The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) is investigating 14 companies linked to a presumed embezzlement for about $ 300 million in employer-employee contributions to the detriment of the Social Security Fund (CSS) . The Public Prosecutor of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, Marina García Collado , revealed that she asked the Public Registry for the certifications of…
by James “JB” Bryson As a new blog that the wife and I started to serve as a resource help people that were not able to help us when we came here, we are happy to see some of the chatter come in. Nothing beats getting up and having the cortadito and eggs waiting…
Officials from the Security and Environment portfolios of Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Colombia will meet this Friday in the Panamanian capital to review cooperation in those sectors. The Ministry of Public Security of Panama reported today that the head of that office, Alexis Bethancourt and his Costa Rican colleague, Gustavo Mata, will attend the…
A group of independent citizens met this Thursday, April 19 in the legislative park to call a large rally next Sunday, April 22, called “No to Reelection”, which will be held in the Plaza 5 de Mayo at 10:00 am. With this initiative they seek to promote “in a forceful way” the non-re-election of any…
Social networks have become a tool to expedite the discussion of bills that promote blood donation and promotes the creation of a national center for the processing, storage and distribution of blood components throughout the country. With the hashtag #HemocetroNacionalya and with the red color as a hallmark, different organizations and prominent personalities of society…
The comptroller of the Republic, Federico Humbert , said on Thursday, April 19 that he sent a letter to the director of the Social Security Fund (CSS) , Alfredo Martiz , to deliver “as soon as possible” the internal audits that revealed the possible evasion of $ 300 million in employers’ contributions by employers.In this…
The Panamanian Foreign Ministry confirmed that a ” meeting ” with Venezuelan authorities was held in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic, in an attempt to resolve the trade and diplomatic differences between the two countries.The meeting was held at the request of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , who – according to a…
95% of the construction projects remain paralyzed and the Panamanian Chamber of Construction (Capac) requested the vote count to determine if the workers want the strike or not, informed Saúl Mendez, Secretary General of the Union of Workers of the Construction and Similar (Suntracs) According to Méndez, yes, the strike will be overwhelming. This afternoon, the…
The Commission of Credentials, Regulation, Ethics and Judicial Affairs of the National Assembly yesterday filed three complaints, two of them filed against magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and one against the president of the Republic, Juan Carlos Varela. The first criminal complaint filed was filed by Marco Antonio Manjarrez, the confessed murderer…
Practically, the only virgin entity that remained in our Panama was recently raped by domestic terrorists who attempted, in a very particular and simplistic way, against everything that in more than a century had remained intact: The uninterrupted form of the operation of the Channel. It is incredible how a few henchmen destroyed the credibility…
