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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 
Call for permanent local bus service
The use of $250,000 of Panama City funds to rent 50 buses for two weeks to help solve the transport...
Security Minister attacks citizen participation
SECURITY Minster Jose Raul Mulino labeled Panamanian society “corrupt and violent” and questioned the meaning of “citizen participation” at a...
Two workers killed at constuction site
TWO WORKERS were killed Wednesday, April 19 in a cave-in at a job site in La Chorrera, west of Panama...
The Panama transit soap opera continues
PANAMA’S dysfunctional Metro Bus system continues to bedevil a wide range of players and non-performing entities. (more…)
Mi Bus puts Business before passengers – Ombudswoman
The operators of Panama’s Metro Bus service are more interested in “business” than passengers says the country’s Ombudswoman, Patria Portugal....
UK Embassy opens Book of Condolences for Lady Thatcher
A book of condolences has been opened by the UK Embassy in Panama to mark the death on April 8...
ENVIRONMENT: Last chance to dodge catastrophic climate change
ENVIRONMENT: Last chance to dodge catastrophic climate change Panama is not a member of the Group of 8 or even...
BUS CRISIS: Diablos rojos drivers claim intimidation
THE THREAT of 250 "Diablos Rojos" (red devils) returning to the streets of Panama on Wednesday, April 10 was turned...
Baldness a risk factor for heart disease?
A newly published study in the British Medical Journal has strongly associated the occurrence of male pattern baldness and coronary heart...
Americans sentenced for bribery in Panama
Two former directors of the company that had serviced Panama’s presidential jet were sentenced in the US last Friday for...
Martinelli claims promises fulfilled
In a campaign style speech at a photo op ceremony on Tuesday, April 9, President Ricardo Martinelli avoided references to...
Improv in Panama more than a barrel of laughs
By Lourdes Quijada Improv in Panama just keeps getting better and audience ratings higher. I’m talking theater of course, and...