Regional inequality expanding as billionaires multiply
THE NUMBER of rich people in Latin America who have accumulated more than a billion dollars grew by 38% in...
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Bar Association calls for anti-corruption crusade
A LETTER calling for a crusade against corruption has gone from The president of the National Bar Association (CNA) José...
Bank accounts of Martinelli appointee seized
ANOTHER prominent figure in the previous administration is under investigation for accumulation of assets not reflected by his salary while...
High tech solution to end carbon fuel emissions
ON THE EVE of the next world summit on climate change a Swedish company has announced a development that could...
Last gates for canal expansion arrive
THE LAST four lock gates for the completion of the Panama Canal expansion, running a year late late, arrived Wednesday....
Prisoners coordinating outside crime jobs via wifi
THERE IS a 100 percent certainty that prisoners in Panama jails have communicated with people outside to coordinate criminal activities...
Curtain rises on Martinelli soap opera”
ITALIAN “FIXER” Valter Laví¬tola appearing before the Italian courts, Wednesday November 16 faces charges of trying to extort $20 million...
OAS eyes role of Panamas electoral prosecutor
A MONITORING mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) that visited Panama during the May 2014 elections has recommended...
FP SCANDAL: Illegal transfers hidden from superintendency
MAYTE PELLEGRINI, former employee of Financial Pacific (FP) one of 12 people charged with financial offenses against the brokerage, admitted...
New Transparency boss has civil rights record
LONGTIME CIVIL RIGHTS activist and spokesperson Angélica Maytín, is the new director of the National Authority on Transparency and Access...
Uncle Pipo to testify for accused judge
Lawyers for suspended Supreme Court Justice Alejandro Moncada Luna reported that they will call former Vice President Felipe "Pipo" Virzi...
Ban on gun imports extended
THE BAN on the import of guns into Panama has been extended by six months, from October 31 by order...
