Three true bargain hunters arrested on Black Friday
BLACK FRIDAY brought thousands of shoppers to Panama malls along with other bargain hunters with no intention of paying for...
Month: November 2014
Door opening for Walmart in Panama?
NEGOTIATIONS are being promoted with the US Walmart chain for the installation of a distribution center for Latin America in...
Lavitola facing additional jail time
THE NAPLES, Italy, Deputy Prosecutor Vincenzo Piscitelli has asked for an additional one year prison term for Valter Lavítola on charges...
OFF THE CUFF:Black Friday parking alert
WHEN pay days coincide with Friday, Panama City's traffic crawl tends to grind to a halt, so when Friday becomes...
Ex-Minister admits punch up and shooting
GUILLERMO FERRUFINO -the former Minister of Social Development under investigation for alleged offenses against public administration, admitted on TV on...
TV journalist gets death threats
TELE METRO, morning news presenter Alvaro Alvarado, says he has received death threats on the social network Twitter. (more…)
OFF THE CUFF: Uncovering buried treasures
WITH OVER 150 banks in Panama there’s a lot of work ahead for The First Anti-Corruption Prosecutor who has been...
Martinelli spy mission investigation shelved
AFTER NEARLY a year of research, the fourth anti-corruption prosecutor, William Parodi, has requested the provisional closing of the investigation...
Assembly elects new comptroller
BUSINESSMAN Federico Humbert will replace long time Martinelli employee Gioconda Torres de Bianchini as Panama’s comptroller. He was elected Wednesday,...
PAN corruption suspect remains tight lipped
THE FORMER director of the National Aid Program (PAN), Rafael Guardia Jaén, on Wednesday November 26, invoked his constitutional right...
The Voice and Spirit of Chilean Jazz
The Jazz Scene with Ken Grady I have been...
Panamanian diplomat murdered, suspect arrested
A SUSPECT in the murder of a Panamanian diplom was arrested by police in Belize Monday night, November 24, as...
