Panama has deported 29 Colombians on a flight that the government says is the first paid for by the United States under an agreement the two countries signed in July.

José Raúl Mulino has been sworn in as Panama’s next president, facing pressure to slow migration through the Darien Gap that connects his country with Colombia.

A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers.

In a historic and tumultuous election in Panama, José Raúl Mulino has landed in the role of president-elect despite not even expecting to be the candidate a few months ago.

Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino.

The public portion of a Panamanian trial of more than two-dozen associates accused of helping some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth has come to an unexpectedly speedy conclusion.

Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles.

Panama has started the trial of 27 people charged in the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering case.

A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes.

As countries at the COP28 climate talks are wrangling over deadlines for lowering their carbon dioxide emissions, a Danish-led group of countries has decided to set the ultimate goal: to remove more CO2 from the atmosphere than they emit.

A Bay County man won $1 million a year for life after purchasing a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket, the Florida Lottery announced this week.

Panama's president has signed into law an indefinite moratorium on new mining concessions.

A flight from Miami International Airport to Chile’s capital diverted to Panama City Monday after one of its pilots suffered a mid-flight medical emergency and later died.

The managers of the Panama Canal say they expect income from the waterway to drop, after authorities were forced to limit the number of ships passing through each to 32 due to a lack of rainfall.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has struck in the Caribbean Sea just off the Panama-Colombia border.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Panama City on Thursday to announce that this year’s Gulf recreational red snapper season will start on June 16.

Former President Donald Trump attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis as inexperienced after the governor quashed rumors that he would help him fight extradition if indicted.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Monday that he was standing against the use of digital currency in Florida.

In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two endangered, black-handed spider monkeys swing about their wire enclosure balanced by their long tails.

With dashed dreams and empty hands, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants are stranded in Panama’s capital looking for a way home after surviving the crossing of the Darien Gap only to find that a United States policy change had closed the border to them.

A 4-year-old child died after falling from a balcony at a seaside Florida resort over the weekend.

A large waterspout was spotted off the coast of Destin, stunning early morning beachgoers on Tuesday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Thursday with Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 2-year-old children Teddy Jones Jr. and Shantese Jones were last seen in the area of the 1000 block of Everitt Avenue in Panama City.

One Monday in June in an upscale neighborhood of Panama City, people noticed something odd: Strange cars were coming and going from the Coco del Mar Suites, a nondescript three-story residential building surrounded by luxury oceanside high-rises.

Panama has raised capacity on public transportation across the country, a day after celebrating the first day in 14 months without a COVID-19 death.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 11 a.m. at the Bay County Government Building in Panama City.

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Residents repair the roof of a home damaged by Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida. PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Real estate experts say investors and demand caused by Hurricane Michaels destruction led to a 15.5 percent increase in home sales for the first half of the year in the Florida county hardest hit by the Category 5 storm. Almost 2,050 homes were sold in Bay County, Florida from January to June, according to Florida Realtors. In the first half of the year, there was an almost 50 percent increase year-over-year in cash sales, according to the real estate agent association. Horton has approval to start construction on 113 homes outside Panama City.

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