by James “JB” Bryson Just a quick thought on the general tenor of almost every single visit to the paper. You need not look further than the front page to see what is the new and in some cases quite old, instance of back room dealing and payoffs occurring in Panama. The Panama Papers case…
“It is very sad to see how the funds of all Panamanians were handled in such an irresponsible manner,” said Comptroller Federico Humbert , regarding the audits of payrolls and donations in the National Assembly . Deputy Adolfo Valderrama named nephew who lives in Mexico Deputy Leandro Ávila must render accounts by contract of item…
The Procurator of the Nation, Kenia Porcell , began the morning of this Wednesday, August 22, her appearance before the Council of the National Agreement for Development , to explain the events that led to a confrontation with the interim president of the Supreme Court of Justice ( CSJ), Hernán De León . Porcel arrived…
After the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Panama and the United States to promote the storage, distribution and transmission of energy, in addition to investment in infrastructure, the Fourth Line of Electrical Transmission could become an international chapter of the commercial war, until now cold, between the United States and China. And it…
Five journalists from the newspaper La Prensa attended an audience in the Family Court this morning, after the former first lady Marta Linares de Martinelli filed a claim ” for family protection and the family image “, in which she asks the newspaper to cease and refrain from disclosing and publishing facts or situations of…
A total of $ 52.4 million owes the State to the Social Security Fund (CSS) in worker-employer quotas that stopped reporting dependencies of the central and decentralized government, and those generated by special laws. The vice-president of the board of directors of the CSS, Roberto Valencia , provided a report from the National Revenue Office…
The Attorney General of the Nation, Kenia Porcell , will present this Wednesday, August 22, a report before the Council of the National Agreement for Development , on the current crisis facing the administration of justice. Concertación requests the appearance of Porcell and De León Four notions of what was declared by the Procurator Porcell…
by James “JB” Bryson Many will see that at the present time, the tone of PNO.com is fairly political in nature. Many of the posts and articles we look to re-distribute are pertaining to the upcoming elections here in Panama. I certainly have my opinions, but as a non voter they are really just a…
Nicaragua needs to go to elections to stop violence, repression and “re-democratization”, after four months of protests calling for the departure of President Daniel Ortega , OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro warned in an interview on Sunday, August 19 in Santiago. Thousands of Nicaraguans demand departure from Ortega, after 4 months of protest OAS working…
The plaintiffs in the process followed by former President Ricardo Martinelli for allegedly spying on the communications of at least 150 people, announced that they will oppose the request for bail filed by the exmandatario’s lawyers, a remedy that will be analyzed by the full the Supreme Court of Justice in a hearing called for…
