Panama is positioned as an ideal destination for meetings and congresses at an international level. With only one year of operation, the Panama Convention Center doubled the estimates of visitors and scheduled events. “We had a planned goal of 6 events and 48,150 visitors. We are going to close with a forecast of 60 events […]
The sea turtles of Punta Chame, a peninsula of Panama that juts into the Pacific Ocean, face an existential threat similar to the rhino and pangolin: human superstition. The eggs of the protected olive ridley turtle, illegally harvested from the beach, are sold door to door in town for 75 cents to $1 each for […]
The medical examinations carried out in Houston, United States on the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, have shown a very good response to the treatment against low-risk myelodysplasia that pits him. Cortizo Cohen returned this Thursday, November 17 to Panama, after staying for several days in Houston, Texas in the United States, for […]
This new edition of the 2022 Latin American Walkway presents the most recent proposals from Latin American designers such as Annie Chajin from Panama. Ten fashion shows with Latin crafts as the flag, the paintings of the Mexican Juan Carlos Santoscoy and the creations of the also Mexican jeweler Daniel Espinosa will be part of […]
The government of Panama set on Monday a deadline for Canada’s First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to ink a long-awaited contract that allows the company to keep running its flagship Cobre Panama copper mine. The Vancouver-based miner and the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama began negotiations to renew the contract for the mine […]
Panama is ranked 5th in Latin America above regional powers such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, in the Global Food Safety Index in 2022, which measured 113 countries and is applied by the company Economist Impact, which is part of The Economist Group, with the support of Corteva Agriscience. According to the report, in […]
Panamanian pitahaya producers will begin exporting this exotic fruit to Europe in 2023, the Panamanian ambassador to Spain, Allen Sellers, confirmed to EFE, who this Thursday visited the exhibition space of this product at the fruit and vegetable fair Fruit Attraction in Madrid. The pitahaya, also known as dragon fruit, “will be sold in Spain […]
The National Energy Secretariat of Panama (SNE) has announced the beginning of a training course for 25 women from the Ngäbe Buglé region, in the west of the country, to learn how to install and maintain photovoltaic systems that will provide energy to their homes and communities. The course consists of 280 hours, with completion scheduled […]