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...
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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...
Intermediaries detail bribes transfer to ministers
THREE “Intermediaries have revealed how they funnelled bribery money from the Odebrecht construction company to two key cabinet ministers in...
OFF THE CUFF: Varela creates China cabinet
AS TOUGH QUESTIONS from civil society about the ruling party’s acceptance of “donations” from Odebrecht remaining hanging, the government of...
Varela facing Odebrecht donation questions
WHILE President Juan Carlos Varela is basking in the afterglow of his trade mission to China, Civil groups and other...
Martinelli resigning from Den of Thieves
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli who is approaching his sixth month behind bars, far removed f from his luxury waterside Miami mansion...
Real time justice, thievery, corruption
PANAMA’S justice system sits close to the bottom of the country’s assets, with the widely endorsed perception that corruption starts...
Air and Sea search for Canadian jet-skier
AN AIR and sea search is underway in Isla Contadora and the Las Perlas Archipelago for a 61-year-old Canadian whose...
