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Attention shifts to preventive medicine as drug expenses skyrocket

A lack of emphasis on preventive medicine is being blamed for the chronic overspending on pharmaceutical drugs by the Ministry of Health and Social Security.   This year, for example, the Ministry of Health has set aside $50 million for drug purchases, nearly three times the entity's entire budget in 2004. While Social Security reportedly spent $91 million on drugs last year, double the total medicine expenditure four years ...

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Questions remain over the Vallarino case

The debate over the Panama City Mayor-elect's dual citizenship is not yet over. In fact, the case returned to where it started: the office of the Electoral Prosecutor.  Two key questions linger over Bosco Vallarino's legal status and eligibility to hold public office. It remains to be determined if Vallarino violated electoral law by voting in Panama after having acquired U.S. citizenship.   The other investigation looks ...

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Boquete coffee growers unite against invasion of insects, fungus

Agricultural officials have established measures to control the outbreak of the coffee drill pest and fungus detected in plantations on June 16.   Mario Serrano, director of the Ministry of Agricultural Development, said that inspectors had collected samples from infected trees and set more than 60 traps for the insect notorious for devastating coffee crops in the region.   "We don't want to give the ...

 

 

 


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