The presidents of Panama and Colombia have signed agreements to increase security along their porous border, which is used by migrants and drug traffickers. President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama met with Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos in the jungle-clad southern province of Darien Tuesday. The two presidents said the flow of migrants has tapered off […]
The International Transport Workers’ Federation has raised its concerns over the safety of the Panama Canal’s new locks amid what it says is a growing threat of privatization within waterway operations. The ITF sounded the alarm during a top level meeting union leaders held in Panama last Friday. The global union federation is saying that the Panama […]
Here is a great article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal written by Costas Paris. The Panama Canal Authority’s chief executive is concerned about anti-trade rhetoric taking center stage in the U.S. election campaign, but he believes American consumers will step up their shopping after the result and boost shipping cargo volumes across the […]
Panama has signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, making it the 105th jurisdiction to join the world’s leading instrument for boosting transparency and combating cross-border tax evasion. “Panama’s decision to sign the multilateral Convention is a confirmation of its commitment to take the necessary steps to meet international expectations in […]
Here is a nice article by Kathleen Peddicord Publisher, Live and Invest Overseas on starting a business in Panama. Panama’s Trump Card In 2008, I took my leave from the publishing company where I’d been working for 23 years. I was 45-years-old and living in Paris. I spent the next three months exploring that city […]
Located in the gated community of Valle Escondido, with 24-hour security and fantastic mountain views. Three-year old, penthouse unit of a 9-plex condominium building sited near the entrance gate, with a lovely balcony view up Valle Escondido. Watch the drone video by clicking the above picture. Within easy walking distance to downtown Boquete, the condo […]
With a “roadmap” proposed for the next four years, the sector aims to improve conditions in the country as a logistics hub and compete better with other Latin American ports. With the help of the CAF Development Bank, the sector of Panamanian logistics companies aims to develop a plan to improve the supply of services […]
An Environmental Impact Assessment study has been presented for the construction in Chiriqui, Panama, of a 19.8 MW wind power generation plant. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study was presented by Energía Verde S.A. to the Ministry of Environment in Panama in July. The document emphasizes that the project, called Chimenea I will have a capacity […]
The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out to tender construction works in schools located in the provinces of Ngäbe Bugle, Bocas del Toro, Panama and Panama West. Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-07-0-15-LV-027 744: “Design, development plans and construction of buildings for pre-medium secondary education and expansion of infrastructure and other necessities for the school […]
The Ministry of Housing in Panama is putting out to tender construction of 3,000 affordable housing units in Ngäbe Bugle. Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-14-0-12-LV-010 968 “Supply of materials, labor, equipment and management for construction of one thousand (1,000) social housing units under the ‘Roofs of Hope’ program in the region of Ngäbe Bugle, district of […]