State bank embezzlement suspects denied bail
THE SECOND High Court of Justice has denied bail to Riccardo Francolini, former president of the board of directors of...
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WORLD VIEW: Obamas foreign policy 6/10
By Jonathan Power WHEN President Barack Obama leaves office will the world be better or worse than eight years ago? ...
Polynesian voyaging canoe visits Panama
A TRADITIONAL Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa on a 60,000 nautical mile world transited the Panama Canal last week to moor ...
Penonome gets hotel casino
FOR A COOL $1 million dollars a 20 year operating permit has been granted for a new casino in the...
Plea bargains to reduce court baklogs
A DRAFT LAW to allow plea bargaining will drastically reduce the backlog of pending cases before Panama courts but, it...
Child pregnancies climb, sex education talks halt
Child pregnancies climb, sex education talks halt A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY discussion of a sexual education bill has been suspended in...
Arrest warrant for no show former minister
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for former Minister of Housing Yasmina Pimentel. She has failed to show for questioning...
Audits of two linked to Odebrecht contracts
Audits of two linked to Odebrecht contracts of TWO PEOPLE linked to contracts given to the Brazilian Construction giant Odebrecht,...
Protesting rice farmers pepper sprayed
POLICE used pepper spray to force rice producers from across the country to open up the InterAmericana highway, at Divisa,...
Panama red alert suspect married in Dominican Republic
WEST VALDÉS, the ex-director of the scandal plagued Financial Pacific (FP), brokerage who is on an Interpol red alert list...
State owned bank bails out Odebrecht
PANAMA’S National Bank (Banco Nacional de Panama) has thrown a financial lifeline to the Odebrecht led consortium, that is constructing...
WORLD VIEW: Will the Monroe doctrine die under Trump?
By Nicola Bilotta WITH Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election North American foreign policy will experience radical changes. Nicola...
