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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 
Body of landslide victim found
THE BODY of a Nueva Libia landslide victim, Virgilio Martínez, 42 who went missing, Nov 22, has been found. Martinez...
CD Party protests persecution at Human Rights meeting
A SCATTERING of CD Party members led by the former first lady, Marta Martinelli demonstrated in front of the the Radisson Decápolis hotel...
Firefighters challenged by grassland arsonists
Panama Fire Fighters (CBP) dealt with 460 fires throughout the country, from January 1 to November 14. Jaime Villar, director...
OPINION: The scourge of obesity
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Nov 29 CHRONIC non communicable diseases are a scourge responsible for half of deaths in Panama. Diabetes, hypertension...
Tocumen International revenue up 27%
TOCUMEN International Airport continues to be a Panama money spinner with revenue, up 27percent to $191 million in the first 10 months of the...
WORLD VIEW: Trumps beefed up economics
By Jonathan Power DONALD TRUMP is changing the right wing’s economic spots. He is doing what Franklin Roosevelt did at...
Interpol red alert suspects seek habeus corpus
TWO OF THE central figures in the financial scandal involving the government bank Caja de Ahorros(CA)and the Financial Pacifix (FP)...
Varela to attend Castro funeral
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela, will attend the funeral of Fidel Castro on Wednesday Nov. 30. Varela along with most Latin American leaders has taken an approach to...
Landslides close Via Centenario
LANDSLIDES brought on by continuing rain storms closed Via Centenario through most of Monday, November 27. The incidents took place at 7 pm Sunday and at 9:30 am Monday. Heavy machinery was...
Texting and driving a killer epidemic
POLICE REPORTS show that Panama drivers involved in fatal accidents were often talking or texting on a mobile device. The...
Panama traffic deaths outstrip homicides
PEOPLE behind the wheel of a car, many wielding cell phones, are involved in more deaths in Panama than gun...
HEALTH WATCH: Bad news on saturated fats
by Michael Greger MD THE REASON those eating plant-based diets have less fat buildup in their muscle cells and less insulin...