Financial Pacific linked to state bank scandal
FINES totaling $4 million have been levied against former Financial Pacific (FP) partners Ivan Clare and West Valdes, and former...
Month: October 2016
Jailed Waked says no deals with DEA
THE JAILED nephew of Abdul Waked who heads the family conglomerate in the eye of an alleged money laundering storm,...
Bank scandal reveals links to Martinelli inner circle
THE SCANDAL surrounding the state owned bank, Caja de Ahorros (CA) and its former chairman continues to widen with calls...
WORLD VIEW: Central America’s gang violence triggering humanitarian disaster
Skyrocketing gang violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras is driving tens of thousands of people, including unaccompanied children, on...
Home raided as 5 subjects questioned
EQUIPMENT seized during a Wednesday raid on the home of the chairman of the Board of Directors of Caja de...
Panama lowers growth projection
PANAMA’S Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has followed the IMF, THE World Bank and other groups in revising downward...
Frustrated patients block highway
THE FRUSTATIONS of Social Security patients boiled over on Wednesday October 12 as they moved to block Transistmica close to...
Nex TV boss held in detention
RICCARDO FRANCOLINI, former president of the board of Caja de Ahorros, has joined a long line of former high profile...
THEATRE: Shades of unreality and Dracula
By Margot Thomas IF YOU ARE a fan of the gothic literary era, when ghosts, goblins and other things you...
ENVIRONMENT: Eyes in the sky bring hope in poaching war
By John L. Petersen POACHING is big business. The illegal killing and transporting of flora and fauna is estimated to...
Martinelli inner circle court decision to be appealed
THE DECISION of two judges to drop charges against 14 people closely linked ex-president Martinelli’s “Zero (inner) circle will be...
Electoral judge concerned over 10 fold increase in private donations
THE JUDGES of Panama’s Electoral Tribunal(TE) addressed the plenary of the National Assembly on Wednesday, October 12 to express their...
