Panama: The Vacation You’ve Been Waiting For


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Don’t know where to head on your next vacation? Well, say no more. Here are 5 reasons you should make Panama  your next destination. First, it has breathtaking beaches. If Panama is known for anything, it’s for the beautiful beaches you can find all around the country. Some people even have the ocean in their […]

June 5, 2018

Looking for Companies to develop $500 million Works


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Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica de Panamá has started a process to prequalify companies for a design and construction project for a fourth transmission line. According to the prequalification documents, an approval meeting will be held with all those interested in participating in the bidding process, on June 13 at 9 am at the Sheraton Grand […]

June 5, 2018

Panama as Seen by the IMF, June 2018


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Due to the recent strike in the construction sector, the entity has reduced projections of economic growth for this year from 5.6% to 4.6%. From a statement issued by the IMF: June 1 2018. A staff team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Alejandro Santos, visited Panama during May 21-June 1, 2018. At […]

June 5, 2018

U Turn Over Tax on Solar Panels


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Well, this new energy tax provision did not last a week.  Thank goodness. Due to the controversy that has arisen, the ASEP has decided to exclude from the discussion of adjustments to the Tariff Regime the proposal to tax the use of solar panels for self-consumption purposes. Although the imposition of a fee for the […]

June 4, 2018

$11 million Museum Restoration Adjudicated


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Constructora Pirenaica will be in charge of the restoration work of the Reina Torres de Araúz Anthropological. The award of the contract was made on May 24 and the work involves the supply of all labor, materials, tools, machinery, equipment, transportation, supplies and everything necessary to carry out the work of comprehensive restoration of the […]

June 4, 2018

Construction Down 41%


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In the first four months of 2018, the cost of new construction, additions and repairs in Panama fell by 41% compared to the same period in 2017, going from $755 million to $449 million. The most recent figures from the Comptroller General of the Republic detail that in the first four months of the year […]

June 4, 2018

Panama: Public Debt Grows 13%


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Between the months of April 2017 and 2018, the country’s public debt rose from $21.922 million to $24.8 million, which is equivalent to an increase of 13%. According to figures from the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama, in the first four months of the year, debt has also reported an increase, rising from […]

June 4, 2018

Latin America: Panama Most Expensive City


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One of the reasons we have seen a fall off in traffic here in Panama is the cost of living in Panama City, not that I would live there anyway but it is now more expensive than Frankfurt, Vienna and Dubai according to Latinvex. Panamanian capital Panama City has become the most expensive city in Latin […]

June 4, 2018