Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha says the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has been invited to assist Guyana in retrieving the GUY$1.9 billion owed to rice millers by the Panamanian authorities. According to Mustapha, he is hopeful that the matter would be resolved soon. “Hopefully, shortly the Minister of Agriculture of Panama and […]
Panama’s Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Cciap) has asked the government to reconsider the closure of trails, national parks, and beaches. The business union says that the indefinite closure on weekends is a restriction that contradicts the very essence of these areas, qualified by experts as suitable for healthy recreation and the welfare of people. […]
In response to deaths linked to a cult called “the New Light of God,” the Panamanian government has proposed new legislation aimed at criminalizing cult activity. The broad scope of the legislation may have consequences for minority faiths and new religious movements within the Central American nation, as similar legislation has done in other countries. […]
Panama has registered its first case of a COVID-19 variant matching a strain of the virus detected in South Africa, the Central American country’s health ministry said on Friday. The variant was detected in a 40-year-old native of Zimbabwe who entered Panama on Jan. 5 from South Africa. The person did not show symptoms and […]
The Panama Canal has signed memorandums of Understanding with Panama Ports Company (PPC) and PSA Panama International Terminal (PSA Panama) to help optimize supply routes for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and supplies to Latin America. Panama’s logistics capabilities and strategic location at the crossroads of the Americas make it uniquely positioned to assist […]
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Given the blockade that has been in place since July 2020 to the entry of animal products from Costa Rica into the Panamanian market, the Panamanian guild of poultry farmers supports the actions taken by the Cortizo administration. At the beginning of the second semester of 2020 the commercial conflict between both countries began, since Panama informed […]
The IMF approved a two-year agreement in favor of the Central American country under the Precautionary and Liquidity Line for an amount equivalent to $2.7 billion, which will serve as insurance against extreme external shocks derived from the Covid-19 pandemic. Access to the LPL in the first year will be in an amount equivalent […]
Nurse Violeta Gaona on Wednesday received in her left arm the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 in Panama, the country which accumulates the highest number of infections in Central America. Dressed in her work uniform, mask and face shield, Gaona, 59, received the prick with a stoic face and a glance at the […]
Panamanian tourism is on the edge of an abyss from which it would take about 15 years to emerge, according to industry projections. The restriction of mobility, curfew, sanitary fences and a ban on going to the beaches can cause the closure of at least 50% of the 3,500 companies that participate directly in tourism, […]