Ngobe Bugle population has taken to the highways to protest against what they see as governmental backtracking on mining, a reader has forwarded an article on the Costa Rican res...
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Star studded team to put Panama on the film festival circuit
By Dafydd Young
An international team of high end organizers of film festivals around the world is in place for the launch of the Panama International Film Festival.
Henk Van Der Kolk, d...
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Climate change skeptics -- dentists practicing cardiology
A GROUP of leading climate scientists has slapped down The Wall Street Journal for publishing an article which claimed that global warming is used by governments to raise taxes.
Read more...Balboa gas explosion victim dead
One of the two technicians injured in a gas explosion in an Avenida Balboa high rise, died on Thursday,February 2.
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Government under pressure as support for protestors grows
Pressure on the government to solve the indigenous protest crisis in San Felix Chiriqui is increasing ...
Jailed Megaupload boss has female fan club
WEIGHING a whopping 294 pounds, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom might seem an unlikely target for romantic...
President attacks media for assembly brawl coverage
President Ricardo Martinelli has attack the media for its coverage of two days of noisy co...
Government offices make up for carnival break
National and Municipal government offices will remain open on Saturday Feb 4 and February 11 t...
Mining law protests prompt US Embassy alert
With riot police assembling and Indigenous protestors promising to block the Trans America hig...
Money talks in slash and burn nomination race
Alexander Cockburn , a California based political commentator has his own take on the latest rou...
Fire department warns against uncertified workers
On the heels of a gas explosion in a condo tower leading to three injuries, the Fire Department has ...
Metro Bus prepaid cards on sale
Prepaid cards for Panama’s Metro Bus system went on sale Monday, Jan 30.
Protesters demand cancelation of mine concessions
Indigenous people from the Coalition for the Natural Resources Defense and the Law of Ngäbe-Bugl...
What’s On switches to Coming events
A rose by any other name? Some of our readers have missed out on things to see, visit, or part...
Canadian Broadcasting journalist held at Tocumen
A researcher for the CanadIan Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ), was held incommunicado for four hours at...
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