U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean on Friday pledged to strengthen the Western Hemisphere’s supply chains as Washington works to counter China and stem regional migration. Biden hosted leaders from Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay and top officials from Mexico and […]
More than 400 companies will exhibit their products at the V Expo World Fair Zona Libre de Colón, which will take place from May 26 to 29, 2024 and where wholesale buyers from 45 countries are expected, reported the General Director of this fair event Manuel Alzamora. According to the director, this commercial meeting, which […]
The Tropical East Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) announced the inclusion of five new marine protected areas (AMPs), including a Coiba sector in Panama, a decision that was taken during the last meeting of the Ministerial Committee made up of representatives of Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama. These areas are: Cordillera de Coiba Managed Resources […]
Panama must digitize its electricity to avoid becoming a hotter country, since this way it could measure energy and take action, recommended in an interview with ANPanama, the vice president of Schneider Electric Centroaméricala María José Bazo. He assured that Panama is a country that has many construction structures and many industries, and if it does […]
To coordinate the inventory of large fish species such as sailfish and marlin, officials from the Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP) have engaged the technical expertise of Juan Carlos Villagrán, an advisor from the Sustainable Pacific (PS) project of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This project aims to locate and study satellite data on various […]
The FATF excluded Panama from its gray list at the plenary meeting of organization, held in Paris and concluded that Panama has strengthened its system of prevention of money laundering.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Panama Vladimir Franco, assured that the country aspires to be a leader in the Global Green Hydrogen Route and advances in consolidating itself as the main center of storage, commercialization and transformation of this resource in Latin America. The Panamanian official gave his statements, during the Third Forum on the […]
As per the guidelines outlined in our Labor Code, the upcoming obligatory rest days recognized as either national holidays or days of national mourning are as follows: Friday, November 3rd: This is a national holiday, and as such, it constitutes a mandatory paid day off. Employees working on this day are entitled to a 150% […]
With brushes and trowels, Indigenous Colombians are unearthing traces in the jungle of a tragic period in history when their ancestors were violently supplanted by colonists from Spain. Working as amateur archeologists, they carefully brush away dirt to reveal pottery and other artifacts left behind by ancient inhabitants of what in 1510 became Santa Maria […]
The Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) will take place in Panama City, Panama, on 23-27 October 2023, bringing together representatives from local and national governments, Indigenous Peoples, civil society and the private sector to address climate challenges, inspire heightened ambition and contribute to the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement – a crucial […]