Woman in red exits comptroller post under a cloud
FEDERICO HUMBERT, Panama’s new comptroller General, has moved into office replacing the woman who might be able to provide clues...
Month: December 2014
Firearms seizures cut Colon killings
SOME 312 firearms and three tons of drugs were seized by police during operations in Colon in 2014 and homicides...
Lawyers call for renewal in oversight bodies
Lawyers call for ‘’renewal” in oversight bodies PANAMA’S National Bar Association (CNA) has urged President, Juan Carlos Varela, to "fully...
Canal tugs and ACP in push-pull dispute
TUG BOAT Captains and deck officers who play a key role in moving ships through the Panama Canal are engaged...
OFF THE CUFF: Martinelli spies tracked love lives –
Technology is advancing at a dizzying rate, and a year is enough for a device to become obsolescent, while the...
Spy equipment a $11.5 million rip off
THE ISRAELI spy equipment acquired by the government of Ricardo Martinelli in mid-2010 for $13.5 million, and which today has...
Bella Vista murders linked to organized crime
A SECOND person has been detained and is under investigation for the murder of Dutch citizen Halid Jaffat and Panamanian...
OFF THE CUFF: Corruption prosecutors face a busy year
THE LIST of people facing interrogation by Panama’s anti–corruption prosecutors, investigating alleged widespread malfeasance during the previous administration headed by...
Fraud in Agricultural Development Bank
PANAMA’S Agricultural Development Bank (BDA) is the latest entity of the previous government to come under scrutiny with audits exposing...
Bloody weekend, 8 traffic deaths, 7 homicides
EIGHT people died in traffic accidents across the Panamanian Isthmus on the weekend following Christmas and there were seven gang...
Electoral Tribunal judge to remain 10 more years
A 72-YEAR OLD Electoral Tribunal judge who has served since Panama’s first post-dictatorship government has been confirmed in his position...
Corruption investigation a “nice opportunity” – Molinar
LUCY MOLINAR The former Minister of Education sees her January appearance before the Second Anticorruption Prosecutor investigating the purchase of...
