68 firms, 9 executives named in massive laundering-drug swoop
PANAMA’S battered image took another hard hit on Thursday May 5 with the release of a a U.S. Department Treasury...
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Pressure builds on Varela to veto procurement law
WHILE PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela has been in Washington DC spreading the word that Panama is dedicated to transparency in...
Foot dragging on Martinelli extradition
MONTH’S after the Supreme Court called for the arrest of former president Ricardo Martinelli for wire tapping political opponents,...
Panama being watched over deficit ‘juggling’
JUGGLING with accounting methodologies by Panama administrations to adjust deficit ceilings is not going down well with outside observers and...
Panamanian Ironman victor tests positive
CAROLINA DEMENTIEV, the Panamanian winner of the women’s division of the 2016 Ironman competition, has been suspended for two years...
Familiar names in widening University scandal
Garcia De Paredes NAMES linked to former presidents as favored insiders have surfaced in investigations into the deals involving land owned...
Hands of Stone tribute to De Niro in Cannes
By Margot Thomas HANDS OF STONE, the movie about the life of legendary Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran, will get a...
Zika here to stay as cases top 264
“Zika is here to stay” said Panama’s Health Minister on Wednesday, May 4, while confirming that the number of confirmed...
Civil groups call for transparency pledge fulfillment
MULTIPLE CIVIL society groups have added their voices to the call for President Juan Carlos Varela to partially veto...
Unfinished Martinelli showpiece to cost $300 million more
A HIGHLY TOUTED flagship project of the Ricardo Martinelli era which was once slated to carry the ex-president’s name,...
Argentina president named in alleged Panama irregularities
ARGENTINA judicial authorities have asked for Panama’s help in investigating links to alleged irregularities of President Mauricio Macri with two...
$8 million spent fighting zika virus
A LARGE part of the $10 million set aside to deal with the zika virus in Panama has been uses...
