OPINION: Fugitives running for election
ALTHOUGH they are being sought by Interpol and their whereabouts are unknown, the brothers Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique Martinelli...
Month: December 2017
Court upholds money laundering probe
ANOTHER blocking tactic by a high profile suspect facing criminal charges has been thrown out, this time involving Cristóbal Salerno,...
Comptroller Under Gun Over Deputy Audits
Transparency International (TI) is on the tail of Panama’s Comptroller General, Federico Humbert to discover what has happened to an...
American tourist killed in Boquete park accident
American Bruce Henry Wenrig, 61, became the only person to die in Chiriqui’s mountain parks in 2017 after suffering a...
Drunk drivers attack cop and rescue worker
DRUNK drivers have attacked police and emergency medical personnel in the closing days of the week leading up to Christmas....
Death threats for disappeared auditors son
Five years after the unsolved disappearance of the man whose investigations first uncovered suspicious activity at the now defunct Financial...
Blackmail, threats clientelism in judges debate
BLACKMAIL and threats have become part of what should be a sober and considered review by Panama lawmakers of the...
HEALTH WATCH: The first silent stages of Alzheimers
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM In 1985, a Swiss pathologist noted Alzheimer’s disease-like changes—plaques and tangles—in the brains of...
Gas prices down for holiday season
MOTORISTS using gasoline will get some seasonal cheer on Friday, Dec 22, that will carry them through Christmas and into...
Killed Canadian pilot was US bound
THE CANADIAN pilot who died shortly after taking off from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport, in Albrook on Wednesday. December 20...
Pain of 1989 US Invasion remembered
The 28th anniversary of the US invasion of Panama was marked on Wednesday, December 20 with official ceremonies, demonstrations at...
MEDIA WATCH: Panamas corruption conundrum
A year ago, the US Department of Justice announced a judicial agreement with Odebrecht, in which the company pleaded guilty...
