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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 
Corruption focus on $517 million hospital project
THE CORRUPTION spotlight in Panama continues to light up some dark corners occupied by high profile figures in the previous...
New Martinelli ploy to void Financial Pacific investigation
IN YET ANOTHER maneuver by Ricardo Martinelli’s legal team to prevent the former president being called to face justice, a...
Search for new judges set to start
THE PROCESS to name new Supreme Court justices will begin Monday October 12, says President Juan Carlos Varela. (more…)
Martinelli FP file doing Supreme Court rounds
The resolution, supporting an investigation of former president Ricardo for alleged irregularities in the management of four accounts through the...
Panama homicides down road deaths up
WITH A TOTAL of 644 homicides since President Juan Carlos Varela took office, the rate of killings in Panama...
Martinelli seeking political asylum in USA
INSTEAD OF a triumphal return parade across Panama Ricardo Martinelli is seeking ‘political asylum’ in the United States after the...
Two former health care bosses charged
FORMER SOCIAL SECURITY(CSS) director Guillermo Sáez-Llorens and former Minister of Health Javier Díaz have been charged with alleged irregularities in...
Civil group demands justice action by Varela
PANAMA’S chief justice Ayu Prado must stand down according to the Code of Judicial Ethics says the Independent Movement for...
Panama leads continent in growth rate – IMF
WHILE The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts a slightly slower growth rate for Panama this year and next, the country...
$400,000 to conserve World Heritage site
PANAMA’S Tourism Authority and the patronage of Portobelo and San Lorenzo have signed an agreement to improve the physical conditions...
WORLD VIEW: Why “The Ugly American?”
By Jonathan Power AMERICAN foreign policy makers often wonder aloud why it is that much of the world has such...
OFF THE CUFF: Judicial talk comes easier than action
WHEN TOP representatives of the judiciary met last Friday to listen to the concerns of civil society over the administration...