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,...
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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...
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...
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...
3rd shooting incident, shots fired at Metro bus.
A DAY AFTER two shooting incidents on the Cinta Costera sent two victims to hospital, shots were fired at a...
Two same day Cinta Costera shootings
Two men were shot in separate incidents on different parts of the Cinta Costera early on Thursday afternoon, December 11....
Incoming Attorney General promises institutional changes
ATTORNEY GENERAL Ana Belfon and her designated successor, Kenya Porcell met Thurday afternoon for the first transition meeting. (more…)
