The President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, received on Thursday the visit of the president of the World Bank Group (GBM), David Malpass, who makes an official four-day tour to Latin America and the Caribbean. Malpass shared with the Panamanian president issues related to global economic challenges, inflation, among others and recognized Panama’s progress […]
The Gladys Vidal Municipal Theater in Panama was the setting for the tenth recognition ceremony ‘Women leaders 2023, for an inclusive digital world’, organized by the Federation of Women Journalists and Public Relationists of the Caribbean and Panama. Women were honored for their management in areas such as research, literature, journalism, diplomacy, youth empowerment and […]
The electricity company Enel, during its participation in the Renpower Central America and the Caribbean, explained that Panama has a great advantage for the decarbonization of the energy sector, being a carbon-neutral country, and that it is very well positioned towards a green and sustainable energy transition. However, according to the statements of the country’s […]
Despite the projections of specialists in the field, around the effects of the inflationary situation on banking, to date, cardholders in Panama have not suffered the rise in interest rates on this type of product. This is detailed in a recent report by the Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco), published this […]
Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) says it’s experiencing losses of up to $8 million a day due to the suspension of ore processing and port loading affecting its giant copper mine in Panama. In a letter sent this week to the country’s Maritime Authority (AMP), the chief executive of First Quantum’s local unit, Minera […]
In order to join efforts in order to facilitate and intensify the relations of cooperation between the two institutions in areas of common interest, a cooperation agreement between the two recognized universities was signed in the Umecit auditorium. Within the framework of the event, the Rector of the University of Panama (UP), Dr. Eduardo Flores Castro, […]
Political and business leaders, environmental activists and academics at the two-day conference are grappling with how best to address a multitude of threats facing the oceans — from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining. The Our Ocean Conference is “so incredibly important because it is a conference that is focused on action, not […]
The National Population and Housing Census 2020 has completed the census stage of registration and will now enter the post-censal phase, after 53 days of data collection. The National Institute of Statistics and Census (Inec) confirmed this Thursday that the enumerators visited 1,537,183 homes and censused 4 million Panamanians, which represents 90% of the estimated […]
New technology enabling the automated monitoring of moths has been put to rigorous testing in tropical conditions in Panama by an international team including researchers from UKCEH. Dr Tom August explains more… The rustling sounds of howler monkeys passing through the canopy is abruptly interrupted by a wail of excitement as one of our entomologists […]
The National Pork Board frequently organizes trips to foreign countries in order to help promote U.S. pork and look for areas to differentiate U.S. pork from competitors and add value and opportunity into other markets. Bob Ruth is a National Pork Board board member who was recently part of an NPB trip to Panama and […]