The government affects the activity with bureaucratic costs of more than $3,500 for companies who want to use drones. While in the US there is an online registration process where companies and individuals pay only $5, in Costa Rica the Directorate General of Civil Aviation does not seem to be interested in encouraging the market. […]
Police in Panama say former boxing champion Celestino Caballero has been arrested with what authorities suspect is about 10 kilograms of cocaine. National Police director Omar Pinzon says the 39-year-old retired boxer was detained in a car Thursday on his way to his native province of Colon, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Panama City. […]
The complexity of drug cartels’ internal structures, their strategies of “marketing and customer service” and the way they operate increasingly resemble those of large global corporations. How are the Coca-Cola and McDonald’s corporations similar to drugs cartels? Of course the products they sell are completely different, but the way the three try to position their […]
The trade fair in Panama starts with 120 buyers in Central America and the Caribbean in the Atlapa Convention Center. In 2015, Expocomer managed transactions totalling $124 million and for the 2016 edition the organizers expect a similar or higher figure, as it has now sold out, according to statements made to Anpanama.com by Raul […]
Panama is aiming to inaugurate its newly expanded canal at the end of June, the head of the state canal authority said Wednesday, nearly two years behind schedule and $2 billion over budget. Completion of the massive, multibillion-dollar project had originally been set for October 2014 but has been successively pushed back because of construction […]
Plans to construct a bridge over the Sixaola River between Costa Rica and Panama are to go ahead in June, according to an announcement by the Panamanian Ministry of Economics and Finance on Monday 7 March. A statement on the ministry’s website said the bridge was expected to cost $15m, and would be financed with […]
The court ruling that imposed a 19 year prison sentence has forced a review of the projects being managed by the company in the region, where two projects which are underway in Panama alone, total $2.4 billion. On March 8th the Brazilian justice system condemned Marcelo Odebrecht, former CEO of the largest Brazilian construction company, […]
“We’re continuing with the meetings” but demands from the companies are above our estimate of economic return, said Tourism minister Gustavo Him. Panama is holding tough negotiations with cruise lines hoping they will return to the country, using local facilities as Home Port, but government authorities admit that the demands from the companies are too […]
Specialists highlighted the successful heart transplant performed at a Panamanian woman of 51 years old, the first in this country, and whose evolution is stable so far. Medical and paramedical staff of the Social Security Fund (CSS) and from the Punta Pacifica Hospital participated in the operation that took five hours and was performed […]
**One Night Only!! Saturday, March 26th at 5PM** Following a successful 3 week run in Panama City at the Theatre Guild, the cast and crew are taking to the road to bring you this hilarious production in Boquete. For one night only, the cast of 3 actors will perform at the Ampitheatre in Valle Escondido […]