Tribunal lifts Electoral Prosecutor immunity for 2nd time
THE ELECTORAL Tribunal (TE) has lifted the immunity in criminal courts of Electoral Attorney General Eduardo Peñaloza. for the second...
Month: January 2015
Mayor demands jail for Martinelli
PANAMA City Mayor Jose Isabel Blandon, was among the growing number of leading citizens heading for the office of the...
Wildcat bus strike brings chaos to Transistmica
METRO BUS drivers caused massive traffic jams and left thousands of home going workers stranded on Thursday afternoon as they...
MOP checking $60 million highway “overruns”
THE MINISTRY of Public Works is investigating alleged cost overruns in the Arraiján-La Chorrera highway project that were highlighted in...
Long grillings for spying suspects
TWO KEY players in the Martinelli era spying scandal remain behind bars after facing hours of intensive questioning by Assistant...
File accusing Martinelli heads to Supreme Court
PANAMA’S Attorney Genera, Kenia Porcell has sent the Supreme Court of (CSJ) an authenticated copy of the declaration of the...
OFF THE CUFF: Ex-police boss doesnt like his accommodation
THE DEFENSE lawyer of the former director of the National Police and former executive secretary of the National Security Council,...
OFF THE CUFF: Panama spy network unravels
TWO KEY players in the Ricardo Martinelli administration’s illegal surveillance of opposition politicians, journalists, trade unionists, businessmen and civic leaders...
New forensic audit team for high profile cases
A FORENSIC audit unit, dedicated to uncovering fraud in "high profile cases" has been created by Panama’s Comptroller General, Federico...
Coffee culture proliferating in bean lands
Growing and exporting coffee is one thing, but building up domestic sales requires a retail oriented approachLocal businesses and international...
OFF THE CUFF: Small potato “irregularities”
COMPARED with some of the massive financial “irregularities” during the previous administration$850,000 is small potatoes, but another call for an...
PROSECUTOR ASKS COURT FOR MARTINELLI INVESTIGATION
PANAMA’S Second Anti-Corruption Prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court (CSJ) for an investigation of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) for the...
