Martinelli bribe allegations to be aired in Rome
ON THE EVE of a hearing in Rome into allegations of bribery in Panama by the Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica, former...
Month: October 2015
Panama drops in doing business index
PANAMA has dropped l three places in the World Bank's annual "Doing Business" index, which measures the ease doing business...
83 ice cream imports banned
THE IMPORTATION and marketing of 83 varieties of ice cream has been banned by Panama’s Food and Safety Authority (Aupsa) (more…)
CD party protests Mulino detention
THE BOARD of the Democratic Change (CD) party , founded, funded and led by former President Ricardo Martinelli questioned on...
Ex-security boss on spot for overpriced equipment buy
PANAMA’S FORMER Minister of Security, already in detention after three days of grilling over irregularities in a $125 million radar...
Two traffic deaths raise total to 126
A MAN who decided to cross the Pan American Highway just 25 meters from a pedestrian bridge became Panama’s 325th...
Judge sitting on Martinelli file
A SUPREME COURT judge who has been sitting for 19 days on the file accusing ex-president Ricardo Martinelli of wiretapping...
OPINION: Supreme court guilty of complicity in Martinelli case
CLEARLY THE JUDGES of the Supreme Court have endeavored to disappoint the nation, looking for unlikely ways to delay and...
WORLD VIEW: Israels apartheid state
By Jonathan Power ALBERT EINSTEIN once said that “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and...
Metro station designers forgot Panama rains
THE DESIGNERS of the elevated stations of Metro Line 1 did not take into account that Panama is a tropical...
2 dead in Via Argentina shooting
Two people were killed in a shooting early Monday morning, Oct. 26 near Via Argentina. (more…)
Ex-Justice Minister behind bars
FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER Jose Raul Mulino was ordered held in preventive detention on Monday Oct. 26 after his third day...
