Judge closes $21 million spy equipment probe
TIME and Panama’s justice system are on the side of the thieves of over $21 million worth of equipment used...
Month: November 2017
Canal future could rest on going green
THE FUTURE of the Panama Canal in the face of accelerating climate change may depend on innovative green initiatives including...
Rights of Martinelli messenger boy not violated
THE SECOND Criminal Superior Court has thrown out an appeal by the former secretary of ex-president Martinelli against a...
Copa Airlines reaches 5-year deal with ground workers
COPA Airlines it reached a direct agreement with the union representing ground workers of the airline, less than a day...
The corruption network that prosecutor Ay Prado missed
THE FILING of a prosecution against ex-president Ricardo Martinelli and two deputies by his appointee, Supreme Court (CSJ) president Ayú...
Jet-set judge gets achievement award
THE PRESIDENT of Panama’s underperforming Supreme Court, Ayú Prado, was presented with the Humanist of the Year award and invested with...
Judicial lifeline for ex-president knocked
THERE WAS swift reaction to the report that Supreme Court Judge José Ayú Prado, acting as prosecutor, filed a corruption...
Martinelli sons rights appeal setback
A SUPREME COURT draft decision that said the two sons of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli had their constitutional rights violated when ...
OPINION: The high price of injustice
A close friend of Panama in the fight against corruption, the Peruvian José Ugaz, has reminded us that Only Brazil,...
Probes of Martinelli filed in grains scandal
JUDGE José Ayú Prado, acting as prosecutor, has ordered the provisional filing of investigations of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, and the...
Arbitration call in Copa-Airlines dispute
A STRIKE by Copa Airlines ground staff set for Thursday, November 23 was suspended by the Ministry of Labor and...
Virzi gets jail exit keys once again
FORMER Vice-president Felipe Pipo Virzi, entangled in multiple corruption probes has once again been released from preventive detention because of...
