Italian billionaire Gianluigi Aponte’s family-run business is emerging as the lead investor of a group seeking to buy 43 ports from conglomerate CK Hutchison (0001.HK), opens new tab, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Aponte family’s Terminal Investment Ltd (TIL), which manages a diverse portfolio of container terminals according to […]
The Ministry of Health (Minsa), through its National Directorate of Medicines and Supplies, announced the incorporation of 20 new medicines to the drug program with reduced prices in public pharmacies. With this third phase, the list reaches a total of 60 available medicines with discounts of up to 94% with respect to commercial market prices. The measure seeks to facilitate access to essential treatments for […]
The La Niña phenomenon, which was experienced during the first quarter and part of this month of April, has come to an end for this season, according to NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States. This same agency had issued an alert on January 9, because a constant cooling was observed […]
A specialized plane from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flew over the rainforests of Panama and Costa Rica last February to create an “algorithm” that will help “better understand tropical ecosystems through remote satellite sensors in the future.” The Smithsonian Institute of Tropical Research (STRI) in Panama reported on Tuesday that […]
From May 21 to 23, 2025, Panama will host the V STIC Conference | RootedCON Congress Chapter Panama, a leading international event in the field of cybersecurity, which will be held at the Panama Convention Center (Amador), in Panama City, for the second consecutive year in the country. This fifth edition of the event will […]
Authorities from Panama and Costa Rica met in Paso Canoas as part of the strategy to develop the future railway integration between both countries, through the construction of the Panama-David-Frontera Train, which seeks to extend to Costa Rican territory. As part of a working tour in Chiriquí, the general secretary of the Panama Railway, Henry […]
The flow of irregular migrants through the Darién to the north has decreased by 99%, according to Panama’s Deputy Minister of Public Security, Luis Felipe Icaza, during a meeting with his Costa Rican counterpart, Mario Zamora Cordero. This reduction is attributed to the strategies implemented by the Panamanian Government and to the so-called “reverse migratory […]
Experts questioned the attitude of the Panamanian authorities, who consider the Neutrality Treaty to be violent “Refunds” to warships that pass through the Channel, agreements to increase the presence of US military troops in the country and public repudiation of China. In return, there is not even a firm commitment that there will be no military […]
The Comptroller General of Panama, Anel Flores, said on Monday that the audit carried out on the company Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of the Hong Kong multinational CK Hutchison, revealed multiple contractual breaches, a million-dollar debt with the Panamanian State and legal irregularities in the automatic renewal of its concession to operate two key ports at the entrances […]
More than 226,000 people lived last year’s Holy Week with devotion and enthusiasm, and the Old Town is once again preparing to be the scene of the celebration that commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. One of the most significant traditions celebrated in the Old Town is Holy Week, which attracts thousands […]