Nicaraguan Canal not economically viable – Varela
PRESIDENT Juan Carlos Varela does not believe a Nicaraguan canal is an "economic viability," especially in light of the expectation...
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Deals unravel as insider maneuvers exposed
AS PANAMA’S NEW administration settles in and unwraps some of the secrets of the preceding government and an inner circle...
Former Martinelli spokesman got $785,686 in Assembly contracts
PANAMA’S FORMER presidential mouthpiece, who resigned his post as the director of State Communications and created a group of pro-...
Former spy boss heading home to face justice
THE PANAMA ESCAPE hole of former Colombian spy chief María del Pilar Hurtado will soon be closed and she will...
Panama contestant named Miss America Latina del Mundo
NICOLE PINTO, was chosen Miss America Latina del Mundo2014, at a ceremony on Sunday, September 7 in the Dominican Republic...
OFF THE CUFF: Fast track auditing and “pumping up” Oscar
FAST-TRACK Rogers Forensic Auditors, the company that won the tender to audit the National Assistance Program (PAN), will have six...
U.S. Coastguards seize 1,493 kilos of cocaine off Guna Yala,
HOPE II, a vessel flying the Panama flag and carrying more than 1,493 kilos of cocaine was arrested in international...
More investigations into alleged Government scams
PANAMA’S Forth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor has opened four new investigations into alleged irregularities and cost overruns in construction and services paid...
Martinelli spending spree fuels move to raise debt ceiling
WHILE increasing social spending and delaying the removal of the electricity subsidy, the Varela government has asked for a raise...
Mayor turns sights on liquor laws
PANAMA MAYOR, J osé Blandon is expanding his crusade to bring some of the cty’entertainment and liquor sales centers into...
OFF THE CUFF: Forensic audits and sleepless nights.
A FORENSIC AUDIT of the National Assistance Program (PAN), will cost the taxpayer $850,000, and some former public servants and...
Helicopters rented at double going rate among dozens of PAN irregularities
DOZENS of irregularities have been discovered in the spending of $.1.2 billion in four years, by the previous director of...
