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...
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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...
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...
Insecurity outweighs incentives for foreign investors
INSECURITY is still the main factor preventing the arrival of larger flows of foreign direct investment in Central America say...
OFF THE CUFF: Self promotion or schools?
THE MONEY spent on advertising by the previous government could have paid for the building of 23 quality schools at...
Former financial manager used funds for family parties complaint
A complaint has been filed against Emma Reyes, the former director of the Financial Analysis Unit in the government of...
Restaurant owners, police, unite to frustrate gang raids
Over 200 dining establishments and bars have endorsed a "Restaurang Watchers " program in response to a series of coordinated...
150 homeless following Colon fire
OVER 150 people were made homeless by a fire that destroyed two buildings in Colon in the early hours of...
Martinelli clear winner in hand-out stakes
Martinelli clear winner in hand-out stakes FORMER PRESIDENT Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) spent $55.7 million in discretionary payments, without being accountable...
OFF THE CUFF: Martinelli accuses President Varela of bullying
THE SECURITY detail of former president Ricardo Martinelli shrank from 46 bodyguards to 12 on Wednesday, September 3 when a...
Second nepotism resignation
FLORITA CINIGLIO, sister-in-law of Minister Milton Henríquez, Popular Party, became the second high level resignation from the new administration this...
Martinelli Minister and sister Swiss spending spree
CALLS FOR speedy a speedy investigation of former Labor Minister Alma Cortés and her sister Lourdes over a $25,000 taxpayer...
