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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 
Odebrecht paid $59 million in bribes to Panama in Martinelli era
BETWEEN 2010 and 2014, under the Ricardo Martinelli regime the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht paid $59 million in bribes to...
Threatened newspaper staff march on presidency
WITH ONLY two weeks to go before the expiration of the temporary operating license of the newspapers El Siglo and...
Panamas cruise terminal to be state run
THE CRUISE TERMINAL to be built on Perico Island on the Amador causeway will be state operated at the suggestion...
Police sergeant shot as thieves rob tax office
THE COLLECTION of cash payments at offices of the Directorate General of Revenue (DGI) across the country has been suspended.....
ENVIRONMENT: 43,000 turtle eggs saved from poachers
TURTLE EGG poachers have been thwarted by the actions of an environmental group that has collected some 43,000 eggs from...
OPINION Of Mice and Men and the death penalty today
By Stephen Cooper YEARS AFTER its publication John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men continues to stimulate debate, pro and con,...
Businessman linked to ex-Minister in laundering probe
FOTIS LYMBEROPULOSIS, the latest businessman insider to face interrogation linked to corruption during the Ricardo Martinelli regime, appeared before the...
Park makeover plans get second look
DAYS after the government announced a $35.7 million project for a makeover of Parque Omar, public protests have caused a...
Jailed Dutch journalist may be released
JAILED DUTCH journalist, Okke Ornstein, renowned for his free wheeling comments on individuals in Panama is on a list a...
WORLD VIEW: Trump and Islam
By Jonathan Power AN ABIDING FEAR for Donald Trump is that the Middle East dictators' successors in power will be...
Expanded concrete footprint in city park condemned
A PLAN to spend $35.7 million to remodel Parque Omar in San Francisco is being condemned by environmental groups city...
Panama remembers invasion victims
OFFICIAL events to remember the victims of the US invasion of Panama, 27 years ago began at 7.30 am on...