Airmen and Panamanians improve hospital conditions

U.S. Airmen and Panamanian professionals collaborate with support from the Ministry of Health to improve hospital conditions during AMISTAD 2025 at the Centro de Salud de La Mesa, in La Mesa, Panama, Sept. 17, 2025. AMISTAD 2025 was a global...

MCA strengthen partnerships in Panama

U.S. Airmen and Panamanian professionals collaborate with support from the Ministry of Health to improve hospital conditions during AMISTAD 2025 at the Centro de Salud de La Mesa, in La Mesa, Panama, Sept. 17, 2025. These multi-capable Airmen...

After his UN Speech Panama President Mulino will Undergo Surgery in New York

The President of the Republic of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, announced that, after completing his official agenda at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, he will undergo outpatient surgery on one of his shoulders. The procedure will be...

What’s Up With That Tentacled Alien Growing From a Meteorite in Panama?

It’s 2025, we’re neck deep in the social media age, and intimately, painfully connected to countless random strangers we’ll never actually meet. We’re subjected, somewhat against our will, to what feels like every piece of horrific news available...

Financial Lessons Panama Borrowers Can Learn from U.S. Lending Practices

Loans are an integral part of daily life for people in Panama and the United States. People borrow money for a home, a car, education, or to cover family expenses when their income is insufficient. The way loans work depends on rules and on how...

Health sector contractor Mithu to be grilled for 5 days

Police have received five days to question Motazzerul Islam Mithu, a key figure in alleged corruption in the health sector, on allegations of embezzlement and money laundering through a syndicate. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir...

Panama Canal Drives a Decade of Transformation to Ensure Sustainability

The Panama Canal has unveiled an ambitious ten-year roadmap designed to reinforce its strategic role in global trade, safeguard long-term sustainability, and deliver tangible benefits to the nation. The canal’s vision rests on two main pillars....

Panama IMA’s Agricultural Fairs Arrive in Western Panama Chiriquí and Azuero

Four agricultural fairs run by the Agricultural Marketing Institute will take place this Thursday in Western Panama, Chiriquí, and Azuero, the institution confirmed on its social media channels. In West Panama, the agricultural fair will take...

Panama Indigenous Fishers Appeal to UN Over Banned Waters

Ngäbe Buglé leaders seek international intervention as government restricts access to traditional fishing grounds Indigenous fishing leaders from Panama’s Ngäbe Buglé region have traveled to Geneva to address the United Nations Human Rights...

Panama Heart Disease: The Silent Pandemic

Every year, 3,500 Panamanians die from cardiovascular disease, a true silent pandemic that, alarmingly, also affects young people. This is a major challenge for the country, said Yadira Roquebert pictured below, president of the Hearts That Beat...

U.S. Airmen fix Panamanian medical equipment

U.S. Air Force biomedical equipment technicians (BMET) work with Natividad Bernal, a Panamanian biomedical technician at Hospital Cecilio Castillero, in Chitré, Panama, Sept. 16, 2025. The BMET Airmen partnered with local technicians to identify...

U.S. Airmen fix Panamanian medial equipment

U.S. Air Force biomedical equipment technicians (BMET) work with Natividad Bernal, a Panamanian biomedical technician at Hospital Cecilio Castillero, in Chitré, Panama, Sept. 16, 2025. The BMET Airmen partnered with local technicians to identify...

U.S., Panama BMETs Strengthen Partnerships Through Equipment Repair

CHITRE, Panama – U.S. Air Force biomedical equipment technicians (BMET) and Panamanian counterparts are working side by side throughout Panama’s Los Santos Province during AMISTAD 2025. For two weeks, a three-member U.S. Air Force team is embedded...

In the “Badly Parked” Operation in Panama: ATTT has Issued 170 Violations

The Land Transit and Transportation Authority (ATTT) has issued 170 violations and removed 91 illegally parked vehicles at various points in the capital city as part of the “Illegally Parked” operation. “We are implementing the ‘Badly Parked’...

Alien Life or Deadly Fungus? TikTok's 'Panama Meteorite' Clips Spark Global Concern Over Virus Threat

A short silver rock found in a Panamanian crater has set the internet on fire. TikTok clips show the object oozing greenish-yellow slime before sprouting black tentacles, sparking wild speculation over whether it is alien life, a lethal fungus or...

AMISTAD 2025 launches final iteration in Panamá

CHITRÉ, Panama – U.S. Air Force and Panamanian medical teams launched the Panama iteration of AMISTAD 2025 with an opening ceremony at Hospital Dr. Gustavo Nelson Collado in Chitre, Panama, Sept. 15, 2025. The two-week mission marks the fifth and...

Vital Ocean Upwelling in Gulf of Panama Failed for First Time Ever — What Happens Now?

Scientists are asking if this is our new normal. We have wondered aloud in the past what would happen if the Gulf Stream collapses in 2025, and later in the year, we are now asking what would happen if the Gulf of Panama fails. The health and...

MORE THAN 3.7 MILLION TEENS PARTICIPATE IN PLANET FITNESS' HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER PASS™ PROGRAM, BUILDING LIFELONG HEALTH AND WELLNESS HABITS THROUGH FITNESS

As participation hits an all-time high, initiative demonstrates teens' commitment to prioritizing mental and physical wellness during summer months HAMPTON, N.H., Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Planet Fitness, one of the largest and...

Panama Canal Droughts Threaten Global Trade Amid Climate Change

The Panama Canal, a linchpin of global trade handling about 5% of the world’s maritime commerce, is facing an escalating crisis from recurrent droughts exacerbated by climate change and El Niño patterns. In 2025, authorities have managed to...

More than 3.7 Million Teens Participate in Planet Fitness’ High School Summer Pass™ Program, Building Lifelong Health and Wellness Habits Through Fitness

About Planet Fitness Founded in 1992 in Dover, NH, Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the world by number of members and locations. As of June 30, 2025, Planet Fitness had...