Prosecutors checking on alleged bribe for Metro Line 1
CONCERNS over the bidding process for the Metro Line 2 project, awarded to the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, have been...
Month: May 2015
OFF THE CUFF: The sky was the limit for government jaunts
GOVERNMENT HELICOPTER rentals in a four year period during the Martinelli era created a "possible economic damage" totaling $10,134,000, and...
Second Supreme Court judge facing Assembly tribunal
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY prosecutor and judges who will handle the investigation of allegations against Supreme Court judge Victor Benavides were...
More Direct Flights Panama-Mexico
AEROMEXICO has started operating a new daily direct flight between Mexico City and Tocumen International Airport in Panama City.. The...
Street games festival free to all “real people”
Street games festival free to all By Margot Thomas IF YOU grew up in an era when a length of...
Movie goers in Panama hit record high
By Margot Thomas IN SPITE of continuing competition from TV films and on line services like Netflix, attendance at movie...
Former mayor under house arrest
FORMER Panama City Mayor Bosco Vallarino is under house arrest following five hours of questioning in Calidonia on Tuesday, May...
Complaint filed over Odebrecht Metro line 2 contract
THE SEEMINGLY permanent open door welcome for the Brazilian Construction giant Odebrecht which has garnered some $8 billion in contracts...
Conflict of interest query in Metro Line 2 award
ONE OF the seven members of the evaluating committee, for the Metro Line 2 project had previously provided consulting services...
No more immigration fairs
CONCERNS OF The Panama Bar Association, that the Ricardo Martinelli inspired immigration fairs would be restarted were allayed on Tuesday,...
Ex-deputy finance minister cooperating with investigators
FORMER Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Gladys Cedeño is cooperating with anti-corruption investigators and is being held under house...
Supreme Court prosecutor checks Martinelli assets
AN INVESTIGATION into companies linked to Panama’s former president Ricardo Martinelli took place on Tuesday, May 20 at the Public...
