TRIAL train operation is now in progress on the new branch extending Line 2 of the Panama Metro to Tocumen International Airport. The trials are taking place at weekends throughout October. During the trials, Panama Metro staff are being deployed at stations on Line 2 to prevent passengers from boarding the trains involved in the […]
The 11th edition of the Panama’s International Contemporary Dance Festival opened on Friday performing in Panama City’s subway station, showing passion for dance. “Yo en mí,” was performed by dancers Aleksandra Chakarova and Adrián Morales from the 5TA Esencia collective!
A $7.5 million loan to strengthen the Public-Private Alliance (APP) program was approved on September 29 by the Executive Board of the World Bank (WB). The loan, which will be allocated to the “Project of support for the development of the APP program for recovery in Panama,” is a final maturity period of 10 years […]
The Republic of Panama expects to receive the amount of US$1,801,224.92, in terms of the initial investments made by two new companies that join the Special Regime of Headquarters of Multinational Companies (SEM), so it is expected that these investments will generate more jobs. The approval of licenses for these multinationals, originating in Colombia and […]
Coordinator of that group, Humberto Perez, told Prensa Latina that the campaign is symbolically called “From Colón to La Coloma,” alluding to the major free zone of Panama and a Pinar del Rio town, which was heavily hit by this hurricane. They are calling on all sectors, solidarity, religious, business organizations to be able to […]
Tropical Storm Julia will become a hurricane and inland flood threat to Central America this weekend into early next week. Julia became the tenth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season late Friday morning, about two weeks later than the “J” storm arrives in an average season. Julia is not expected to be a […]
The Embassy of the United States and the City of Knowledge, together with the Panama American Center and the Panamanian Association of Astronomy Fans, launched their calendar of interactive activities to celebrate Space Week, promoting scientific curiosity, knowledge and innovation. Global Space Week is celebrated worldwide from October 4 to 10, and activities in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]