Last year, Denis Morales, then chief of staff to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, was traveling to Panama to teach week-long media relations and community policing courses while maintaining his $148,052 a year salary. Yesterday, the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust “found that Morales violated the County’s Conflict of Interest and Code of...
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Born on September 4, 1958, Candido Aizpurua Guevara, became known as the Million Child. In celebration of the birth of Panama’s one millionth inhabitant, the Ernesto de la Guardia government passed a law on December 9, 1958 granting Candido a 111-acre plot of land and provided for his kindergarden through university education. The land...
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Cesar Augusto Gomez Ruiloba, Panama’s Consul General in Trinidad and Tobago, allegedly illegally collected two salaries from the State. Corruption Czar Fernando Nunez Fabrega says the official must return $214,000 in travel expenses and salary to the National Treasury and also requested that he be suspended without pay from both positions. Former President Martin...
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Minister of Labor and Development Alma Cortes and her Vice Minister, Luis Ernesto Carles, have picked out two 200 series Toyota Land Cruisers, each costing $102,149, from the Ricardo Perez dealership. The cars come with full extras, leather interiors and luxury aluminum rims. The Ministry of Labor and Development also opted for luxury accessories...
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