The Panama-David train is the star project of the new government, José Ramón Icaza, appointed by President-elect José Raúl Mulino as Secretary of Goals and Minister for Canal Affairs, said on Thursday. Icaza confirmed to Ensegundos.com.pa Mulino’s interest in fulfilling that electoral promise, so they will resume the studies carried out to start it. “In the Secretariat […]
Experts and international leaders in entrepreneurship will meet in Panama, to provide the essential tools to improve business strategies, successfully undertake and transform mentalities, during the realization of the EXMA Panama 2024 at the Panama Convention Center. This meeting will be an opportunity to establish strategic connections, learn from world-class experts and discover the latest […]
The Director of International Cooperation and National Liaison Officer before the IAEA, Margelia D. Palacios J., within the scope of the biennial call made by the Agency to the member countries, virtually gathered the representatives of the Panamanian entities interested in submitting proposals for technical cooperation projects. With this training, preparations for the design of […]
The organizers of the Hayah International Short Film Festival of Panama announced the details of its 16th edition. With this new edition, Panamanian and international filmmakers will have the opportunity to exhibit their short films and compete in each category to opt for the Festival Statuette and International Distribution awards. The competing categories are: Fiction, documentary, animation, video […]
Richard Fifer, the former governor of Panama’s Cocle province, was arrested on Saturday by Costa Rican authorities at the Paso Canoas border crossing with Panama. Fifer was detained along with two other Panamanian citizens and a Costa Rican tour guide while allegedly trying to illegally cross the border using an American passport. The arrest was […]
The Pan-Panama Cabinet Council approved an economic injection of more than US$90 million additional to the agricultural sector of what was budgeted for the fiscal validity of 2023, with the purpose of boosting national production and guaranteeing the food security of the Panamanian population, The redistribution of the funds allocated to the agricultural sector in […]
The XVI version of the Panamerican Surfing Games 2023 will bring together in Panama from April 21 to 30 400 athletes from 22 countries who will aim to win one of the 42 places for the Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023 that will be in October, the organizers of the fair reported. […]
Two companies presented proposals for the public tender for the best value of the maintenance and rehabilitation project of the Centenario bridge. The fixed reference price reaches $5.6 million and the proposing companies were the CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortium (Centroequipos S.A., ARD Engineering INC., ATP Electronics, S.A.) with the sum of $ $6.2 million and […]
The President of the Republic of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, inaugurated this Thursday the David International Fair, in the province of Chiriquí, which will be held until next March 26. During the event, the president authorized the investment of $3.3 million so that this year, through the “A Better Stallion” program, 1,200 milk and meat bulls […]
Panama’s government approved a 20-year loan deal worth nearly $626 million with the Japanese government aimed at continuing work on a second phase of a major public transit line southwest of the capital, officials announced on Thursday. The Line 3 metro system covers 14 train stations stretching across 17 miles (27 km) and the work […]