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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 
Move to void Italy contract over alleged $25 million bribe to Martinelli
PANAMA’ has moved to void $250 million contracts with an Italian conglomerate because of a $25 million bribe allegedly paid...
Campaign to reforest one million hectares
OVER 5000 volunteers will participate in the planting of 40 000 trees in 32 areas of Panama on July 29,...
OFF THE CUFF: Icy reception for journalism proposal
A PROPOSAL to regulate who can practice journalism ,including constraints on foreign writers and photographers living in Panama, has...
Gas prices to drop sharply
THE FALLING prices of oil could mean a significant drop in the cost of filling the gas tank at Panama’s...
Government hires more tax collectors
PANAMA’S government added 2,806 employees to its payroll in the first six months of the year bringing the number of...
4th Martinelli case to Supreme Court
COPIES OF authenticated copies of the file linking president Ricardo Martinelli, with irregular business operations of Collections del Istmo, SA...
Indigenous groups resume road closings
THE THREAT of Indigenous leaders to close highways to back their demand for the closing of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric...
Martinelli immunity lifted in wiretapping case
PANAMA’S Electoral Tribunal (TE) lifted the immunity from criminal prosecution of former president Ricardo Martinelli, at the request of the...
Schools renovation program launched
PANAMA has taken the first step in a program to renovate 350 schools whose structures have languished without repairs for...
Pirate buses defy sanctions
PIRATE BUSES continue to prowl the streets of Panama and its environs in spite of a Transit Authority (ATTT) crackdown...
Ex garbage boss faces money laundering probe
A MONEY LAUNDERING investigation has been opened against Zenon Navalo, the former director of Panama’s garbage agency AAUD, after his...
UN aids stalled Barro Blanco talks
UNITED NATIONS officials met with indigenous leaders and Panama government representatives on Sunday, August 2 to help get stalled talks...