Month: December 2014

OFF THE CUFF: Errant drivers and the cost of living

December 20, 2014

LIFE for errant drivers in Costa Rica automatically gets more expensive each year as fines rise in line with the...

Hospital promise a mask to profit Martinelli court papers

December 19, 2014

THE DEAL reached by Italian fixer Valter Lavítola of 11 months jail for international corruption in Panama is not enough...

Panamas $1 billion fourth Canal Bridge.

December 19, 2014

AN ENVIRONMENTAL impact study has been presented for the design and construction of a $1 billion fourth bridge over the...

PAN SCANDAL: Tamburelli family flees country after threats

December 19, 2014

THE FAMILY of Giacomo Tamburrelli former National Assistance Program (PAN ), director, have fled Panama after receiving threats. following a...

Record fines for scandal plagued brokerage bosses

December 19, 2014

AFTER TWO YEARS of investigations Panama’s Stock Exchange Superintendency (SMV) has begun to address several of the issues uncovered at...

More PAN scandal arrests, Obarrios name resurfaces

December 18, 2014

More PAN scandal arrests, Obarrio’s name resurfaces DESPITE protestations of “no involvement” on the ever expanding National Assistance Program (PAN)...

Kids poisoned with PAN food but deliveries continued

December 18, 2014

Despite reports of children in Veraguas and Cocle, poisoned by eating expired dehydrated food in 2010, the now former Minister...

Panama charter flights plummet, scheduled flights up

December 18, 2014

INCREASED air connectivity in Panama and empty returning flights are factors in the plummeting number of passengers arriving from abroad. Charter flights...

Martinelli threatened family, tried to buy silence -Tamburrelli

December 18, 2014

GIACOMO TAMBURRELLI, a former director of National Assistance Program (PAN), ton Thursday, December 18, accused ex-president Ricardo Martinelli of embezzling...