Panama 2nd in Central America road carnage
ONE person was killed and another injured in traffic accident in San Carlos on Tuesday, Sep,5, bringing the total highway...
Month: September 2017
Panama alleged Odebrecht bribe takers named
MORE MEMBERS of Panama’s power brokers circle during the Ricardo Martinelli administration have been identified as recipients of “coima” (bribes) ...
OPINION: Tackling Panamas impunity disease
The first wave of efforts stemming from the award-winning statements of top Odebrecht executives in Brasil arrived yesterday in our...
Singer facing highway manslaughter charge
REGGAE SINGER Martin Machore who struck and killed a man on a bicycle in Aguadulce, Cocle, and left the scene...
Embezzlment suspect gets hospital boot
PANAMA’S FORMER Director-General of Revenue, who exchanged a jail cell for the air conditioned comforts of a leading private hospital...
WORLDVIEW: Unwinding the Iran nuclear deal
By Jonathan Power THE BIG mistake, apparently about to be made by President Trump, in undoing the nuclear agreement made...
Prosecutor appeals ruling in New Business probe
THE FIRST PROSECUTOR Against Organized Crime is appealing against a Criminal Circuit Judge's refusal to declare “complex cause,” the investigation...
Trap closing on Panama bribery suspects
HOT ON THE HEELS of a Monday morning raid at the home of ex- Minister of Finance Frank De Lima...
Ex-Finance Minister’s home raided
A SEARCH of the Costa de Este home of Panama’s former Minister of Economy and Finance was carried out on...
Commerce Chamber asks judicial reform
PANAMA’S Chamber Chamber of Commerce, (Cciap) has joined the growing chorus of civil groups calling for urgent changes to the...
OPINION: Panamas impunity hydra
CORRUPTION is about to devour us in Panama, like the hydra of Lerna, fed in our isthmus by the most...
OPINION: Cocking a snook at justice
LUIS CUCALÓN, the notorious director general of Revenues in the administration of Ricardo Martinelli, is being prosecuted for the alleged...
