Ministry and mayor pass buck on construction project
A GOVERNMENT Ministry and Panama City''s mayor are playing “dodge the bullet” or “pass the buck” with a Supreme Court ruling...
Month: December 2015
PAN scandal suspect gets $350,000 bail
BUSINESSMAN and corruption suspect Carlos Arauz, has been granted bail totaling $350,000 in two cases related to the former National...
WORLD VIEW: US drifts towards political irresponsibility
By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service THE RECENT Republican presidential debates were held in the gaudy and...
Extradition moves for Martinelli
NO TIME is being wasted in moving foward with plans to arrest ex-president Ricardo Martinelli and Justice Jeromino Mejia has been...
Electoral Commission rethinking media ban
THE COMMISSION for Electoral Reforms plans to takena new look at a proposal that has raised a storm among Panama journalists who...
Ex-president returns to world stage in new role
IN HIS GLORY days as president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli enjoyed strutting the world stage and portraying himself as the...
Martinelli condemns judges he appointed
THE SUPREME COURT decision to order the arrest of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli for failing to attend a hearing on illegal...
WORLD VIEW: What drives religious extremism?
By Jonathan Power What drives people to extremes? Why do the people behind Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS) get...
BACKGROUND to Martinelli arrest decision.
THE SUPREME COURT plenum that ordered the arrest of former President Ricardo Martinelli who fled the country in January was presided...
COURT ORDERS MARTINELLI ARREST
AFTER FIVE HOURS of deliberation, on Monday December 21 the Plenum of Panama’s Supreme Court ordered the provisional detention of former president and member of...
Investigation of Martinelli in dried foods scandal re-activated
JUDGE OYDEN ORTEGA, who acts as prosecutor in the investigation of former president Ricardo Martinelli in the dehydrated foods scandal...
Speeding busito brings transit death toll to 393
A TAXI DRIVER was killed instantly on Sunday night at 12.30 by a speeding school mini-bus whose driver lost control....
