MEDIA WATCH: Comptroller scores an own goal with Odebrecht
Hoy por Hoy, La Prensa, Aug 25 The General Comptroller of Panama is an officer with full independence whose autonomy...
Month: August 2015
Martinelli son faces bingo investigation
RICARDO MARTINELLI LINARES, son of former President Ricardo Martinelli is the latest member of the Panama’s former ruling elite to...
Ex minister facing complaint over $63 million anomaly
FORMER MINISTER of Public Works. Federico José Suárez, is facing a criminal complaint for offences against public administration. Lawyer Francisco...
Guatemala president facing impeachment
GUATEMALA’S The Public Ministry of Guatemala has called for the impeachment of President Otto Perez Molina for his alleged likely involvement...
Unclaimed body overflow at judicial morgue
PANAMA’S JUDICIAL morgue is packed to capacity with unclaimed bodies says The Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Imelcf)...
The profitable greening of Panamas power production
AIDED BY plummeting prices for equipment to produce solar power, Panama is jumping on the environmentally friendly green energy bandwagon...
Odebrecht gets comptroller approval for flagship project
A FLAGSHIP project of the government of Juan Carlos Varela to be built by scandal ridden Brazilian company Norberto Odebrecht...
Panama Jazz grads move to international stage
THREE GRADUATE STUDENTS of the Danilo Perez Foundation in Panama will join an orchestra formed by students and musicians from...
Canal board member may face Interpol alert
A BUSINESSMAN who has been avoiding an appearance before Panama’s organized crime prosecutor to answer charges of money laundering, is...
Wrenching videos in adolescent jail fire deaths,
THE FORMER director of a juvenile detention center where five inmates were burned to death while onlooking police mocked and...
Microsoft eyeing Panama as regional hub
MULTINATIONAL giant Microsoft is looking to become the 115th company with a regional headquarters in Panama, according to The Ministry...
Traffic death toll reaches 246
THE CARNAGE on Panamas highways continued on the weekend bringing the total number of people killed in traffic incidents so...
