FIFA fines Panama for fans' bad behaviour
by IANS
In the match against Costa Rica, part of the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying tournament, the Panamanian fans threw objects onto the field. ...  
02:05 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Spain, Portugal register wins in friendlies Faro, Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 36th international goal and Nelson Oliveira scored his first as Portugal beat Panama 2-0 on a day of international friendlies where the world and European champions Spain beat Puerto Rico 2-1. Ronaldo span around on the edge of the area and fired a half-volley past Jaime Penedo in the 51st minute after Panama midfielder Gabriel Gomez was sent off for elbowing Joao Moutinho. Oliveira,...  
09:44 AM, Aug 16, 2012

Panama to set up satellite tracking station with ISRO help Coimbatore: Republic of Panama is negotiating with ISRO to enter into technological collaboration for setting up a Satellite Tracking Station there, a senior Panamanian minister said on Saturday. Senior official level talks were fruitful and modalities were being worked out for installation of the station, so that system would be set up to track various satellites, Dr Ruben Berrocal Timmons, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Republic of Panama, told...  
03:31 AM, Aug 05, 2012

Oil tanker with Indians on board hijacked Panama: A Panama-flagged merchant oil tanker, the BW Rhine, has been hijacked. Indian sailors are among the 21-member crew that has been taken hostage. The incident occurred off the east coast of Africa on April 28. The exact number of Indians on board is, however, not known as of now. Sources in the DG Shipping have called it a looting incident on the high seas. They are monitoring the situation....  
09:56 AM, May 03, 2012

Panama ex-dictator Noriega returnns home a prisoner Panama City: More than two decades after the US forced him from power, Manuel Noriega returned to Panama on Sunday as a prisoner and, to many of those he once ruled with impunity, an irrelevant man. Some Panamanians feel hatred for the former strongman and rejected American ally; a few others nostalgia. But as he returned to his native country for the first time since his ouster, it seemed like...  
07:41 AM, Dec 12, 2011

Former Panama dictator extradited to France
by IANS
Manuel Antonio Noriega has been extradited to France after his attorneys lost a 3-yr-long battle in the US. ...  
11:03 AM, Apr 27, 2010

Panama police seize 21 tons of cocaine Panamanian police seized a boat off the nation's Pacific coast carrying 21.4 tons of cocaine, officials said. ...  
06:34 PM, Mar 20, 2007

Voters okay Panama Canal expansion More than 78 per cent of Panamanians voted in favour of the expansion and only about 22 per cent opposed the plan. ...  
12:33 PM, Oct 23, 2006