Government payroll up by 5,000
THE NUMBER of employees on the state payroll increased by 5,000 over the previous year to 214,333 officials reports the...
Month: December 2015
Rounding off Christmas with a 12th Night Revel
By Margot Thomas Following its Carols by Candlelight event on December 12,the CanadaPLUS (Club) Foundation will be launching its 2016 social...
Election campaign financing reforms
THE MOST controversial point of the draft amendments to the Electoral Code will be the changes to the financing of...
Flow of illicit money from Central America expands
THE GLOBAL Financial Integrity report reports that between 2004 and 2013 the flows of money from Costa Rica from laundering...
Panama blue skies dream becomes black cloud
AS MANY AS 1,400 PEOPLE who invested between $5,000 and $18,000 each in a time share plan of Blue Vacation...
Costa Rica and Panama face continuing Cuban migrant crisis
AS THE CUBAN migrant crisis continues to build, affecting thousands who are stranded in Panama and Costa Rica, the president...
Corruption rewards under the hammer
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is planning to auction properties it has seized in connection with corruption investigations in February....
UN calls for more electricity in Panama rural areas
THE UN has urged Panama to expand access to electricity in rural areas of the country as its lack has...
Electoral Tribunal urges protection of CD candidates
THE ELECTORAL Tribunal (TE) has urged prosecutors to continue investigations into various irregularities by two high ranking Democratic Change (CD)...
Suspect $30 million bond issue shakes financial system
A $30 MILLION bond issue by a company that allegedly manipulated information about its finances has shaken Panama’s financial system....
Child pornography mushrooms in Panama
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY in Panama has mushroomed from 26 in 2014 to 958 so far this year according to reports from...
Options for Martinelli trial
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli’s failure to appear for the start of for his trial for illegal wiretapping of political opponents, judges...
