Corruption suspect by any other name
A “DODGE-the-bullet” move by the lawyer for corruption suspect Nicolas Corcione, is hanging on the interpretation of the word “director”...
Month: August 2015
90-day window to register firearms
OWNERS of an unregistered firearm have a 90 day window to set the record straight or face seizure of their...
Mass schoolgirls vaccination program to fight cervical cancer
OVER 50 000 doses of vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) will be given to 10 year old girls living and...
Drought may impact canal shipping
PANAMA’S increasing water problems could also affect one of the country’s vital income sources.The lack of rain in the watershed...
TV images of police mocking burning youths
TV IMAGES of adolescents screaming for help as they were engulfed in flames while police stood by and mocked them...
OFF THE CUFF: Kid glove treatment for Martinellis brother?
MARIO MARTINELLI, brother of former President Ricardo was spared the tiring 15 minute drive to Via Espana and the spare...
Investment firm linked to troubled bank, suspended
THE LICENSE of an investment firm linked to Banco Universal whose name has repeatedly appeared in series of anti corruption...
13 women rescued in sexual trafficking crackdown
THIRTEEN WOMEN who were victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, were discovered in a crackdown by Panama’s Special Prosecutor for...
Incinerated adolescents not part of riot
THE FIVE ADOLESCENTS who were incinerated in the Tocumen Detention Center on January 9, 2011 while police stood by jeering,...
Daughter of key PAN corruption figure arrested
A DAUGHTER of one of the “star” witnesses in the former National Assistance Program (PAN) scandal has been arrested and...
NEW ON THE BLOCK: Starbucks invasion underway
STARBUCKS opened the first of five planned locations in Panama on Thursday, July 6. The others are scheduled to open...
Corruption suspect no-show for interrogation
BUSINESSMAN and Panama Canal Authority (ACP) director Nicolas Corcione Perez Balladares, failed to appear on Thursday, July 6 for a...
