Dams spill water alert as lakes fill up
THE GATUN and Alajuela lakes have reached their maximum operating level says the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and warns communities...
Month: December 2014
Independent deputy turns down handout bonus
ANA MATILDE GÓMEZ, the only independent deputy in the National Assembly has rejected a $25,000 bonus approved on Friday, December...
Martinelli cousin named in financial criminal complaint
CRIMINAL complaints have been filed with the Public Ministry over financial irregularities in the National Secretariat for Science and Technology...
Lawyer justifies withdrawal from suspended judge case
LAWYER Sidney Sitton justified on Sunday, December 14, his resignation as defense attorney for suspended Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada...
Habeus corpus appeals by Martinelli ex- secretary rejected
PANAMA’S SUPREME COURT of Justice (CSJ) has rejected three of the preventative four habeas corpus appeals presented by Adolfo Chichi...
Incoming Attorney General promises institutional changes
ATTORNEY GENERAL Ana Belfon and her designated successor, Kenya Porcell met Thurday afternoon for the first transition meeting. (more…)
Two same day Cinta Costera shootings
Two men were shot in separate incidents on different parts of the Cinta Costera early on Thursday afternoon, December 11....
3rd shooting incident, shots fired at Metro bus.
A DAY AFTER two shooting incidents on the Cinta Costera sent two victims to hospital, shots were fired at a...
Suspended judge’s lawyer resigns from case
SIDNEY Sitton, the defense lawyer for suspended Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada Moon resigned from the case Friday December 12...
Martinelli,Controller behind spy equipment scandal
FORMER PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli was the key person behind the 2010 purchase of Israeli spying equipment that cost the state...
Security Ministry under gun for $50 million cost overruns
THE MINISTRY OF SECURITY is the latest to come under the microscope for cost overruns, this time amounting to over...
OFF THE CUFF: Martinelli soap opera turning to drama
FORMER PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli has frequently referred to the trials in Italy relating to alleged multi-million dollar bribery in Panama...
