The Trade Commission of the National Assembly decided not to continue with the discussion, in the first debate, of bill 1043 that establishes the contract between the State and Minera Panama. With a vote of five in favor and four against, the commission chose, in addition to suspending the discussion in the first debate, to […]
Currently the El Niño phenomenon reaches a moderate behavior in Panama and is expected to reach its maximum intensity between November 2023 and January 2024, according to the report of the last quarter presented by the director of the Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology of Panama, Luz Graciela de Calzadilla, explained that currently The Minister […]
Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves will visit Panama’s Darien Gap in early October in an effort to contain a migrant crisis, both countries said on Saturday. Panama’s Minister of Public Security Juan Pino and his Costa Rican counterpart, Mario Zamora, on Saturday visited communities in the dangerous stretch of jungle, where thousands of migrants pass […]
Panama has fully complied with all the actions that should be done and good results have been achieved. The Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), Héctor Alexander, said that Panama hopes to leave the list of the Financial Action Group (FATF)in the month of October. According to the minister, Panama has fully complied with all the actions that should […]
The Law, known as initiative 751, was approved in the second debate in the National Assembly, it aims to establish a legal basis that regulates noise standards. This measure responds to numerous complaints related to the negative effects of noise on public health and social coexistence. It is mentioned that there will be administrative provisions […]
Yale University of the United States (USA) through the Center for Environmental Law and Policy, reported that Panama is the Latin American country that obtained in 2022 the best score in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) with 50.5 points, followed by Cuba and Chile, with 47.5 and 46.7 points, respectively. The maximum possible rating is […]
Authorities of the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) announced the start of the 2023-2024 coffee harvest in the province of Chiriquí, an event that is repeated every year and that triggers a significant economic boom for both the province and the country. Alexis Bonilla, in charge of the MIDA Coffee Program in Chiriquí, stressed that […]
Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney Mencomo, on behalf of the Government of Panama, signed the Convention on the Law of the Sea related to the preservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction This historic action by Minister Tewaney Mencomo is Panama’s response to join the global commitment to take possession […]
The Panama Metro with the adoption of payment with contactless Mastercard and VISA cards, envisages attracting more passengers to the public transport system, both national and tourists, since in just seven months it has registered more than one million trips. This figure reflects not only the successful adoption of the implementation of contactless payment technology, […]
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 […]