Panama Declares Candidate for Next IMO Secretary-General


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With Kitack Lim beginning the last year of his second term as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, the Republic of Panama through the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) became the first to officially declare a candidate as his successor. Panama announced that it will support its member and the current director of the Marine Environment […]

December 9, 2022

Elon Musk’s Starlink will start operations in Panama


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The project consists of placing satellites in orbit to take the Internet to remote places, with a high-speed connection The National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG) approved on Wednesday the license application to the company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. belonging to Elon Musk, through its Starlink system, to start its operations in Panama. The request […]

December 9, 2022

Alstom Awarded New Panama Metro Line 2 Maintenance Contract


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The 21-kilometre-long line has been in operation since April 2019, during which time Alstom has already been providing maintenance services. The new contract includes maintenance of 21 Alstom Metropolis trains, covering the overhaul of the bogies, brake systems, coupling systems and pantographs. Alstom will also oversee the maintenance of the Urbalis communications-based train control (CBTC) […]

December 2, 2022

More than $4.2 million in seed capital were delivered during the first half of 2022


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2,219 entrepreneurs have benefited from the support fund for the birth, growth and consolidation of small and medium-sized enterprises. Economists ask for an ‘objective’ measurement of the criteria and results of the program that gives entrepreneurs up to $2,000 non-refundable From January to June 2022, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Authority (Ampyme) disbursed approximately […]

December 2, 2022