The elected president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, said that he spoke with the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, after his victory and that they addressed the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mercosur. “It will give us an important economic muscle what we can have with that southern economic bloc,” said Mulino, who will take over on July […]
Mr. Fonseca died while awaiting the verdict in his trial for money laundering tied to the 2016 scandal exposed by a massive leak of documents from his firm. Ramón Fonseca, who co-founded the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers leak, died Wednesday night, his lawyer confirmed, while awaiting the verdict in his […]
After nine months of negotiation, the new collective agreement is signed between the Union of Workers of the Agricultural Banana Industry and Related Companies (Sitraibana) and the company in charge of the production and distribution of bananas, Chiquita Panama. The agreement seeks to benefit five thousand workers of Chiquita Panama with salary adjustments, until the recognition […]
There are at least six million non-professional divers in the world and some of them have joined a movement that tries to combat climate change. Collecting garbage in the oceans, fish census and coral restoration are some activities to preserve aquatic resources.
The move to open an office in Panama City comes as the shortsea shipping company continues expand in Latin American region having launched its first service in March 2023. The new Panama team will support the Unifeeder businesses across the region in coordination with global its headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark. Unifeeder will handle more than […]
The Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation, Yill del Carmen Otero, received Izabela Matusz, Ambassador of the European Union in Panama, and the First Minister of that mission, Adolfo Campos, on the occasion of the full entry into force of the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union (ADA), from May 1, […]
The Supreme Court of Justice of Panama endorsed this Friday as constitutional, with eight votes in favor, the candidacy of candidate José Raúl Mulino. Mulino was elected a candidate to replace former president, Ricardo Martinelli, when he was disqualified for a sentence against him of more than 10 years in prison for money laundering. He […]
The Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs and International Cooperation, Yill Otero, met with the executive director of the Inter-American Institute (IAI), Anna Stewart Ibarra, who officially issued the news that this intergovernmental institute will establish its regional office in Panama. “We continue to consolidate ourselves as a regional hub,” said Deputy Minister Otero, after the […]
The president of the National Scrutiny Board (JNE), Nivia Rossana Castrellón, in an interview with ANPanama explained the functions of this entity for the next elections on May 5, where the most important is to proclaim the next President of the Republic, and ruled out that fraud can take place. He assured that due to the format […]
President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen signed a decree that establishes the guidelines for the development and promotion of microelectronics and semiconductor activity in Panama, the decree lays the foundations for creating a strategy and a national action plan in a coordinated and long-term way. The strategy seeks to insert Panama into the global chain of microelectronics […]