When a school principal died, infecting almost the entire staff and students, it was finally confirmed COVID-19 entered my country, Panama. A national emergency and full lockdown was declared. On paper, quarantine meant 40 days, but the situation was so mismanaged we had to spend seven months locked inside our homes instead. While spending the lockdown […]
Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Cciap) has voiced its support for Government moves to attract overseas investment and says that the country should boost its image, at a time when an economic reopening process has begun. ‘Panama must present itself as a destination for investments that, in addition to implementing and respecting the […]
(Reuters) – Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic. The Sofia SARS Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay tests are meant to prevent the import of new cases at […]
Copa Airlines will fly from this capital to Panama on October 21 and 29, reported the airline. According to Nelson Cabrera, Sales Executive, the tickets are available for purchase through the sites www.copa.com and https://www.copaair.com/es/web/gs/centro-de-reservaciones, and in any office of the company. Flight number CM0372 will depart from Havana at 3:15 p.m., local time, […]
Panama is developing a new sustainable tourism circuit that, once approved, will celebrate the unique cultural and natural heritages of its Indigenous peoples. Panama Indígena, or Indigenous Panama, will shine a light on the country’s pre-Columbian cultures as well as its seven living Indigenous peoples – Bribrí, Naso Tjerdi, Ngäbé, Buglé, Guna, Wounaan and Emberá […]
Countries continue to reopen to U.S. travelers, including several Caribbean and Central American destinations within a four-hour flight of the United States: Costa Rica, Panama and Grenada. For more TPG news and deals delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter here. We’ve published multiple reopening guides for these destinations in recent weeks, and these […]
After a weekend shower of complaints from business groups over inconsistencies in re-opening rules, President Cortizo, said Monday that he has asked the Health team that handles the Covid-19 to analyze the issue of the reopening of the beaches and the Sunday quarantine. “If tourism is opening up, domestic flights, international flights, logic tells you: […]
I watched this Netflix documentary and it nearly scared the hell out of me. the one take away I got that stuck in my mind was when Tim Kendall, the former Facebook executive feels Big Tech is a threat to democracy that could eventually lead to a civil war in America. Click here for the videos How social media […]
The need for a sustainable supply of water at the Panama Canal has been a top priority since the Canal experienced its fifth driest year in 70 years in 2019. Since then, the Canal implemented a freshwater fee, extended water conservation measures, and made changes to its booking system. As a result of these actions, […]
In a year of global pandemic and economic slowdown, Panama Canal secures uninterrupted service thanks to prompt water and health measures The Panama Canal closed its 2020 fiscal year with an annual tonnage of 475.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS), thanks in part to the safe environment and uninterrupted service maintained for its clients and […]