The organizers of the Hayah International Short Film Festival of Panama announced the details of its 16th edition. With this new edition, Panamanian and international filmmakers will have the opportunity to exhibit their short films and compete in each category to opt for the Festival Statuette and International Distribution awards. The competing categories are: Fiction, documentary, animation, video […]
Panama becomes the third country in Latin America and the Caribbean and the first in Central America to launch its Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. The Panama Sustainable Finance Taxonomy was officially launched, a fundamental tool for the development of a competitive national sustainable finance market and the attraction of environmentally sustainable investments to the country. Panama’s Sustainable Finance […]
With the aim of improving the quality of the electrical service through the implementation of digital monitoring and control systems, as well as the autonomy and restoration capacity of distribution and transmission networks, the National Secretariat of Energy (SNE), presented the Roadmap for the Digitization of the Electricity Sector in Panama. In addition, with this […]
Mulino, who won 34.3% of vote, pledges to welcome business and investment without forgetting ‘those who are hungry’ José Raúl Mulino, a former security minister, has emerged from a chaotic campaign to become Panama’s next president. Amid record turnout, Mulino won 34.3% of the vote, followed by the lawyer Ricardo Lombana on 24.8% and former […]
José Raúl Mulino, president-elect of Panama, promised to deport migrants who enter the country through the Darién jungle, bound for the United States. “To finish the Darién Odyssey, which has no reason to be (…), we will start with international help a repatriation process with full compliance with the human rights of all the people […]
The elected president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, said that he spoke with the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, after his victory and that they addressed the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mercosur. “It will give us an important economic muscle what we can have with that southern economic bloc,” said Mulino, who will take over on July […]
Mr. Fonseca died while awaiting the verdict in his trial for money laundering tied to the 2016 scandal exposed by a massive leak of documents from his firm. Ramón Fonseca, who co-founded the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers leak, died Wednesday night, his lawyer confirmed, while awaiting the verdict in his […]
After nine months of negotiation, the new collective agreement is signed between the Union of Workers of the Agricultural Banana Industry and Related Companies (Sitraibana) and the company in charge of the production and distribution of bananas, Chiquita Panama. The agreement seeks to benefit five thousand workers of Chiquita Panama with salary adjustments, until the recognition […]
There are at least six million non-professional divers in the world and some of them have joined a movement that tries to combat climate change. Collecting garbage in the oceans, fish census and coral restoration are some activities to preserve aquatic resources.
The move to open an office in Panama City comes as the shortsea shipping company continues expand in Latin American region having launched its first service in March 2023. The new Panama team will support the Unifeeder businesses across the region in coordination with global its headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark. Unifeeder will handle more than […]