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Panamanian media fixates on anti-corruption crackdowns in public agencies and political feuding, while balancing alarm over hospital funding cuts and homicides with national pride in athletes and Canal revenues. International lifestyle, sports and conflict coverage rounds out a vigilant, outward-looking press diet.
  1. A job fair opens in Panama City with more than 30,000 registered applicants competing for some 11,000 vacancies at the Atlapa Convention Centre (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  2. A former regional director of Panama's Ifarhu student aid agency is charged with money laundering (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  3. Zendaya, Selena Gomez and Florence Pugh: how the celebrities looked on the Emmy Awards red carpet (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  4. Women's gymnastics opens the medal count and Panamanian Avendaño shines with three medals in chess at the South American Games (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  5. Banks will have to detail to their clients how much they pay for their loans and interest rates (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  6. Panama's National Transparency Authority sanctions 240 public officials, including cases of nepotism and conflict of interest (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  7. Mizrachi conditions the vice president's return and accuses him of sabotaging his administration, while Ruiz Díaz defends himself (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  8. Reflections from La Prensa's 2026 Maritime, Logistics and Port Forum (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  9. Comedian Megan Stalter arrived at the Emmy Awards dressed as the ceremony's iconic statuette (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  10. Women's gymnastics opens the medal tally and Panamanian gymnast Avendaño shines with three medals in Santa Fe 2026 (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  11. Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker makes Patrick Mahomes' return sweeter (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  12. Panama formalizes the creation of a special fund to finance Panama Canal security; its management will be classified. (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  13. Panama's IFARHU will make the second PASE-U scholarship payment in October without requiring new lines. (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  14. Panama's Children's Hospital would have $7 million less for medications in 2027. (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  15. Shipwreck: 16 tourists and two Panamanians are rescued alive after a catamaran sinks near Taboga Island, Panama. (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  16. Officials are caught in Operation 'SEDU II' for allegedly diverting $760,000 from Panama's Educational Insurance fund. (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  17. The Panama Canal is evaluating a possible third Pacific-side port in the future. (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  18. 'I received chemotherapy for 11 years for a cancer I didn't have' (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  19. American rapper Macklemore is removed from British singer Ed Sheeran's tour after his words in favor of a 'free Palestine' (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)
  20. Shipwreck: 18 people rescued alive after a catamaran sinks near Taboga Island, Panama (La Prensa, 2026-09-15)