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 […]
With a view to expanding routes and positioning Panama as a world-class tourist destination, the company Air Panama announced the reactivation of its direct flights between Panama City and the district of Pedasí, in the province of Los Santos, with a frequency of 3 weekly flights (Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday) round trip. For these flights, […]
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 […]
The Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, and the subregional coordinator for Mesoamerica of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Adoniram Sanches, agree to implement a project for the digital innovation of Panamanian agriculture, for the next 17 months. This is the project called “Food crisis and digitization of agriculture: modernization of […]
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 […]
The project, which dates back more than 15 years, is 90% advanced in its environmental impact study, the manager of Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (Etesa), Carlos Mosquera, said. He also indicated that both countries were able to define the route and the environmental corridor through which the power line will pass, which will allow […]
“We are working to position ourselves as an ideal destination among companies from countries that wish to strengthen the supply chain,” said Panama’s Minister of Commerce and Industry (MICI), Federico Alfaro Boyd, during his first work tour in the city of Colón. He stressed that the logistics infrastructure offered by the Atlantic coast contributes to […]