Turkey version of Russian plane incident, questioned
THE WASHINGTON based Institute for Public Accuracy quotes John Quigley, Professor emeritus of international law at Ohio State University as...
Month: November 2015
Strike hits canal expansion, traffic
TUESDAY’S 24-hour work stoppage called by the construction workers union Suntracs caused an estimated $1 million in damages to...
Retroactive bankruptcy judgment puts bonds at risk
$30 MILLION in bonds issued by a hotel development company in 2012 are at risk following a judgment retroactively declaring...
Prequalification for building new bridge set to go
PANAMA’S CABINET has authorized the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) to undertake the prequalification of companies for the design and...
MEDIA WATCH: Canada accepts Syrian refugees,US ponders historical parallels
ON THE DAY that Canada confirmed it will accept 25,000 Syrian refugees and Republican presidential candidates come up with new...
Former Finance Minister presents affidavit in radar case
ALBERTO VALLARINO, Panama’s former Minister of Finance (MEF) spent over five hours with the Third Anti- Corruption Prosecutor, Zuleyka Moore...
Meteorite falls in Chiriqui
PANAMA’S Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) confirmed that a meteorite fell into the sea off Chiriqui on Tuesday November 24. (more…)
Matinelli link man extortion sentence upheld
THE THREE-YEAR jail term for extortion, imposed on Valter Lavitola, the former fixer of deals between Italy and Panama, has...
Construction strike slows drivers, hits Canal expansion
STRIKING construction Workers blocked The Corredor Sur on Tuesday November 24 as they marched in the rain from Costa Del...
Ex-security director gets fresh detention order
FORMER National Security Council Director Alejandro Garuz, already residing in the El Renacer Prison, has received a second preventive detention order...
Food scandal high rollers to get trial news for Christmas
NINE DEFENDANTS in a case that cost the State “economic injury” of nearly $45 million, may have to wait until...
Supervisors of court corruption network suspended
THE JUDICIAL OFFICIALS who were responsible for overseeing the 12 people allegedly involved in a corruption network within Panama’s Supreme...
