13 named in Odebrecht bribery probe
PANAMA’S Special Anti-Corruption Office has named 13 high profile people accused of involvement in bribes paid by the Odebrecht construction...
Month: May 2017
New $70 million jail for Coln
A NEW PRISON complex to house over 1,600 men and women inmates is to be built in Colón. The Ministry...
Odebrecht paid $16 million for CD presidential bid
THE BRAZILIAN Construction company Odebrecht donated $16 million to the 2014 presidential campaign of CD candidate José Domingo 'Mimito' Arias ...
Reactions to delayed Martinelli hearing
DECISION made by Supreme Court President Justice Jose Ayu Prado to ignore a request from the prosecutor to declare ex-President...
Venezuelan disruption of University event unacceptable -Varela
A CONFRONTATION at the University of Panama, sparked by Venezuelans not associated with the University is “unacceptable to us” said...
Call to declare no-show Martinelli in default
A SUPREME COURT judge, serving as prosecutor in a trial of Ricardo Martinelli, requested that the former Panama president be declared...
Low bids disqualified in new corruption scandal
CONTRACTORS who submitted lower prices when bidding on water and sewer projects in Panama were often disqualified while the job went...
Vice-presidents brother in Odebrecht probe
THE BROTHER of Panama’s Vice-President Isabella de Saint Malo, is the latest high profile Panamanian to be named in the...
The business links of Raul Saint Malo
BUSINESSMAN Raúl de Saint Malo García, brother of Vice-president Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, and related by marriage to...
Canada scammer used Panama Co. to rob clients
A CANADIAN financial manager behind an investment scam through a Panama registered company "paid a hard price for his greed,"...
Suspected killer of soccer star gunned down
A KEY SUSPECT in the double killing of Panama soccer star Amílcar Henríquez, and Delano Wilson, was himself gunned down...
Noriegas house arrest extended
FORMER military dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega has had his temporary house arrest extended to a year because of his frail...
