Miami media heat for absconding Martinelli
WEALTHY politicians and businessmen suspected of corruption in their native lands are fleeing to a safe haven where their wealth...
Month: December 2016
When Fantastics create a gourmet brunch
By Margot Thomas THEY call themselves the ''Fantastic Four" who together have brought a new golden touch to Sunday...
Ex-bank boss linked to Panama scandal.faces 12-years
THE FORMER chairman of a Taiwan bank faces a 12 year jail sentence over his part in “suspicious activities”...
WORLD VIEW: Putins vision aided by Trump, Brexit
2016 saw a major step toward Vladimir Putin’s vision of the world – it remains to be seen if the...
Metro fares set for a hike in 2017
AS PREDICTED by observers during the Martinelli administration, the Metro revenues based on a 35 cent fare are insufficient to...
State revenue up 7.5% in 10 months
THE PANAMA state coffers received $382 million or 7.5% more in the first 10 months of the year than in...
Copa bids for Avianca merger
Copa bids for Avianca merger COPA Airlines is looking to spread its wings with an offer of cash and shares to...
Judge arrested in corruption probe
AN UNNAMED Panama judge has been arrested following a covert operation directed by Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Zuleika Moore. A corruption complaint was...
MEDIA WATCH: Texting boosts Panama road deaths
THE ROAD traffic death toll in Panama has already overtaken that of 2015, with nearly three weeks to go and...
OPINION: Panama resident artist helps fill Miami coffers
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI (Dec. 8, 2016)—As a little kid, I did not know Carlos Cruz-Diez from Woody Woodpecker. My...
Good Samaritan dies helping out
A GOOD SAMARITAN act by a man who witnessed an accident leading to dozens of beer bottles falling from a...
An imported seasonal event now a Panama tradition
By Margot Thomas SOME 4000 people arrived to celebrate the annual Carols by Candlelight concert on the Cinta Costera on...
