Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Panama Stewart Tuttle, and Panamanian Minister of Health Francisco Sucre inaugurated on October 20 the El Salto Health Center in the province of Darién. “The construction of this health center in Darién is a sign of the strong friendship between our countries. We are pleased to be able to […]
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo will travel to Houston, Texas on Friday for follow-up treatment regarding the blood disorder he was diagnosed with in July, known as myelodysplasia, the presidency said in a statement Thursday. Cortizo will be in the United States until Nov. 17 for the medical evaluation, the presidency said.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the documentary project “Sustainable Development Chronicles, water harvesting process in Panama.” The Chronicles of Sustainable Development is an initiative that documents stories of people or associations that work in water harvesting protections and that encourages communities to get involved in these projects carried out by the Ministry of […]
Encouraging the cultivation of non-psychoactive hemp in the country could be an opportunity, since it was already approved in the first debate in the National Assembly after two years of engave. This is bill 323 that promotes the agro-industrial development of hemp to boost the local agricultural sector. Jorge Altamirano-Duque, representative of Panama to the […]
CAF – development bank of Latin America -, with the support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will promote electric mobility in Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay through the Electric Mobility and Low Carbon Transport Program (E-MOTION). With the aim of moving towards a clean, better organized, more efficient, more efficient, more equitable, comfortable, safe, sustainable, […]
The Embassy of the United States and the City of Knowledge, together with the Panama American Center and the Panamanian Association of Astronomy Fans, launched their calendar of interactive activities to celebrate Space Week, promoting scientific curiosity, knowledge and innovation. Global Space Week is celebrated worldwide from October 4 to 10, and activities in the […]
Nayara Resorts has expanded its reach into Panama with the addition of Bocas Bali to its portfolio. Originally opened in 2021, the all-inclusive, adults-only Bocas Bali property has 16 over-water villas on a private island in the Bocas del Toro area, off the Caribbean coast. Fringed by approximately three miles of coral reefs, the property is […]
Panama has recorded 290 homicides so far this year, up 19.3 percent from the same phase in 2021, 47 cases, a report by the Ministry of Public Security said today. According to the head of that portfolio, Juan Manuel Pino, the reduction in these crimes responds to actions taken to neutralize networks associated with drug […]
Panama follows up on the data generated in the United States on combined vaccines against COVID-19 and influenza. New vaccines, combined vaccines, are being developed. In the United States of America there are several laboratories working on this issue. We hope that between October and November in the United States, at least two vaccines combined […]
This is not the first time that Daniel Runde, senior executive of the Center for International Strategic Studies, has written about the Panama Canal. He did so in 2011 when he analyzed the impact of the expansion of the road. In 2017, he described the exchange of messages between President Donald Trump and Panamanian Juan […]