Day: September 21, 2026

Young Woman Killed in Machete Attack by Partner in Bocas del Toro

A 22-year-old woman died after being attacked with a machete by her partner on Isla Valle Escondido in Bocas del Toro, highlighting the ongoing crisis of intimate partner violence in Panama’s remote island communities.

September 21st, 2026
Crime

President Mulino Denies Mining Project Plans for Cerro Colorado

President José Raúl Mulino has rejected as “absolutely false” reports of a mining project at Cerro Colorado, a copper-rich area in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, amid lingering sensitivity over mining in Panama after the Cobre Panamá closure.

September 21st, 2026
Politics

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