OFF THE CUFF: Judges have time, will travel
WHILE Panama’s Supreme Court seems to be operating in reverse in handling the growing backlog of corruption cases, many of...
Month: September 2015
Start work order for Metro Line 2
THE START WORK order went out on Tuesday, September 8 to the contactors who won the Metro Line 2 contract....
Panama opens door to Syrian refugees
WITHIN a couple of days of Pope Francis calling on the world to open its doors to refugees, currently flooding...
Justice dragging heels in 12 Martinelli cases
SELF EXILED former president Ricardo Martinelli has at least 12 processes in Panama's Supreme Court (CSJ), and only three of...
Financial Pacific ” investors ” hide in shadows
MONEY LAUNDERERS, speculators and high rollers, who had accounts at the scandal ridden Financial Pacific (FP) brokerage and were not...
$25 million commission linked to Martinelli government
ITALIAN defense contractor Finmeccanica paid a shell corporation in Panama a 10 percent commission on a $250 million contract it...
Criticism mounts of slow coach judge handling Martinelli file
CRITICISM of a Supreme Court Judge who spent over two months dawdling over a file implicating Ricardo Martinelli, in an...
PAN scandal widens with “small potatoes” scams
HE LATEST scandal involving the National Assistance Program (PAN) is small potatoes when compared with the millions of dollars of...
Laughter and smiles light up Kids Hospital
By Margot Thomas A HOSPITAL auditorium in a building long past its prime, is one of the last places you’d...
Vancouver mourns child refugee deaths
SCORES of white balloons floated over the port of Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, August 5 as part of a ceremony...
OFF THE CUFF: Brown gold, black gold, Oktoberfest, Thanksgiving
WHAT LINKS Brown Gold, (Oro Moreno), German hostelry ,Rincon Aleman, black gold, and Canadian Thanksgiving? (more…)
Growing concern as judge sits on Martinelli file
THERE INCREASING CONCERN in Panama over the lack of action by a Panama Supreme Court judge who, since July 1...
