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Panama expands earthquake housing plan to 2,700 homes and changes financing
Panama's presidential palace, photographed on September 30, 2012. Archival illustration for coverage of the government's earthquake housing plan. Credit: Y.Y.Y.G. / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0. CC BY 2.0. Photo source. Panama's government has expanded its earthquake reconstruction plan to 2,700 homes and changed its financing arrangements to help contractors begin work, following the…
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Panama’s 2027 budget clears first debate amid questions over allocations
Panama's National Assembly building on May 13, 2012. File photograph accompanying coverage of the 2027 budget. Credit: Ayaita / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0. CC0 1.0. Photo source. Panama's proposed 2027 budget has cleared its first legislative debate, moving a spending plan of about 35.11 billion balboas toward the National Assembly's plenary while lawmakers dispute…
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Panama lawmakers advance wider retiree discounts in second debate
Panama's National Assembly building on May 13, 2012. File photograph illustrating coverage of retiree-discount legislation. Credit: Ayaita / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0. CC0 1.0. Photo source. Panama's National Assembly approved a proposal to expand discounts for retirees, pensioners and older adults in second debate on October 27, with 54 votes in favor. The benefits…
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Panama Metro finishes Canal tunnel excavation; tracks and testing come next
Passengers at Panama Metro's Albrook station in January 2024. Archive photograph; the Line 3 tunnel is not shown. Credit: TomasVial / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo source. Excavation of the tunnel carrying Panama Metro's Line 3 beneath the Canal is complete after the tunneling machine reached Albrook on October 26.…
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Maersk signals interest in a permanent role at Panama’s ports
Container ships and cranes at Balboa, one of Panama's ports, photographed from above on September 19, 2016. File photograph. Credit: Edward Ortiz / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo source. Maersk wants to compete for a permanent role in Panama's port operations when the government sets the process for a long-term…
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Panama sets boundaries for Chiriquí mangrove conservation area
Mangroves and the estuary near Remedios and Tolé, Chiriquí, in September 2016. Archival regional illustration from outside the designated conservation area in Alanje, David and San Lorenzo. Credit: Dr. Ariel Rodríguez-Vargas / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo source. Panama's Environment Ministry has established boundaries for a 66,600-hectare managed conservation area…
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Panama appeals court keeps former BAC executive detained in Pandora case
The Órgano Judicial building in San Miguelito, Panama, on August 15, 2025. Archival judicial illustration for the Pandora case; this photograph does not document the hearing or identify any defendant. Credit: Virpana / Wikimedia Commons / CC0 1.0. CC0 1.0. Photo source. A Panama appeals court upheld the pretrial detention of former BAC finance executive…
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Puerto Barú wins one environmental challenge as another case remains pending
The Remedios–Tolé estuary in Chiriquí in September 2016. Regional illustration for the Puerto Barú environmental ruling; this is not the port project site. Credit: Dr. Ariel Rodríguez-Vargas / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo source. Panama's Supreme Court rejected one challenge to the environmental approval for the proposed Puerto Barú development…
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IFARHU resumes collection of pending PUNCH student-benefit cards
A classroom in Boquete, Panama, photographed in November 2018. Archival education illustration for IFARHU coverage; no PUNCH card distribution is shown. Credit: FranHogan (Fran Hogan) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo source. Parents and guardians of students who missed earlier PUNCH card distributions can collect their cards at participating Caja…
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Mariano Rivera pledges $200,000 for Panama earthquake recovery
Mariano Rivera speaks during his National Baseball Hall of Fame induction on July 21, 2019. File photograph. Credit: Y2kcrazyjoker4 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo source. Mariano Rivera has pledged $200,000 toward recovery from Panama's October 9 earthquake and appealed to baseball fans for support during a World Series broadcast,…
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