OFF THE CUFF: Municipalities get closer to the cookie jar
PANAMA’S Cabinet Council has approved the draft law governing the municipal decentralization and authorized Minister of the Presidency Álvaro Alemán...
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WORLD VIEW:Latin Americas big setback.
By Jonathan Power IT WAS CHARLES de Gaulle, France’s Second World War statesman, who said, “Brazil has a great future,...
Tourism boss Shamah talked of dirty politics
FORMER SECURITIES Superintendent official Ignacio Fábrega, is awaiting sentencing of up to eight years in jail, has expanded his testimony...
Martinelli may face more criminal charges
EX-PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli could be facing charges related to the Financial Pacific scandal as more details emerge of irregularities in...
Panama ready to aid Colombia-Venezuela dialogue
PANAMA has issued a plea for a peaceful solution to the standoff between Colombia and Venezuela which has led to...
New court system lacks funding
THE ACCUSATORY penal system will introduced in September 2016 in the First Judicial District, which includes Panama, West Panama, Colón,...
Panama: to offer Incentives for manufacturing
PANAMA’S government plans to extend the incentives of the law 41 to other multinational companies not included in the original...
Caught between a closed bridge and a bad road
WITH ACCESS to The Bridge of the America’s will be restricted for the next 10 months, motorists who have to...
Cabinet approval for Russia extradition deal
Cabinet approval for Russia extradition deal ABSCONDING RUSSIAN criminals hoping to find a safe haven in Panama may soon be...
OFF THE CUFF: Garuz assault case postponed
THE LEGAL woes of former National Security Council member Alejandro Garuz are keeping his lawyers busy (and well rewarded) as...
Lid lifted on Martinelli circle money laundering
Businessmen close to the administration of ex-president Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) moved large sums of money through the brokerage Financial Pacific...
Panama near bottom of broadband class
PANAMA, which former president Ricardo Martinelli liked to compare with Singapore, ranked near the bottom in a recent study of...
