Banks must identify beneficiaries of corporate accounts
BANKS operating in Panama have one year to identify the final beneficiaries in corporations who previously opened accounts at their...
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Accused blames Martinelli, asks State protection
RICARDO MARTINELLI, former president of Panama ordered the former Director of the National Assistance Program (PAN) to make a $45...
Dams spill water alert as lakes fill up
THE GATUN and Alajuela lakes have reached their maximum operating level says the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and warns communities...
President steps into Christmas charity bonus debate
THE $1.5 MILLION Christmas bonus for Deputies, approved by the National Assembly was not a waste of public funds, as...
PAN CRIME INVESTIGATION: Former boss promises cooperation
THE FORMER head of Panama’s National Assistance Program (PAN), Giacomo Tamburrelli, faced the Second Anti-Corruption prosecutor on Monday, December 15,...
Panamenistas gain seat in re-run election,
PANAMA’S ruling Panamenista party scored their first re-run election victory on Sunday December 15 when Florentino Abrego, won a seat...
Deputies handout bonus going to NGOs
AN OUTCRY against the government’s plans to hand out $25,000 to each of 63 deputies for the distribution of Christmas...
Lawyer justifies withdrawal from suspended judge case
LAWYER Sidney Sitton justified on Sunday, December 14, his resignation as defense attorney for suspended Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada...
Martinelli cousin named in financial criminal complaint
CRIMINAL complaints have been filed with the Public Ministry over financial irregularities in the National Secretariat for Science and Technology...
Independent deputy turns down handout bonus
ANA MATILDE GÓMEZ, the only independent deputy in the National Assembly has rejected a $25,000 bonus approved on Friday, December...
Habeus corpus appeals by Martinelli ex- secretary rejected
PANAMA’S SUPREME COURT of Justice (CSJ) has rejected three of the preventative four habeas corpus appeals presented by Adolfo Chichi...
Suspended judge’s lawyer resigns from case
SIDNEY Sitton, the defense lawyer for suspended Supreme Court Judge Alejandro Moncada Moon resigned from the case Friday December 12...
