With a budget of at least US$ 20 million per year to finance the promotion of the country as a tourist destination, the Tourism Promotion Fund (PROMTUR) Panama, together with Copa Airlines, has carried out a series of actions from its beginning in 2019 to date with the “Panama Stopover” program, managing to bring about […]
The Panamanian Government has invested US$8,158,113.32 in the Arought Plan that is 80% implemented, for the strengthening of the agricultural sector and small producers, in the face of the climatic conditions that affect the country. The Plan is executed with an allocated budget of US$10 million was launched after a National Environmental Emergency was decreed, […]
The Electric Transmission Company, S.A. (ETESA) has announced the award in a public ceremony of a project to strengthen the electrical infrastructure in the province of Chiriquí. by granting the project of adding a new transformer in the Boquerón III substation, with the aim of improving the safety and reliability of the electricity supply in […]
Panama has asked Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt its Cobre Panama copper mine following a ruling by the Supreme Court that declared the mining contract for the operation unconstitutional. President Laurentino Cortizo took to social media late on Tuesday to announce his government had started “the transition process for the orderly and safe closure of […]
The Biden administration is planning to deploy a team of U.S. immigration officials to Panama to help local authorities screen and deport migrants traveling through the Central American country, which is a key transit point for those hoping to reach America’s southern border, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the plans told CBS News. The Department […]
With the aim of highlighting Panama as a highly competitive market, the Panamanian Association of Real Estate Brokers and Promoters (ACOBIR), presented its renewed Multiple Listing Service (MLS) platform, to offer more personalized and effective services with real estate agents in line with innovation. This presentation was made during the Xposure Madness by MLS ACOBIR […]
The team of the Panamanian delegation, Robo Filter, from the Thomas Jefferson school, won eighth place in the category Future Innovators (Junior) World Robotics Olympiad 2023 held in Panama City for three days. The project of the Panamanian students presented a boat capable of filtering and purifying ballast water (used to give stability to the […]
The Nautical Tourism Association of Panama (ATN), calls to the National Government to amend Executive Decree No. 13 of November 1, 2023 and create a comprehensive plan that includes the prohibition of trawling fisheries in order to maintain the ecological balance and slow down the irreversible destruction of the maritime ecosystem. The ANT considers that […]
Costa Rican Gisela Sánchez will take the reins of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), after being elected as the new executive president by the Assembly of Governors this Friday. Sánchez will be the first woman to lead the entity in a period that starts on December 1 of this year until December […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean on Friday pledged to strengthen the Western Hemisphere’s supply chains as Washington works to counter China and stem regional migration. Biden hosted leaders from Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay and top officials from Mexico and […]