Month: September 2018
OPINION: Sending a corruption message
The bill that reviews the statute of limitations on corruption offenses is awaiting the National Assembly give the process life...
Over 2,000 businesses celebrating Panama Black Weekend
PANAMA’S “Black Weekend” Friday 14 through Sunday September 16, has more participants this year including, hotels car rentals restaurants and...
No tension with US over China links
PANAMA ’S relationship with China "will bring many benefits and will not affect the relationship with a strategic partner like...
Deputys trial for teen highway death suspended
After an agreement of economic compensation, endorsed by the judge of guarantees, Harry Díaz, the trial against CD Deputy Mario...
Judge grants bail for businessman on the run
In the latest revelation of Panama ’s bewildering judicial system, a Panama judge has granted bail to Gabriel Btesh a fugitive...
OPINION: After the ribbon cutting comes the reckoning
From 2016 to date, the subsidy for the fares of users of the Panama Metro has been$120 million. The successful...
Supreme Court rejects Martinelli bail request
PANAMA’S Supreme Court has rejected a bail application by former president Ricardo Martinelli, who has been held in El Renacer...
WORLDVIEW: Guatemalas bloody past off the radar
By Jonathan Power In 1981 on the editorial page of the New York Times I wrote a column showing that...
Money laundering investigation appeal rejected
The Seventh Criminal Court has rejected an appeal seeking to overturn an investigation ordered against Aaron Mizrachi in the investigation related...
Extradited Martinelli claims he returned to defend his name
Ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, who lingered in a Miami detention center for over a year while a team of US lawyers...
