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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 
Taps back on in Panama, San Miguelito
DRINKING WATER from the Chilibre water treatment plant began to flow to Panama City and San Miguelito at 2:25 p.m....
Panama re-speaks transparency commitment
PANAMA IS COMMITTED to meet standards demanded by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by 2018. That includes...
Banks take over as Soho posts for sale sign
ANOTHER PILLAR of the Waked family empire is disappearing as the creditors of Soho Mall have agreed on the formation...
MEDIA WATCH: Panama must move on sex education
Hoyporhoy, La Prensa July 9. A PART of public opinion has reacted with a sense of discomfort to the proposed...
Flu deaths reach 50, but cases shrinking
THE DEATH toll from the Panama A (H1N1) flu epidemic reached 50 on Friday July 8, but the Ministry of Health...
New Canal toll record
THE RECORD toll for a ship transiting the Panama Canal was broken on Friday, July 8, only a week after...
Bishops move to stall sex-education bill
PANAMA’S BISHOPS have made their expected move to block or delay a proposed sexual education program for schools as the...
Panama Bank fingered in Brazil bribery probe
ANOTHER PANAMA link to the Lava Jato (car wash) bribery scandal that has led to the collapse of Brazil’s government...
OPINION: USA decline played out nightly
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (July 8)—Sociologists will try to explain why countries such as the United Kingdom and Iceland have...
Martinelli Lawyers try to block extradition
THE EXPECTED moves by the lawyers of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli to attempt to block his extradition to face criminal charges, ...
Outgoing UP rector’s “shield”directive “unethical”
A DECLARATION signed by University of Panama (UP) outgoing Rector Gustavo García de Paredes and Secretary General Miguel Angel Candanedo...
13 injured in two bus collision
THIRTEEN people were rushed to hospital on Thursday afternoon, July 7, after a collision between two buses in Arriajan, Panama West province...