FINALLY!!!!! Panamanian Press includes standing Varela administration with Odebrecht SWINDLE.
by James “JB” Bryson Anyone who reads PNO.com, will see that I have a very direct slant. NO, I am not an Martinelli apologist. But YES, I feel this country had a level of respect and admiration for the man that is still seen to this day. I don’t feel …
Court of Guarantees, denies Martinelli defense request for medical tests related to diminished capacity.
The Court of Guarantees rejected a request for legal medical evaluation to Ricardo Martinelli , during a hearing on the effects of rights requested by the defense of the former president, in the case that follows the former president for the alleged commission of crimes against the inviolability of the …
Prosecutors office and Humbert, still pinned to the ass of the National Assembly
The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office sent an official letter to the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic to provide information on 36 checks from the Assembly’s filings, in which it investigates a cashier of the National Bank of Panama (BNP) who exchanged the checks. The researched cashier changed, at …
Final cost of New Tocumen terminal will skirt $1 Billion
The expansion project of the Tocumen International Airport will cost the National Government $ 917 million in total; that is, $ 137 million more than its original price, confirmed yesterday the general manager of Tocumen International Airport, SA (AITSA), Óscar Ramírez, during the presentation of the management report for the period …
Request for bail cancellation of Suarez by Prosecutor is denied in ODEBRECHT case.
The twelfth criminal judge, Óscar Carrasco, denied a request made by the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor to cancel the bail not to be detained that was issued in favor of the former Public Works Minister (MOP) Federico José Suárez, for the investigation related to the bribes paid by Odebrecht. In a …
ODEBRECHT update: Request denied to annul investigation into Deputy of the MEF
The 12th Criminal Court rejected an incident of prior and special pronouncement presented by the defense of the former Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) Frank De Lima against the order of inquiry issued on September 1, 2017 by the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation for the Odebrecht …
Flight from Chile marks first use of Tocumen Terminal 2 – prior to WYD influx
At approximately 4:44 p.m. arrived at Terminal 2 of Tocumen International Airport, the first commercial flight from Chile. The first commercial flight belongs to the Panamanian airline Copa Airlines. This Tuesday, January 21, Terminal 2 opened partially by enabling the five boarding doors to receive flights. It is expected that by …
Martinelli oral trial date is set for March 12
The Second Judicial Office of Panama, set for March 12, 2019, at 9:00 am, in the SPA of Plaza Ágora, oral trial against a former president of the Republic, Ricardo Martinelli. The exmandatario is accused by the crimes of inviolabilidad of the secret and right to the privacy and against …
Metro Line getting a shaky start as WYD approaches
In the early hours of the morning, the Panama Metro announced through social networks that they had energy problems in their internal network. ‘We face energy drawbacks. We have not been able to start the commercial service in the regular schedule.Maintenance staff works on resetting systems’ published Metro. The head of …
Ecuador to allocate seized ODEBRECHT monies to social security retirees….AGAIN…LEGAL CARTEL.
ODEBRECHT MISSION STATEMENT: BRIBE, PAYOFF, SWINDLE, to get contracts. In the event of getting caught, start a long drawn out legal process, all the while still working and operating. ONCE we lose in COURT, simply PAY THE DAMAGES from the billions we received by operating illegally. Ecuador will allocate 13.5 …
ODEBRECHT tentacles wrap around the Globe. From Italy to now also Peru! They are a LEGAL CARTEL.
PRESIDENT OF PERU IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR BRIBERY Peruvian lawmakers voted to open an investigation into agreements between a unit of Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht and President Martin Vizcarra’s family business more than a decade ago, renewing tension between the executive and legislative branches. Peru: Attorney General announces that …
WOW: Witness testifies that “El Chapo” bribed Mexican President to the tune of $100 MILLION. (Alleged)
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán paid a $ 100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto , a Colombian drug dealer said on Tuesday when he testified at the Guzman trial in Brooklyn. The money was sent by a woman known as Comadre María in Mexico City in October …
Court denies appeal of controversy from Francolini for ODEBRECHT bribe claims.
The Second Court of Justice denied an incident of controversy presented by the defense of the former president of the board of directors of the Riccardo Francolini Savings Bank, against the investigation carried out by the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor for the payment of bribes through Odebrecht . In a ruling …
Much anticipated Mass Metro line to start Test runs.
From this Monday, January 14, the Panama Metro began the period of blank march of line 2. They carry out tests with trains on line 2 of the Metro for WYD That is to say, a test of the system, without counting on passengers yet. The blank march will be …
Re-Visiting the DANGER of BOCAS del TORO.
OP ED: James “JB” Bryson The more deeply we are helping our fellow ex-pats with real estate issues, legal wrangling, and other problems they got suckered into in and around the area of BOCAS DEL TORO, COLON, BOQUETE, etc, I feel it is our duty to remind those that are …
As Tocumen expands, energy use will explode. Original Odebrecht sub-station was granted to public bid.
