It is the first container of fireworks that leaves Panama for international markets from the province of Chiriquí to Caracas, Venezuela.. Universal Lights and Effects is the company that has ventured into the export of this first container that carries 1,536 boxes of these products, made with purely Chiricana labor, mostly female. Hernán Saldaña, administrator […]
Panama has a diversified economy that would help it cope with a global recession in 2023 as predicted by the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Faced with this, Domingo Latorraca, founding partner of the firm – Eleménte, explained that in case Latin America has problems, the national territory can […]
Nayara Resorts has expanded its reach into Panama with the addition of Bocas Bali to its portfolio. Originally opened in 2021, the all-inclusive, adults-only Bocas Bali property has 16 over-water villas on a private island in the Bocas del Toro area, off the Caribbean coast. Fringed by approximately three miles of coral reefs, the property is […]
Next October, Panama will launch the first tests of the Portcel project, a digital platform to simplify port and shipping procedures to exchange information between several institutions, in a fluid and expeditious process, and that will also reduce the number of papers. A statement from the Panama Customs Authority, the government entity that leads the […]
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 […]
More than 250 professionals from the global travel industry – including tour operators from the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and suppliers to all destinations in Latin America – have gathered, since last Wednesday, September 21, in the Panamanian capital, to participate in the 44th edition of TravelMart LatinAmerica 2022 (TMLA’22). […]
With 19,922 signatures accepted, the deputy of the Democratic Revolutionary Party, Zulay Rodríguez, continues to lead the race for the collection of signatures from the pre-candidates for president of the Republic for free candidacy, the Electoral Tribunal explained in a report published on September 18. In second place is the Panamanian Melinton Arrocha, who has […]
The National Assembly began public hearings to discuss the repeal of laws 122 of December 31, 2019 and 314 of June 20, 2022 that dictate rules on tourist incentives. This meeting was requested by businessmen, promoters of investors and representatives of tourism companies, and expressed that the discussion has to be comprehensive, which will ensure […]
Panama remains among the main financial hubs in the world of the thirty-second edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) that was published on September 22, 2022, one of the reference sources of rankings in this sector, which places New York and London in the top positions. In version 23 of this year’s GFCI, […]
Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli said Tuesday that the trial against him for allegedly collecting bribes from Brazil’s Odebrecht is “rigged” and affirmed before a crowd that he is willing to have his “balls cut off” if he is proven guilty. This occurred in the middle of the preliminary hearing in the Odebrecht case in […]