Switzerland confirms over $23 million in illegal payments to Martinelli team
WITHOUT naming names Swiss authorities have confirmed the existence of bank accounts that carried more than $20 million in illegal...
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OFF THE CUFF: City parking fines get major hike
ILLEGALLY parked vehicles are a major contributor to Panama’s traffic snarls and the city is moving to make offenders pay...
New Year and your emergency fund
By Mark Scheinbaum MIAMI —How much do you really need in emergency funds for yourself or your family? It is...
OPINION: Complicity and conflict of interest
hoyporhoy, La Prensa, Dec. 29 THE PUBLIC MINISTRY has formed a "super-prosecutors" office" to investigate the Odebrecht case and all...
Special anti-corruption prosecutors team assigned to Odebrecht probe
A SPECIAL Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office has been set up to investigate exclusively the bribes paid to Panama officials by the...
$150,000 bail for suspect in PAN corruption cases
A PANAMA businessman facing corruption charges in at lest two different cases related to the National Assistance Program (PAN), has...
Justice group calls for bribery special prosecutor
INCREASING demands by civil and political groups for strong action in the Odebrecht bribery scandal have put the spotlight on...
President skips press conference on Odebrecht
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela, was noticeably missing from a Tuesday Dec, 27 press conference to announce measures to respond to...
Panama comptroller starts bribery audits
AN AUDIT of former Public Works Ministry official Carlos Ho, will likely be followed by investigations of other officials including...
OFF THE CUFF: Panama prosecutors play bribery catch up.
OFF THE CUFF: Panama prosecutors play bribery catch up. AS A DELEGATION of Panama prosecutors led by David Diaz headed...
BRIBERY SCANDAL: Panama prosecutors in Washington
PANAMANIAN PROSECUTORS headed to Washington, on Tuesday December 27 to obtain details of alleged bribes to Panamanian officials by the...
Costa Rica bullfights under pressure
THE TRADITIONAL Zapote Festival in Costa Rica kicked off on DEC 25 with Tico-style bullfights the main event, despite increasing...
