Attorney General asks judiciary to get cracking
PANAMA’S Attorney General Kenia Porcell has tried to light a fire under the judiciary and banks to enable prosecutors to...
Month: May 2017
New rules for tourist stays
NEW RULES governing the length of time tourists can stay in the country went into effect on Wednesday, May 31....
Corridor bus lanes plan gets cold shoulder
THE GOVERNMENT’S much touted $25.6 million plan to create an exclusive lane for Metro buses on the North and South...
Ex-Panama soccer czar denied bail
A REQUEST for bail for Ariel Alvarado, the former president of the Panamanian Soccer Federation (Fepafut) has been rejected by...
Corruption probe arrest black eye for Panama law firm
THE ARREST of a Dominican businessman accused of involvement in the Odebrecht bribery scandal has again thrown the spotlight on...
Dominican-Panama bribery links
A DOMINICAN Republic businessman who has admitted receiving $92 million from Odebrecht and is accused of using it to deliver...
US Embassy Services Unit Chiriqui bound
THE AMERICAN Citizens Services (ACS) Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Panama will be visiting David, Chiriqui on Tuesday, June...
Hitch with access to bribery confessions
IF PANAMA doesn’t grant immunity to Odebrecht and its former employees, it likely won’t have access to confessions naming those...
Calls for truth about Noriega bloody events
THE NEWS of the death of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega, has opened up many old scars among those...
US Pedophile suspect found in Chiriqui
A US CITIZEN wanted to face pedophilia charges in Texas, has been arrested by the National Police in Chiriqui and...
Ex-dictator Noriega dead at 83
PANAMA’S Former Military dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega who precipitated the 1989 US invasion that claimed the lives of untold numbers...
Brzezinski, Cold War warrior
By Jonathan Power IN A MAUDLIN sort of way there is a funny story that Zbigniew Brzezinski, who died on...
