Evacuation of Cuban migrants underway
THE AIR LIFT to Mexico of thousands of Cubans who have been stranded in the province of Chiriqui for up...
Month: May 2016
Supreme Court judge queried on Wisa Group visit
SUPREME COURT Judge Harry Diaz is facing questions from within the judiciary over why he was seen leaving the offices...
No credit/debit cards accepted in Felix stores
THE EFFECTS of the inclusion of 68 companies of the Waked family on the Clinton List of companies for having...
Waked unaware of DEA 7-year probe
ABDUL WAKED, who heads the network of businesses targeted in a 7-year money laundering and drug investigation, spearheaded by the...
VIEWPOINT: One mans take on the US election dilemma
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (4 May 2016)—Friends and relatives are not seeking my wisdom but their own reassurance of confusion...
Turkish Airlines launches flights to Bogota, Panama
TURKEY’S FLAG carrier Turkish Airlines has added two more nations to its global reach by beginning service to Panama City,...
Mossack Fonseca deliberately violated laws – informant
WHILE PANAMA law firm Mossack Fonseca is seeking to block the release of its files on Monday, April 9 , the...
Double corruption whammy to Panama name and economy
THE ARREST of member of a prominent Panama family accused of a major role in one of the world’s biggest...
Waked newspapers avoid US sanctions
PANAMA’S oldest newspaper La Estrella de Panama and its stablemate El Siglo, whose majority shareholder is businessman Abdul Waked, are...
Varela scrambles to protect jobs in laundering probe
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela weighed into the US led seven year investigation ofPanama’s Grupo Waked and what has been seen...
Attempt to block further Panama Papers disclosures
MOSSACK FONSECA, the Panama law firm that has brought the eyes of the world on Panama, is fighting to stave...
Stock exchange moves on Waked operations
ONE DAY AFTER the Securities Superintenedency suspended operations of the Balboa Bank, the Panamas Stock Exchange ordered three suspensions related...
