(Christian Ziegler) When the sky turns dark over the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the howler monkeys become silent, the katydids start singing and dancing. Most of the researchers living on Barro Colorado Island in Panama are asleep, but a few scientists are awake for the bugs’ performance held each evening in the Central American […]
The Cabinet Council of Panama approved the Sustainable Tourism Master Plan (PMTS) as a planning instrument aimed at reanimating the sector in Panama. In this regard, the administrator of the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), Ivan Eskildsen, said that the program intends for Panama to be recognized as a world-class sustainable tourism destination, thanks to […]
Ricardo Gabriel González Pérez, alias ”Rirri one of the most wanted people in Panama was captured on Saturday afternoon May 22, in the Coronado sector, Panama Oeste. A telephone call from the public warned that there were strange citizens who could be hiding illicit substances, reported Carlos Valencia, director of Judicial Investigation. Valencia said that, […]
Panama’s public services regulator Asep has no plans to launch 5G networks, at least until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Asep’s head of regulation strategies, David Ramos, told a webinar on Monday that no operator has yet approached the watchdog with any intention of deploying the new technology in the country. “At the moment, operators are still […]
Panama’s environment ministry has accepted for review an environmental impact study for a 670MW natural gas combined cycle power project. Generadora Gatún submitted the document – prepared by URS Holdings – for the US$700mn plant in Colón province. The developer holds a provisional license for the project issued by public services regulator Asep. “Due to the growing demand for energy in […]
Panama’s government claimed an early victory in efforts to bolster mining, with a planned investment of US$480mn. Panama – which aims to establish mining as a key economic driver – said it secured a commitment by privately owned Canadian firm Broadway Minerals to fund a restart of the suspended Molejón gold mine and construct a refinery. The […]
Panamanian security forces continue to deal a heavy blow to narcotrafficking, delivering historic results. From March 15 to April 15, the Panamanian forces seized more than 5.5 tons of cocaine in several operations throughout the country. On April 15, the Panamanian National Border Service (SENAFRONT, in Spanish) announced in a statement that agents of its […]
“Nothing is impossible and at least I will leave something for my children. When I die I’ll die happy.” North America is linked to the south by the Pan-American highway, but in the middle of the route, there is a gap stretching 100 km or 60 miles between Panama and Columbia – the Darien. It […]
Most canals connect lakes and rivers. The Panama Canal, though, makes it possible to transport goods and tourists from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and vice versa. Both the Cape Horn route around the tip of South America and the Northwest Passage beyond the northern continent are perilous alternatives with submerged rocks and stormy […]
Residents of this island in the Gulf of Panama are hoping for a revival of tourism now that health authorities have certified Taboga as free of Covid-19 and fully vaccinated. “At this moment we find zero cases of Covid-19 on the Island of Taboga,” Dr. Ana Lorena Chang, director of public health for the Panama […]