Agreement to put digital government in place signed

The initiative carried out by the AIG within the “Panama en Línea” Program with the Inter-American Development Bank In order to promote transparency, access to information and simplification of procedures, an inter-institutional cooperation agreement was signed between the Mayor’s Office of Panama and the National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG). Irvin Halman, general administrator of…

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How the U.S. Federal Reserve affects Panama

The Federal Reserve (FED) is the central bank of the United States that, through its monetary policy, regulates and takes actions to influence the availability and cost of money, in the behavior of credit to help promote economic objectives . Any change in the economic situation of the United States affects the rest of the…

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The Savings Bank reaches record profit

The Savings Bank reached a record number in its profit of last year, reaching $ 41 million dollars. The figure represents the highest of its history and is derived from the business of financial intermediation, without extraordinary income. Likewise, the bank reported that it was able to increase its operational efficiency index from 77% in…

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14 companies investigated for embezzlement

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…

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Property Tax moratorium rejected

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) rejects the amendments proposed by the National Assembly of Deputies to extend the moratorium decreed to property tax contained in law 66 of 2017 to other taxes that bear no relation to this tax. In this way, we intend to extend the moratorium to obligations related to income…

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