Panama leads region in foreign investment
PANAMA was the bright spot in Latin America in 2014 in terms of foreign investment. While throughout the region foreign...
Month: May 2015
CORRUPTION : Martinelli hearings, deputy denials of farce
PANAMA’S Supreme Court will hold two hearings next week on charges being faced by former President Ricardo Martinelli, while two...
Heavier fines for driving texters, chatterers
USING A CELL phone to talk or text while driving will soon become an expensive habit if police enforcers back...
Judge meets auditors in Martinelli investigation
JUDGE OYDEN ORTEGA, acting as prosecutor in the investigation of former President Ricardo Martinelli for alleged embezzlement, met with auditors...
3 members of metro committee had links to winning group
3 members of metro evaluating committee had links to winners A THIRD member of the evaluating committee for the awarding...
OFF THE CUFF: Review of state double-dippers underway
SPARKED by reports that some alternative deputies in Panama’s National Assembly have been double-dipping (getting paid from two different institutions...
OFF THE CUFF: Panama the regions smart city?
OFF THE CUFF: Panama the regions “smart” city? WHEN former President Ricardo Martinelli was not busy attacking local media he...
Accused ex-revenue director wants former bosses cited
LUIS CUCALÓN, the former head of the Directorate General of Revenue (DGI) returned to his cell in the Judicial Investigation...
CORRUPTION: Large Companies Absent in Panama Tenders
It is significant that there is no participation in the tenders for large scale government works in Panama by companies...
The future of Panama Power Generation
The exhaustion of the potential of hydroelectricity and social resistance to its use, is bringing to the forefront alternative energy...
Highway blocked 6 hours to protest water shortage
AFTER BLOCKING the Transismica highway for six hours and causing major traffic delays, residents of Nueva Providencia, Colón got the...
Former revenue director in preventive detention
AFTER 14 HOURS of interrogation by the Fourth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor on Monday, May 25, Luis Cucalón former head of the...
