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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 
OFF THE CUFF: Canada boosts immigration
WHILE CONTROLLING IMMIGRATION has been one of the key debating points in the US presidential election race Canada has launched...
Pensioners call for back payment approval
Pensioners call for back payment approval PANAMA retirees and pensioners held a peaceful protest in the Amador cemetery on Wednesday...
Financial transparency report due Nov. 15
A REPORT being prepared by a committee set up to propose measures to make Panama’s financial industry more transparent will...
Lake Gatun reaches flood level
LAKE GATUN,which earlier in the year fell to levels that restricted the capacity of some ships passing through the Panama...
Ex-Odebrecht boss strikes jail term deal
MARCELO ODEBRECHT, the former president of Latin America’s biggest construction company Odebrecht, will remain behind bars until December 2017. He had...
OFF THE CUFF: Returning foreign residents to be fingerprinted
STARTING THIS WEEK returning foreign residents will have to join the immigration line reserved for tourists as the National Immigration...
Newsroom delivery hitch
OUR APOLOGIES to all readers who regularly receive a morning email with the latest headlines. A sudden illness to a...
WORLD VIEW: Africa benefits from ICC
By Jonathan Power MANY AFRICAN leaders have been angry for a number of years that the International Criminal Court and...
Assembly alliances on rocky ground
THE NATIONAL Assembly ended its ordinary session on Monday October 31 without choosing the person who will replace Judge Erasmo Pinilla in...
Ougoing judge knocks Assembly infighting
RETIRING Electoral Tribunal Judge Erasmo Pinilla has expressed concerns over the imbroglio in the National Assembly while selecting his replacement...
Transport Authority lifts late payment charge
IF YOU have an unpaid ticket from Panama’s transport authority (ATTT) that was issued before Oct 31 you will get...
Panama banks fined $3.2 million
FOLLOWING,the revelation last week that Standard & Poor's (S&P) credit rating agency has changed Panama's banking outlook from stable to...