First Martinelli Minister on trial Friday
FORMER Minister of Social Development (Mides), Guillermo Ferrufino will be the first Cabinet member of the Martinelli administration to face...
Month: March 2016
OFF THE CUFF: Odebrecht and cloth ears
CITIZEN’S concerns over Panama’s ongoing relationship with the Odebrecht company have been re-awakened with the jailing of the former CEO...
Varela stays mum on Odebrecht jailing
PRESIDENT VARELA declined to comment Tuesday March 8 on the sentencing of Marcelo Odebrecht, president of the Brazilian construction company...
Panama tax man eyeing vacation apartment rentals
APARTMENT owners in the vacation renting business are in the sights of Panama’s tax collectors. The battle between hotels and vacation rentals...
Copa shares flying high
COPA HOLDINGS shares rose by 41.3%.on the New York Stock Exchange between February 4 and March 5. On Friday, March...
Swift action demanded in Pegasus spy case
HUMAN RIGHTS activists and victims of illegal surveillance are calling for swift legal action to be taken against Ricardo Martinelli...
One dead six injured in twin accidents
AT LEAST five people were injured, three of them seriously in a multi-vehicle pile up at the entrance to Howard...
Odebrecht jailed for 19 years
MARCELO ODEBRECHT, former CEO of the Brazilian construction giant who was feted in Panama by successive governments, and showered with...
WORLD VIEW: Muslims, Christians, Jews and violence
By: Jonathan Power IS ISLAM violent? ISIS in Syria and Iraq. In Pakistan, there is Lashkar-e-Taiba and the attempted murderer...
Electoral crimes in limbo as judges play ping pong
PANAMA’S Administrative Prosecutor Rigoberto González has moved to end the ping pong between The Supreme Court and the Electoral Tribunal;...
Ruben Blades issues Womens Day manifesto
RUBEN BLADES, Panama’s multi Grammy awards winner and a potential presidential candidate has called on all the presidents of America, ...
Mulino gets release from preventive detention
A PANAMA judge has ordered the release from preventive detention of former Minister of Public Security, Jose Raul Mulino but...
