Boquete will host the Best of Panama coffee competition in just a couple of days. From April 12 to 14, a select group of 16 international cuppers will judge the coffee before it is put up for online auction. Organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama, the XVI edition of the competition will...
Citizens of Panama have converted San Antonio creek in San Miguelito into a garbage dump. Some of the trash items include plastic and styrofoam containers from nearby restaurants, but that’s not all. “It is always dirty, full of rats and vermin,” said area resident Carlos Larena. “The few times that they clean it, people...
Bystanders killed in Colon - Gang members fired off 17 shots on Justo Arosemena Avenue in Colon on Saturday night, killing two innocent people in the process. Maria Lina Ceballos, age 46, was shot in the head and died nearly instantaneously. Thomas Christopher Reed, age 48, was shot in the left thigh and died...
A segment of two of the four Calle 50 lanes will be closed starting April 10. This means that there will only be two lanes from Credicorp Bank to the corner of Calle 50 and Via Brasil. The Ministry of Public Works said that the work will last six months in an effort to...
Captain Guillermo Palm and co-pilot James Smith died instantly when their lightweight plane crashed into the Albrook airport runway early Friday morning. The plane took off just before 8 a.m. but, within seconds, made a U-turn for an emergency landing and crashed into the side of the runway, exploding upon impact. Guillermo Palm was...
The United States Embassy in Panama announced new visa application fees. The fee for tourism and business, crew, transit, student, media and exchange visitor visas will increase $20 to $160. Work petition-based non-immigrant visa applications will also increase, from $150 to $190. Meanwhile, the $350 fee for non-immigrant visas for fiancé(e)s or spouses will decrease...
