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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 
Panama defined as tax haven
The European Commission (EC) has devised a new action plan that is intended to prevent financial abuses through the erosion...
Indigenous leaders plan next Barro Blanco move
FRUSTRATED with delays over a proposed meeting with President Juan Carlos Varela, indigenous leaders Ngäbe Buglé Comarca say they are...
Odebrecht Panama claims no link to Brazil scandal
THE PANAMA office of the Brazilian construction company Norberto Odebrecht moved quickly on Friday June 19 to claim that "the...
Odebrecht Brazilian scandal raises Panama concerns
THE ARREST of Marcelo Odebrecht, and Otavio Azevedo Marques, president of the construction company Andrade Gutierrez, has had the ripple...
Colon Free Zone in crisis wants government help
ECONOMIC activity in Panama’s Free Trade Zone (CFZ) in Colon is in apparent free fall with 400 key enterprises closed...
National Theatre facing indefinite closure
PANAMA’S Teatro Nacional (National Theatre), which is falling into disrepair, will be closed on the orders of The National Institute...
Accused Supreme Court Judge Resigns
PANAMA SUPREME COURT Judge, Victor Benavides, facing investigation by the National Assembly for allegedly selling decisions, resigned on Friday, June...
Odebrecht corruption money in Panama accounts
A LARGE PART of the corruption money earned by the Brazilian construction giants Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez ended up in...
Odebrecht boss arrested in corruption scandal
THE HEAD of Oderbrecht, the Brazilian company awarded the contract for building line 2 of Panama’s Metro was arrested by...
Corruption pushing CD members from the party
THE CORRUPTION scandals linked to the Ricardo Martinelli's government (2009-2014), have resulted in a flood or resignations from the Democratic...
Dialogue replacing road blockage
THE PAN-AMERICAN highway in Tole, Chiriqui re-opened on Thursday, June 18,as members of the September 22 Movement traveled to Panama...
Schoolbags scam cost State $14.2 million
THE ATTORNEY General's Office launched an investigation on Thursday, June 18 for the possible patrimonial injury in the case of...