Panama Reopens: Here’s How To Do It Right


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Panama reopened to international travel on October 12, after closing its borders in March due to the pandemic. President Cortizo Cohen called October 12 a day of hope for all Panamanians. Want to plan a Panama vacation? Here’s what you need to know, with tips for doing it the luxe VIP way. Panama’s Covid guidelines Panama […]

October 26, 2020

New openings and more announced!!


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Beaches are opening and weekends too!!  This is great news. Health Alert: U.S. Embassy Panama City, Panama (October 21, 2020) Events: Change in Movement Restrictions and Opening of Beaches and Rivers Beginning Saturday, October 24, families will be allowed to gather in groups of seven or fewer at beaches and rivers. Activities at beaches and […]

October 21, 2020

The Strategic Position Of Panama And The Good Service Of The National Maritime Industry, Spearhead Of The Strategy To Attract Ships To The Country


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For more than three months, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has maintained a successful coordination, along with other Panamanian entities, which has favored that all ships arriving in Panamanian waters, could carry out their various operations, with all the necessary biosafety measures established to guarantee the development of safe services. The Secretary General of the […]

October 19, 2020

Despair on the Panama-Costa Rica border


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The blockade on the border between Panama and Costa Rica, which keeps more than 800 trucks stranded on both sides of Paso Canoas, has become unbearable for many truckers, as nearly thirty of them carry perishable loads, stated Andres Muñoz, the president of the National Chamber of Freight Transportation in the western province of Chiriqui. […]

October 19, 2020

Credit History Bill Gets Endorsement


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The National Assembly of Panama approved in third debate a bill that regulates the service of information on the credit history of consumers. The legislative plenary approved in third debate initiative 424, which modifies Law 24 of 2002 related to this registration system in the Panamanian Credit Association (APC), in order to create a data model or credit […]

October 19, 2020

Central America: E-Commerce Still Gaining Ground


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In the new normal, interest in e-commerce in the region’s markets continues to rise, with Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama being the countries that recorded the greatest increases in interactions associated with the topic. Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is […]

October 19, 2020

Panama- Influencer’ contracts nullified


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Panama’s Transparency and Access to Information Authority (Antai) has recommended that the  Government nullify the contracts of Paul McDonald and Precilla Delany two so-called “influencers” who worked in institutions of the Panamanian State. In other cases of insiders paid for  no-show jobs the investigation was ordered to be closed as  those involved no longer work in the National Assembly […]

October 19, 2020

How Panama Canal navigated COVID, drought and trade war


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The Panama Canal debuted a $5-billion-plus set of larger locks in 2016, only months before a trade war broke out between the U.S. and China — the waterway’s two largest transit sources. The canal, which relies on water availability, suffered one its worst droughts ever in 2019. And then came the coronavirus. Carriers slashed Asia-East […]

October 19, 2020