No ban on immigrants passing through – Varela
CENTRAL AMERICAN countries cannot forbid migrants from passing through to their destination, said Panama President Juan Carlos Varela, on Wednesday, March...
Month: March 2017
Martinelli pardons case delayed
ANOTHER CASE involving long gone former president Ricardoo Martinelli is winding its weary way through the Panama courts system. The...
13 more Panama lawmakers face criminal complaint
WHILE Panama’s Supreme court is still debating a criminal complaint filed against the president of the National Assembly, a similar...
OFF THE CUFF: Venezuela Construction body ousts Odebrecht
VENEZUELA’S Chamber of Construction (CVC) is the latest group to put the boot in to the once mighty, now crumbling...
Supreme Court adjourns talk on Assembly criminality action
AS PANAMA’S National Assembly continues to turn blind eye to the goings on of its members, the Supreme Court on...
Attorney General in European meetings marathon
PANAMA’S Attorney General, Kenia Porcell is holding talks meetings this week with judicial authorities in Switzerland and Andorra to discuss...
Smart phone addicts get two-hour therapy
THE FALLOUT from the recent power outages from The Electric Transmission Company (Etesa) continued on Tuesday March 28, with thousands...
Generali ups stakes in Panama, Colombia
THE LION of San Marcos is about to disappear from the Panama business scene as insurance giant Generali pulls in...
Martinelli era construction projects halted
WORK has stopped on multiple projects by a consortium much favored by the Martinelli administration and now mired in corruption...
WORLD VIEW: Populism and income inequality
By Jonathan Power THE ASIAN economies are picking up speed again. After the big hit from Wall Street when, Lehman Brothers,...
Chief justice blames funding shortage for action delay
SUPREME COURT Chief Justice José Ayú, facing accusation of mismanaging appointments under the criminal accusatory system on Monday, Mar. 27 ,...
$135 million deals at Expocomer 2017
THIS YEAR’S Expocomer organized at Atlapa by the Panama Chamber of Commerce and ending March 25, generated commercial transactions of $135...
