Martinellis brother fingered by scandal witness
MARIO MARTINELLI, brother of former President Ricardo Martinelli, in his capacity as owner and majority shareholder of companies Hialing Corporation...
Month: July 2015
A musical background to re-election
INVESTIGATIONS are underway into the sudden interest in music among (Democratic Change (CD), candidates during the lead up to the...
Brazil corruption scandals cast shadow on Odebrecht Panama
THE SHADOW of Corruption scandals linked to the Government of Brazil and the construction company Norberto Odebrecht are undermining the...
SERVER HITCH Blacks out Newsroom
OUR DEEPEST regrets for the blackout during the last 36 hours. due to a server problem, We are now back...
Panama students charged with terrorism
CHARGES OF TERRORISM and illicit association to commit a crime have been filed against three students of the National Institute...
BARRO BLANCO: Indigenous leaders want to talk to bosses
INDIGENOUS leaders have decided to walk away from the dialogue with government “assistants”over the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project. (more…)
More fiddling with PAN instrument deals
PRICES of musical instruments climbed the scales to hit the high notes when sold to the National Assistance Program (PAN)....
University rector heading for Assembly grilling
AN OBSTRUCTED AUDIT of the University of Panama Foundation (FUDEP) HAS prompted the National Assembly to summon the embattled rector...
OFF THE CUFF: PRD infighting infects Assembly
DISSENSION inside the PRD party has spread over to the National Assembly and, for a second consecutive week, the National...
Four years jail for cop who beat up doctor
A National Police sergeant who went berserk and beat up a Panama doctor has been jailed for four years. (more…)
Ex-Brazil president helped Odebrecht inflate costs in Panama – prosecutor
BRAZIL’S former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) is being investigated for influence peddling to benefit the Odebrecht construction...
Plans in hand for restoration of Panama’s historic forts
Panama has made "little progress" in the conditioning and restoration of Portobelo and San Lorenzo monuments, in Colon and the...
