Coronado Blood Donor Drive
It’s that time again, roll up your sleeves and save a life by attending the Coronado Blood Donor Clinic this month! On February 17th from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 ...
Coronado Community News
Playa Community Celebrates 10 Years at the Beach
February is a big month for us here at Playa Community. Our print publication, La Playa celebrates our 3 year anniversary of printing Coronado’s ...
Carnival Cancelled in Las Lajas and Sora
The mayor of Chame, Nieves Mayorga, has confirmed that Carnival in Las Lajas and Sora will be canceled due to the lack of water sources and administrative ...
Conflict Over Water for Carnival
Residents of Campana in the the province of Panama West are asking the Ministry of Environment to reconsider its position on taking water from rivers during carnival. ...
Sinaproc Closes Gorgona Beach
Sunday evening, The National System of Civil Protection (SINAPROC) closed Gorgona Beach, a popular beach on Panama’s Pacific Coast, due to multiple cases of “stings from marine ...
What A Difference A Paint Job Makes
By: Brian Newell On Friday Jan 9 and Monday Jan 11 a very enthusiastic group of volunteers made the trip up the Pan-American Hwy to Casa Hogar in Penonome. Our goal was to ...
Spay Panama Clinic in Punta Chame
Spay Panama will be spaying at low cost ($10 per dog and $5 per cat) at the Junta Comunal in Punta Chame this Saturday and Sunday from 8am to mid-day. Drop-ins welcome. If you know ...
Chame Trash Collection Controversy Continues
The controversy surrounding garbage collection in the district of Chame continues, as 5 independent garbage collectors will fight for the permission to collect ...
Dog Found in Coronado
UPDATE: Thanks to Facebook posts and Joanna at VETS Sheila Scott was contacted within 2 hours of from people who thought ...
Luna Rossa: A Taste of Italy in Coronado
“In Italy, when you plan a meal for someone you care about, you do many things to prepare. You start with the freshest ingredients of their favorite foods, and then you combine them ...
Canada vs. the World 2016 Golf Tournament
This year the second annual 18 hole -Two Ball Best Net Golf Tournament will take place at Vista Mar golf, beach and Marina. The event was formerly ...
Panama National Police "Protect and Serve"
The National Police making progress against crime in our beach communities. Major Leslie Howard was assigned to his new post in September 2015. Major Howard is responsible for all ...
Canadian Ambassador Visits Coronado
The new Ambassador of Canada, Karine Asselin, and her staff were in the beach Wednesday Jan 6 2016 to meet with Canadian Citizens. The team, which included the ...
Reusable Bag Redistribution
One major item that litters towns, beaches and rivers is the light weight plastic bag. Due to the negative impact plastic has on the environment, individuals, businesses and governments are ...
Chame Garbage Collection
You may have noticed your garbage piling up if you live in the district of Chame and use a private company for regular trash collection. With New Year's behind us, it is an unfortunate ...
Working Towards a Litter Free Community
“My vision is that humans will work together to take care of our planet and help solve the great problem of garbage. It is very simple, do not worry about the quantity, instead pick up one ...
A Symbolic Goodbye to 2015
Driving through the towns of Capira, Bejuco, Chame and San Carlos you may notice the life size paper mache dolls propped up by the side of the road. These ...
Canadian Ambassador Meet and Greet
The new Canadian Ambassador for Panama, Karine Asselin will be in Coronado on January 6 to meet with the Canadian Expat community and ...
5 Ways to Celebrate NYE at the Beach
2015 is almost complete, with 2016 right around the corner! Wondering what to do for NYE? The beach is the best place to start ...
Art by Stephen Quinn
Just one year ago Stephen Quinn was working as a full-time Television Director in the U.S. Always the creative, he has been working with Lighting, Camera and Editing as well as Drawing ...
5 Years of Food Baskets
For the past 5 years, Louise Belisle the current president of CASA (Coronado Area Social Association), has worked to offer families in need a Christmas food baskets ...
