ODEBRECHT: Prosecutors threatened, witnesses offered bribes
WITNESSES in Panama’s anti-corruption prosecutions linked to high profile people in the Odebrecht bribery scandal have been offered large sums...
Month: May 2017
Varela discretionary spending at $60,000 a day
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela handed out discretionary payments totalling $5.4 million in the first 90 days of the year, some...
Panamanian deportee dies in US prison
A 27-YEAR-OLD Panamanian awaiting deportation in a Southern Georgia, USA, prison became the seventh person to die this year in...
Twitter threat suspect arrested
A 24year-old, suspected of being the man who tweeted Panama’s first lady with threats against her disc jockey son, has...
Police called to eviction protests
PROTESTERS against the eviction of squatters being carried out in Cerro Galera, were barred by police from blocking the highway...
Transit authority rejects tourism Uber demand
THE 24-HOUR ultimatum of Panama tourism vehicle operators to the Transit Authority (ATTT) on Monday, May 15 was quickly slapped...
WORLD VIEW: The hypocrisy of owning nuclear weapons
By Jonathan Power DURING the French election no candidate talked about France’s nuclear weapons. In Britain, the subject has been...
Panama under money laundering microscope
UNDER the shadow of over 40 corruption and money laundering investigations involving scores of high ranking officials of the previous...
Tourism drivers issue Uber ultimatum
VEHICLE OPERATORS in the tourism sector have given the Transport Authority (ATTT) 24 hours to stop the service offered by...
MEDIA WATCH: Comey firing reminder of a bigger danger
By Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post I HAVE TRIED to evaluate Donald Trump’s presidency fairly. I’ve praised him when...
$35 million controversial ruling quashed.
PANAMA’S Second Superior Court of Justice has overturned the ruling of a controversial lower court judge releasing over $35 million...
Tourism drivers protest Uber
OPERATORS of tourism transit vehicles have followed the lead of Panama taxi drivers in protesting the presence of the Uber...
