Month: April 2018

Anti-corruption probe into $300 million social security scam

April 16, 2018

The Public Ministry (MP) has initiated an investigation into Panama’s latest corruption scandal: the embezzlement of $300 million in employer-employee...

Diethylene glycol prisoner denied early release

April 16, 2018

THE FORMER director of Panama’s Social Security Fund (CSS), will stay behind bars until month’s end after a compliance judge,...

Panama auto sales continue downward plunge

April 16, 2018

The sale of new automobiles in Panama continues to plummet with a fall of 10.5 percent in the first two...

OPINION: Panamas privileged public servants

April 16, 2018

The definition of place of residence has different versions: one for ordinary citizens and another for candidates for popularly elected...

Varela returns to country in turmoil

April 15, 2018

PRESIDENT Varela has returned to Panama from the Summit of the Americas where he signed on to a spoken agreement...

After 2 years no court date for $12.3 million scam

April 15, 2018

ALMOST TWO YEARS have elapsed since anti-corruption prosecutors sent to the judicial branch their investigations into 61 suspects in a...

Canal pilots call for tugboat dialogue

April 15, 2018

The Panama Canal pilots have called on the directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and tugboat captains to establish...

OPINION: Panamas ammo challenge

April 15, 2018

On Wednesday the sanitation program of sites contaminated with unexploded ordnance, an environmental legacy of the American military activities in...

Meco makes Blue Apple collaboration deal

April 14, 2018

The Costa Rican construction company MECO signed a collaboration agreement with the Sixth Prosecutor's Office, investigating the “Blue Apple” bribery...