Panama’s environment ministry has accepted for review an environmental impact study for a 670MW natural gas combined cycle power project. Generadora Gatún submitted the document – prepared by URS Holdings – for the US$700mn plant in Colón province. The developer holds a provisional license for the project issued by public services regulator Asep. “Due to the growing demand for energy in […]
Panama’s government claimed an early victory in efforts to bolster mining, with a planned investment of US$480mn. Panama – which aims to establish mining as a key economic driver – said it secured a commitment by privately owned Canadian firm Broadway Minerals to fund a restart of the suspended Molejón gold mine and construct a refinery. The […]
Panamanian security forces continue to deal a heavy blow to narcotrafficking, delivering historic results. From March 15 to April 15, the Panamanian forces seized more than 5.5 tons of cocaine in several operations throughout the country. On April 15, the Panamanian National Border Service (SENAFRONT, in Spanish) announced in a statement that agents of its […]
“Nothing is impossible and at least I will leave something for my children. When I die I’ll die happy.” North America is linked to the south by the Pan-American highway, but in the middle of the route, there is a gap stretching 100 km or 60 miles between Panama and Columbia – the Darien. It […]
Most canals connect lakes and rivers. The Panama Canal, though, makes it possible to transport goods and tourists from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and vice versa. Both the Cape Horn route around the tip of South America and the Northwest Passage beyond the northern continent are perilous alternatives with submerged rocks and stormy […]
Residents of this island in the Gulf of Panama are hoping for a revival of tourism now that health authorities have certified Taboga as free of Covid-19 and fully vaccinated. “At this moment we find zero cases of Covid-19 on the Island of Taboga,” Dr. Ana Lorena Chang, director of public health for the Panama […]
AMResorts’ Dreams brand has reopened its Panama resort, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Dreams Playa Bonita Panama is once again open and accepting guests, following more than a year of closure amid the pandemic. The resort is Apple Leisure Group’s only property in Panama, with a total of 307 rooms and suites set across 11 towers. Dining […]
The Government of Panama announced this past Wednesday the closure of its land, sea and river borders with Colombia. “The National Government has determined to temporarily suspend the entry into the national territory, by land, sea and river, of any person coming from the border with the Republic of Colombia, as of May 20th, 2021,” says a statement […]
Senior Living is the name of the new concept that Insignia is bringing to the country to change the paradigm of how older adults live in Panama. With this innovative approach, Insignia seeks to provide a better alternative to what we are used to as senior caregivers at home, to nursing homes and nursing homes in […]
EFE news agency photographer Bienvenido Velasco was on Thursday recognized at Panama’s National Journalism Awards 2021 for an image he took of two migrants of thousands that transit the country on their way to North America. “The Path of Immigration in Darien” won the Best Journalistic Photography category in the Forum of Journalists’ virtual award […]