Businessman moves from cell to house arrest
BUSINESSMEN Roberto Carretero and Carlos Arauz Caneto created some 30 corporations in the last five years and achieved a turnover...
Month: May 2015
Noriega murder trial set for May 21.
THE OVERWORKED spotlight on Panama’s ongoing corruption and spying investigations will change focus later this month when the country’s former...
OFF THE CUFF: Martinelli hospital walls come tumbling down
THE WALLS of the much touted Hospital City controversially named after ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, while he was still in office,...
A search for justice or political persecution?
THEY HAVE their (well paid) job to do, but some of the defense attorneys in the multiplicity of cases surrounding...
Resolving Panama debt challenge
DEBT carried over from the Martinelli era including money owed on unfinished projects may lead administration of Juan Carlos Varela...
Panama climbs in tourist rankings
PANAMA CLIMBED three positions in the Panama climbed in the " Travel and Tourism, Competitiveness Report, 2015 of the the...
Anti-dengue program closing Parque Omar, May 13
HEALTH AND FITNESS buffs who like to head to Parque Omar before sun up each day to jog or walk...
Committee dithers over accused Judge
Committee dithers over accused Judge THE FUTURE of accused Supreme Court Judge, Victor Benavides is still in the balance as...
Panama traffic fatalities hit 170, over 1,000 injuries
AN UNIDENTFIED pedestrian. Aged between 35 and 40-years-of-age became Panama’s 170th traffic fatality since the start of the year. There...
Battling Carnage on Panama roads
THE CARNAGE on Panama’s roads in the first four months of the year has already reached 170 dead, and over...
Monsanto Wants GM Entry Into Panama
MONSANTO, the company that produces and sells genetically modified seed has presented the Panamanian government with a formal request to market their...
OFF THE CUFF: Following the trail of the Zero Circle
EVERY TIME you begin to think there are no more nasty items left in the local Pandora’s box of enrichment...
