Arquimedes SÁEZ“My extortion ring has been vindicated....”
Ana Matilde GOMEZ“I will not pay a fine to delinquents...”
Authorities go crazy over skirt length »
From the length of school uniform skirts to schoolgirls riding the bus in underwear; Panama’s authorities are on top of organized crime.
Monte Friesner’s lawyer José Luis García spent four years in jail »
Monte Friesner’s businesses are disintegrating and we learned that his incompetent lawyer, one José Luis García, spent four years in jail in a serious fraud case.
Panama mining concessions spare important areas »
Key areas like Punta Barco, Coronado, Punta Pacifica, El Valle, Boquete and other such places where the members of our government and their friends live or own their vacation homes are unaffected. So there’s nothing to worry about, really.
Legislator José Blandón’s law firm protects scammer Monte Friesner »
While the pressure on Panama to clean up its legal system and corruption is mounting, a prominent legislator’s law firm is in bed with a convicted serial fraud artist from Canada.
Martinelli further isolated, investment grade under threat »
Standard & Poor’s warns that Panama could lose its coveted investment grade if Martinelli doesn’t change his ways after human rights groups condemn again the police brutality in Bocas.
Panamax 2010 arms fair trains wacky coup scenario »
This year, inspired by events in Bocas, they have created a new doom scenario to practice: an indigenous coup d’etat. This would of course be a clear danger to the Canal, because everybody knows that mafiosi are to be fully trusted running the waterway and indigenous banana planters are not.
Gustavo Perez, what did you do with Valentín Palacios? »
Valentín Palacios has been missing for over a month after being taken by the police. The situation in Panama is now so bad, and the opposition and the media so lame, that when the police disappears somebody this now generates far less response than during the dictatorship when opposition was more dangerous.
Ex-general dresses up like gay marriage limo driver »
Of course it’s not nice to make fun of an old man who is clearly demented and wants to play soldier. Maybe he can be quietly removed and placed under professional care. Or maybe that is already what this is, an Alzheimer patient running a hapless and corrupt toy mini-army?
Wild Bill – it’s a right wing thing »
In all these years in Panama, we’ve not once come across a liberal left-wing progressive running a scam; it’s always a strange mix of Christian conservatism with a sauce of bizarre libertarianism, of very low intellectual fiber, as if you’re talking to the Down syndrome department of the Tea Party.
US government doesn’t trust Panama with espionage equipment »
The Panama government is using spying equipment for political espionage and to stay informed about legal cases against (affiliated) drug traffickers.
Bosco the Clown has children beat each other up for scholarships »
Panama City’s pervert, Bosco the Clown, has children beat each other up for scholarships and is proud of it.
“Wild Bill” and “Wild Ricardo”, dead bodies pile up in Bocas del Toro »
In the troubled province of Bocas del Toro the question on people’s minds these days is: Who killed more people, Wild Bill or Wild Ricardo? See what Panamanian TV won’t show you!
Sául Méndez plans long overdue media coup »
SUNTRACS leader Sául Méndez isn’t slowing down the struggle, and today announced yet another initiative against the corporate interests that threaten the livelihoods of working people: He’s taking on the media.
Martinelli heads for new clashes as “divide and conquer” fails »
Martinelli’s partial suspension of the sausage law is a lame attempt at “divide and conquer”, is not being taken seriously and will only lead to more protests and violent clashes.
Former US Air Force member Donald Winner calls for assassination of Hugo Chavez »
Donald Kent Winner, a retired US Air Force member who runs an extreme right-wing website where he promotes scams and frauds in Panama, is openly calling for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, the head of state of a friendly nation. This is a crime in Panama, and a serious one.
