Panama will increase infrastructure in the jungle area along its shared border with Colombia known as the Darien Gap — as well as ramp up deportations — to contain a record-breaking flow of migrants passing through there this year, Panama’s immigration chief said Friday. National Immigration Authority Director Samira Gozaine said President Laurentino Cortizo had authorized […]
With the aim of improving the housing conditions of people with lower economic incomes or in conditions of poverty and extreme poverty, the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning (Miviot) is working on a proposal for a General Housing Law, to be presented to the National Assembly. The government entity devised this draft law in […]
Electric mobility continues to gain space in Panama, in this sense Distribuidora David opened a new Showroom for the JAC Motors brand, which includes 100% electric cars within its sales portfolio, with which they intend to contribute to the transformation of mobility in the country. The company unveiled the JAC e-JS1 models compact and agile […]
The Starbucks restaurant chain announced the certification of its first two Greener Stores in Panama, as the company accelerates the international expansion of its open source scheme focused on reducing global carbon emissions, water consumption and waste sent to landfills by 50% by 2030. The certified stores without those that are located in Terrazas de […]
With the signing of agreements between the Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (MITRADEL) of Panama and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Costa Rica for the attention of circular labor migration between the two countries, the seventh meeting of the Binational Committee for the Implementation of the Agreement Relating to the Coordination […]
The presidential candidate for the Movimiento Otro Camino party, Lombana was hospitalized this Wednesday, August 30, when he presented with pneumonia, his press team reported. According to a statement from the party, Lombana was transferred this emergency noon to a medical center after presenting health problems “After being examined and evaluated, the doctors have diagnosed him with pneumonia […]
The Panamanian passport is ranked number 7 in Latin America and 31 worldwide, as announced by the Henley Passport Index, which shows the ranking of the most powerful passports in the world. The way in which the consulting firm Henley & Partners develops this index is based on exclusive and official data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), which maintains the largest […]
At a price never recorded in the history of the auctions of the special coffee of Panama, the lot of Carmen Estate of Paso Ancho, district of Tierras Altas (Chiriquí), managed to sell at 10 thousand 5 dollars per kilo ($10,005.00). This has caused astonishment among connoisseurs, it is a grain of the geisha variety in the washing process. […]
An estimated economic spill of US$902 million was generated for the country, from January to June 2023, as a result of the international tourism marketing and promotion strategy PROMTUR Panama, a figure that exceeds by 17% what is estimated in this same period, the entity announced. The figures for the first half of 2023 of […]
Ricardo Pérez, the company that distributes the Toyota car brand in Panama, announced the transformation of its corporate image and at the same time, presented its Toyota Innova model, in its second generation. A report from the company indicates that Ricardo Pérez indicates that after more than six decades as a company specialized in the […]