Bank owners deny Odebrecht links
THE COMPANY that owns FPB Bank, reported to be a key player in the Odebrecht/LavaJato bribery scandal, has denied...
Month: February 2017
Two more road deaths bring total to 48
TWO OVERNIGHT traffic deaths on January 15 brought Panama’s grim highway statistic so far this year to 48 with Carnival...
WORLD VIEW: Virtue and profit
By Indira Kartallozi We live in a world where 65 million people are forcibly displaced by conflict, violence, famine, environmental...
Panama deficit up 11% to $1.35 billion
PANAMA’S deficit rose 11 percent to $1.35 billion in 2016, reports Finance Minister Dulcidio De La Guardia. The figure is...
Interpol accepts red alert request for Martinellis sons.
INTERPOL has accepted Panama's request to issue an international red alert to locate and arrest the two sons of ex-president...
Panama asks WTO for $210 million fine for Colombia
PANAMA and Colombia are planning regular meetings to iron out trade issues, but while jaw not war may be on...
MF Brazil boss in preventive detention
MARÍA MERCEDES RIAÑO, the former boss of the Mossack Fonseca (MF) law office in Brazil, traveled from her police cell...
WORLD VIEW: Time for US to leave the Gulf?
By Jonathan Power REPORTING on President Donald Trump’s new energy policy which plans for a big increase in domestically...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving a world that grows too much
INDUSTRIAL agriculture is seriously damaging the environment, not to mention the health of citizens around the globe. With a limited...
MUSICALION: Stopping Time in Parque Omar
By Margot Thomas VALENTINE’S DAY will have a special musical twist in Panama this year with renowned Panamanian Baritone Ricardo...
Missing lawyer appears for bribery probe
THE LAWYER who ran the Brazil office of Mossack Fonseca (MF) at the time it was raided by Brazilian authorities...
Interpol Red Alert for Martinellis sons
WHILE their father, ex president Ricardo Martinelli, rests in apparent tranquility in Miami, his two sons are facing an Interpol...
