Varela in Colon to assess Waked jobs fallout
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela, headed for the province of Colon to assess the impact of the measures taken by the...
Month: May 2016
Vigil in support of money laundering suspects
EMPLOYEES,and business associates of Waked family businesses were joined by political party activists at a vigil in Colon on Wednesday...
No moves announced on suspended Bank loans
PANAMA’S Superintendency of Banks said on Monday, May 9, that under no circumstances has it made specific recommendations to customers...
WORLD VIEW: Rethinking Hiroshima
By Jonathan Power WE WERE STANDING in Hiroshima looking at a stone wall. All there was to see was a...
World watches as Panama documents posted online
PANAMA is once again headlined around the world following the Monday, May 9, publishing of over 200,000 from law firm...
Panama closes border to migrants
PANAMA’S BORDER with Colombia, in the area of Puerto Obaldia and other points has been closed by,President, Juan Carlos Varela...
Banking Association knocks financial system malicious rumors.
PANAMA’S Banking Association has moved to scotch what it calls"malicious rumors published on social networks" about the stability of the...
Lawyer plays down case against Waked
A LAWYER, for embattled businessman Abdul Waked, on Monday, May 9, downplayed the US Treasury Department and Drug Enforcement Administration...
Government moves to aid Waked workers
PANAMA’S Minister of Economy and Finance, Dulcidio De La Guardia and a newly created emergency committee are holding meetings with...
Potential Panama economic crisis brings caution call
PANAMA’S Chamber of Commerce has called for caution with the possibility of a major economic crisis brought on by US action surrounding one...
Arrested Waked wont fight extradition
A LAWYER for Nidal Waked 44, who was arrested Wednesday. May 4 in Bogota, Colombia, said that he will not...
Panama Papers: Law firm files go public May 9.
PANAMA is bracing for more fallout from the files of the Mossack Fonseca law firm relating to offshore activities of...