The energy demand of the Tocumen International Airport will triple when the new passenger terminal (T2) comes into operation at the end of next April. The current terminal (TI), which has 34 boarding gates and which last year handled more than 16 million passengers, has a daily demand of 6 …
UPDATE: Chilibre water plant back at 100% capacity
The water treatment plant Federico Guardia Conte, is working 100%, after completed the repair work on a pipe of 18 “that on Tuesday afternoon had presented a break in the area of Gonzalillo. The information was confirmed by the Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers from its official Twitter account. …
Varela returns from crime meeting in US with pledge to reduce activity in Colon region.
President Juan Carlos Varela, announced on Tuesday in the province of Colon the creation of a Task Force and a search block to deal with crime. Varela said that this Task Force will be made up of all the State security agencies, so that Colón maintains the same security figures …
Darien back in news as possible weak point for illegal smuggling; Border Patrol receives more support
OP ED: by James “JB” Bryson In the past we covered the haphazard logging operations that were occurring in the Darien region. What makes this region even more challenging is the location it serves as a possible conduit of illegal trafficking and smuggling between Panama and the Colombian borders. A …
Comptroller calls for bond to exceed $220 Million for Odebrecht project at Tocumen for protection
OP ED: by James “JB” Bryson A necessary step and actually shocking that the government does not have the ability to get out of bed with these pre-existing agreements with such a dangerous and sullied enterprise. Tocumen, SA will expand the scope and amount of the fourth addendum to the …
Inside Job as 26 arrested for Bank Fraud
The First Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime carried out a joint operation with the Directorate of Judicial Investigation in which approximately 26 people were arrested related to the damage of about $ 3 million against Banistmo. The prosecution charged the detainees, who worked in the bank, for financial crime. The operation …
Odebrecht tentacles reach all the way back to the US.
One of the biggest corruption scandals in Colombian history took a new turn Tuesday when a billionaire’s banking group said the investigation had reached the United States. Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA said in a notification to the regulatory authorities that it received a query from the US Department …
The (5) ODEBRECHT projects awarded under Varela Administration get lost in Martinelli fog.
The Anti-Corruption Special Prosecutor’s Office reported that the investigation of the bribes that Odebrecht paid in Panama has an advance of 80%; could end in the first quarter of 2019; assets have been recovered for $ 255.1 million in money and goods apprehended; sum to 76 accused, 5 convicted and …
PNO.com presents your DAILY ODEBRECHT BRIBE UPDATE. We admit it is hard to keep up.
The lawyer Mauricio Cort, key witness who would provide evidence of the final destination of bribes paid by Odebrecht – “is telling the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office the way, time and place of how all the facts occurred.” In addition, the defendant in the Odebrecht case has given “key information …
President of Peru in Panama for deposition of ODEBRECHT.
Peruvian President Alan García appeared today at the office of prosecutor José Domingo Pérez to answer for the bribes paid by the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in the construction of Line 1 of the Lima Metro, during his second Government (2006-2011). Garcia arrived today in Lima, from Madrid, and immediately …
ODEBRECHT update: Panama contractor of choice in headlines as key prosecution witness dies.
One of the key witnesses in the corruption plot of the Brazilian firm Odebrecht in Colombia, who died of an apparent heart attack, “believed he was going to be killed” and sought to collaborate with the United States justice, the senator said on Wednesday, November 14. opponent Gustavo Petro. Poison …
More delays and stalls for scumbags. Judges reviewing FIFER most recent request.
Judges of the Trial Court of Coclé, Amarelis Sucre (speaker), Florelia Bonilla and Omaira Macías, ordered an evaluation by the Institute of Legal and Forensic Medicine of the ex-governor of Coclé, Richard Fifer, as he presented a medical disability and did not attend this act of hearing. The doctor must …
Humbert at it again! Now he’s even looking up the Olympic Committee rear end. Thank YOU!!
The Comptroller General of the Republic, Federico Humbert , revealed yesterday that the audits of the millionaire funds that the Panamanian Sports Institute (Pandeportes) allocated to the circuital parties of deputies will include all the sports federations and even the Olympic Committee of Panama (COP ). Pandeportes: thousands of dollars …
You think I’m making this SHIT up people??? More on ODEBRECHT being granted ANOTHER contract.
by James “JB” Bryson Please read yet another article about this shit. And it truly is “SHIT”. I am just a blogger that notices things, but I can’t be the only one that sees this hypocrisy and back door dealing. This is the stuff that keeps Panama in the dark …
AS PROMISED- PNO.com follow up to EX-PATS GETTING SCREWED ON LAND DEALS IN PANAMA
by James “JB” Bryson In what is not so quickly, becoming the biggest not so hidden secret, is unless you actually work for the Public Registry, ANATI, or barbecue on the weekends with a judge, then quite simply…….DON’T BUY LAND IN PANAMA. Previously I covered and saw first hand with …