91 octane gasoline price rise
AS WORLD OIL PRICES fall to new lows Panama’s National Energy Secretariat has announced a 3 cents a gallon increase...
Month: December 2015
Panama link to El Salvador corruption trial
A PANAMA registered corporation transferred at least $874,000 to the president of El Salvador, Francisco Flores (1999-2004), currently in custody while awaiting trial...
Dismissal of charges against ex-ministers appealed
THE DISMISSAL of charges against two former ministers and two ex-viceministers In a case that caused injury to the state...
La Prensa hit by $600,000 judgment
LA PRENSA has been orered to pay $600,000 in damages to David and Daniel Ochy, owners of the construction company Transcaribe...
Canada welcomes first wave of Syrian refugees
CANADA continues to set an example to the Western world as crowds with welcome signs gather at Toronto and Montreal...
Martinelli makes top 15 in world corruption list
RICARDO MARTINELLI, former Panama President has joined FIFA, Brazil’s Petrobas and former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak as a finalist in...
Key suspects in PAN food scandal called to trial
A NUMBER of alleged key players in Panama’s dehydrated food scandal have been called to trial including fugitive Adolfo Obarrio,...
OFF THE CUFF: Swiss joy ride may turn out expensive
WHAT MAY HAVE been a $7,200 no-charge joy ride, could end up costing Central American Parliament (Parlacen) Deputy, Lourdes Cortes, more...
Bullet dodging Canal board member, returns to spotlight
Grupo Corcione, a company owned by Nicolás Corcione who is dodging the bullet by hiding behind his place as a...
MEDIA WATCH: UK petition calls for ban on Trump
Donald Trump's call to ban all Muslims from coming into America – and subsequent comments about policing in London have...
Canada confirms end of Iraq bombing mission
CANADA’S Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed an election promise to withdraw the six fighter jets that have been deployed...
Panama shield law gets another thumbs down.
PANAMA’s shield law which makes it difficult and under some circumstances near impossible to prosecute the deputies who created it,...
