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Ceasing Mining Activity Raised Unemployment in Coclé, Columbus (Colón) and Chiriquí 
Ceasing Mining Activity Raised Unemployment in Coclé, Columbus (Colón) and Chiriquí 
OPINION: Deputies on take run for cover
Hoyporhoy La Prensa Mar. 19 DURING the last two weeks, Panamanian society has shuddered to read reports of serious irregularities...
Swiss have 80 questions for Martinelli lawyer in laundering probe
THE ATTORNEY for the two sons of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli will have to answer 80 questions posed by Swiss Federal...
Arrest warrant outstanding for Irish shooting victim
THE IRISHMAN, Noel Anthony Donovan, who was shot and wounded on Thursday, Mar, 16 at the traffic lights near the...
Panama incentive for industrial investment
A new bill, agreed between the government and the private sector, expands tax incentives granted to companies in the sector...
Power outage closed clinics next day
TWO Social Security Fund (CSS) polyclinics were closed on Saturday March 18 following the power outage that plunged Panama and...
A tourist is a tourist not a resident – Varela
PANAMA PRESIDENT, Juan Carlos Varela, said Saturday, March 18, that there will be no more using of tourism permits to...
Free health insurance for Panama visitors mooted
FREE HEALTH INSURANCE for visitors to Panama is back on the table after the initial attempt was abandoned due to...
Environment Minister resigns
PANAMA’S Environment Minister Mirei Endara announced her resignation, minutes after signing two decrees to help drive tourism in the Volcan...
OPINION: The Cost of slashing Public Funding
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (March 18, 2017)—President Trump’s budget proposal for this year eliminates government funding of public broadcasting, and...
OPINION: Rulers without plans
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Mar. 18 IN PANAMA politicians are accustomed to improvising. Planning, for the most part does not go...
Fast action call as Odebrecht clock ticks
THE 30 DAY deadline regulating investigations into organized crime in the case involving bribes paid in Panama by Odebrecht through...
WORLD VIEW: Hijab ruling opens EU Pandora’s box
By Sara Silvestri EMPLOYERS across Europe have been given the green light to ban staff from wearing religious and political...