Government revenues near $7.4 billion
PANAMA government's revenues increased by 5.8 percent to $7.389 billion at the close of 2016, up $404 million, over the previous...
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Japan bank drops Odebrecht deal
THE FALL OUT linked to the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, is hitting the company in many quarters from canceled contracts,...
Avianca choses United as growth partner
COPA AIRLINES of Panama and Delta Air Lines were left on the bench when Colombian airline Avianca made its decision...
Business chamber demands corruption action
BUSINESS and civil organizations are continuing to press the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) and other judicial authorities for action in...
Partying suspects moved to prison
TWO OF THE PRIME suspects in the Caja de Ahorros (CA) scandal who held a Christmas party for family and...
Fugitives lawyer stalls CSS bribery hearing
A PETITIION presented by the lawyer of a man related to Ricardo Martinelli and who is wanted by Interpol has...
David Viteri again walks free
DAVID VITERI, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) informant who seems to lead a charmed life was acquitted,...
OPINION: Impunity reigns in Supreme Court
Hoyporhoy La Prensa, Jan. 31 THE UNFORGIVABLE delay of the Supreme Court of Justice in attending to a request...
Supreme Court stalls Swiss Martinelli probe
PANAMA’S Supreme Court has for sis months been sitting on a Swiss request for judicial assistance to determine whether ex-president...
WORLD VIEW: Trump and torture
By Jonathan Power IN A PRESS conference last week President Donald Trump said he believed in the worth of torture...
11 ex-minister bank accounts frozen
ALMA CORTÉS, Minister of Labor in the Ricardo Martinelli administration (20092014), has had 11 bank accounts frozen while she is...
Odebrecht out of 4th bridge bid
BRAZILIAN construction giant Odebrecht will not be adding to the over $9 billion in Panama government contracts after confirming Monday,...
