A few dozen kilometres inland from northern Panama’s coast is the Hato Chami school. Set amid winding roads, green trees and stunning mountains, it has more than 1,000 pupils, most of whom hail from one of Panama’s largest indigenous groups, the Ngäbe. The single-storey school stands out from other buildings in the impoverished Hato Chami […]
Under the slogan “Innovation to feed the world”, Panama will host the XIV International Rice Conference, one of the great technical-scientific events in this field in the American continent and the world. The event that will be held between June 10 and 14 of next year, will be attended by international experts with the intention […]
The Panamanian multinational company La Casa de las Batteries and the Huawei company signed a strategic alliance to strengthen the supply of network investors for photovoltaic systems in Central America and the Caribbean. The alliance between the two companies will allow customers to access comprehensive and customized solutions ranging from solar energy generation systems to […]
Panama has been placed in the top 36 of countries in the world and in the top 17 of Latin American countries with the highest adoption of crypto, registering a constant growth in the use, investment and transactions in cryptocurrencies, according to a report by the blockchain data platform, Chainalysis. In this sense, the Lulubit […]
Within the framework of the International Sea Fair, one of the most important in the tourist province of Bocas del Toro, the Government of Panama announced that more than $800 million has been invested in the region in streets, aqueducts and homes among other projects from 2019 to date. The presentation of the investments and […]
Panama and Colombia pledged not to develop new coal power plants, as well as gradually eliminate existing plants to keep the goal of limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees. Both countries with this commitment join the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), which is a coalition of governments, companies and national and subnational […]
The Estrella de Panamá and the Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry of Colón signed a collaboration agreement this Friday, September 15, for the dissemination of the campaign “Change begins with me”, which begins this Tuesday, September 19 and ends in February 2024. The general manager of the Editorial Group El Siglo & La Estrella (GESE), […]
The American residential real estate market rarely rocks headlines—despite economically accounting for the largest single share of U.S. gross domestic product (+/- 17%). The Great Recession pushed real estate front and center in the media for a while when the banks collapsed back in 2008. Covid subsequently upended where and how people wanted to live […]
The Panamanian unit of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals and a workers union at the company’s key copper mine in Panama said on Saturday they had reached an agreement, avoiding a planned strike over profit sharing and wage increases. The worker’s union, Utramipa, had threatened on Thursday to stop work on Saturday, alleging an impasse in negotiation with […]
The Board of the Meritorious Fire Department of the Republic of Panama (BCBRP) approved Resolution No. 102-2023 of July 5, 2023, which modifies the Service Fee provided by the institution and defines the General List to be complied with in terms of fire prevention, announced this Friday, September 15 through a press release. The aforementioned […]