The editor’s notes and questions In general * First, admissions of bias. Yours truly, the editor, is a dual US and Panamanian citizen, a Bernie Democrat as a gringo and an independent and anti-imperialist man of left as a panameño. I have pretty much assimilated the ethical principle of free expression, and the skeptical views […]
Learn more →Water hasn’t come through the aqueduct for more than a week and it’s down to less than half a tank of the two tanks. Can still make do for more than a week without having to go searching with wheelbarrow and water cans, but enhanced conservation measures are in effect. Whatcha gonna do when your […]
Learn more →The mayor sells his beach plan. Perhaps, atop the $120 million initially budgeted for all the sand and the commercial enterprises to be built on sand, erosion might be controlled by a small additional expense to order snake oil from China to spray on the new artificial beaches. Photo by the Alcaldia. City council jams […]
Learn more →Panama’s national defense starts not so much with men and women bearing weapons of death and destruction laying in wait along our shores for some armed enemy. It’s about men and women shoring up the shores, replanting mangrove forests, battling rising seas and ocean pollution, creating new coral reefs and fish hatcheries, and in general […]
Learn more →Police work a crime scene in Perejil. The police were afraid that I would take a close-up of the body, which used to be the norm. The Panama News never was one of the necro-porn tabloids. Crime, however, is a concern of most Panamanians. In this gangland hit, a man who had just been into […]
Learn more →https://www.laestrella.com.pa/cafe-estrella/tecnologia/191212/principales-amenazas-ciberseguridad-dominaran-2020 The impact of cybercrime will undoubtedly grow in the coming years. Cybersecurity Ventures statistics reveal that such crimes will cost the world $ 6 billion by 2021, compared to $ 3 billion in 2015. This represents the largest economic transfer in history, its amount exceeds, for example, the illegal transfer …
Learn more →Fake news works at a cognitive level to shape our perceptions and drive our decisions. Shutterstock Fake news grabs our attention, produces false memories and appeals to our emotions by Rachel Anne Barr, Université Laval “Fake news” is a relatively new term, yet it’s now seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy and […]
Learn more →OP ED: James “JB” Bryson: Since all of us are now reading of the Martinelli “punctures”, and now Varelaleaks, I still have some lingering questions about the “who” and the “why” behind certain things myself. Though admittedly not nearly as high profile. As I post each day with my own …
Learn more →What the shipping industry is trying to control, without poisoning the marine environment. Graphic by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Ship hues and ecosystems by Pitamber Kaushik Panama has the world’s largest shipping fleet. It is also an ecological bastion and a biodiversity hot spot. Its tropical waters are home to numerous endemic marine species […]
Learn more →5G is being positioned by certain actors as a catalyst for accumulation and dispossession. Graphic by ALAI. 5G networks – a critical perspective by Peter Bloom — ALAI In many countries around the region, we are beginning to hear about the need to install 5G networks if national economies are to remain competitive. While mobile […]
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