Ex-Minister admits punch up and shooting
GUILLERMO FERRUFINO -the former Minister of Social Development under investigation for alleged offenses against public administration, admitted on TV on...
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OFF THE CUFF:Black Friday parking alert
WHEN pay days coincide with Friday, Panama City's traffic crawl tends to grind to a halt, so when Friday becomes...
Lavitola facing additional jail time
THE NAPLES, Italy, Deputy Prosecutor Vincenzo Piscitelli has asked for an additional one year prison term for Valter Lavítola on charges...
Door opening for Walmart in Panama?
NEGOTIATIONS are being promoted with the US Walmart chain for the installation of a distribution center for Latin America in...
The Voice and Spirit of Chilean Jazz
The Jazz Scene with Ken Grady I have been...
PAN corruption suspect remains tight lipped
THE FORMER director of the National Aid Program (PAN), Rafael Guardia Jaén, on Wednesday November 26, invoked his constitutional right...
Assembly elects new comptroller
BUSINESSMAN Federico Humbert will replace long time Martinelli employee Gioconda Torres de Bianchini as Panama’s comptroller. He was elected Wednesday,...
Martinelli spy mission investigation shelved
AFTER NEARLY a year of research, the fourth anti-corruption prosecutor, William Parodi, has requested the provisional closing of the investigation...
OFF THE CUFF: Uncovering buried treasures
WITH OVER 150 banks in Panama there’s a lot of work ahead for The First Anti-Corruption Prosecutor who has been...
Alleged PAN kickback link leaves country
ADOLFO DE OBARRIO, the private secretary of former President Ricardo Martinelli, fled the country on a private jet on Tuesday...
Downpour causes city wide floods, traffic chaos
HEAVY rain accompanied by lightning, on Tuesday, November 24 caused flooding and traffic jams in several parts of Panama city....
Martinelli had to know of PAN scams – Varela
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela said Tuesday, November 25 that his predecessor, Ricardo Martinelli, had to know about the irregularities in...
