Panama Canal Restrictions Are Landing on an Already Broken Chokepoint Map

The Panama Canal Authority will run nine daily slots at the Neopanamax locks and 25 at the Panamax locks from September 4, averaging 34 transits per day. That falls again on September 15, when the limit drops to 32 ships. The canal had been averaging 35 …

A Bill in Panama is Being Prepared to Reduce Medical Internships from Two Years to One.

If you thought your doctor in Panama looked like they were still in high school, Panama is preparing a bill to reduce medical internships from two years to one. Health Minister Fernando Boyd Galindo announced that the initiative is “almost finished”. “The …

The Panama National Police’s Most Wanted List has Four People Linked to Operation Pandora.

Among them is Dídimo Rodríguez Ayala, who is linked to La Naranja BP, SA, one of the intermediary companies used to place the tax credits. For previous stories, search for Operation Pandora in the Newsroom Panama App. The National Police (PN) included four …

Taiwan-Panama Friendship Group - Sept. 10, 2026

Published 09/10/2026 21:01 By TaiwanPlus In today's show: - Taiwan-Panama Lawmaker Group Forms After Decade Without Ties - Analysis: The Future of Taiwan-Panama Ties - Albanese Government Faces Pressure for China Relations After Pacific Islands …

Panama’s Forests Tell Another Story After Dark

Guest Contribution – At dusk, a forest path begins to lose its familiar landmarks. Leaves merge into larger shapes, the next bend disappears, and a call beside a pond suddenly becomes easier to notice than the tree above it. A short stretch of trail can …

In Chiriquí Province Panama Eight Arrested in a Drug Trafficking Ring Operating in Fancy Taxis.

A total of eight people were arrested, 10 cars were seized, and $2,000 in cash was confiscated as a result of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Police and the Drug Prosecutor’s Office in the province of Chiriquí.  During the proceedings, carried …

Found Guilty in Panama of Laundering 10 Million Dollars by Drug Trafficking.  The Ringleader of Operation Fisher and 13 ...

Jorge Luis General, identified as the leader of a criminal network linked to the Clan del Golfo, from whom more than $10 million from drug trafficking was seized, was found guilty along with 13 other people for the crimes of money laundering and illicit …

Panama City Commission works to remove Flock cameras

At Panama City market, an Alabama farmer remembers 9/11

Panama Canal restrictions put up to US$10 Billion of CARICOM imports at risk – CPSO warns

Sep 10, 2026 News (Kaieteur News) – Between US$8 billion and US$10 billion of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) annual imports, roughly one quarter to one third of the Region’s non-fuel import bill are exposed to the transit restrictions now taking …