Cleaning Services: Innovating to Meet Demand


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In the new context, disinfection service companies are offering innovative solutions to meet new customer requirements. Cleaning articles and services are some of the issues that have gained ground in the digital environment in this context of health crisis, which derives from the outbreak of covid-19 in the region. You may be interested in “Chemical Industry: Tracking […]

July 28, 2020

Starbucks Changes Ownership in Panama


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Caribbean Coffee Traders Limited will operate from August 1st the 11 coffee shops that in the country operate under the Starbucks brand. Starbucks executives for Latin America and the Caribbean informed that Caribbean Coffee Traders Limited (CCTL) is managed by businessmen Adam Stewart and Ian Dear, who have a license that leads Starbucks operations in three […]

July 28, 2020

Panama Renounces 2022 Games


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Panamanian authorities confirm that the country will no longer be hosting the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games. With just over four million inhabitants, Panama has become the Central American country with the highest number of infections (56,817) and deaths (1,209) from coronavirus. But two weeks ago, the organizers of the multi-sport event, in the […]

July 28, 2020

Wave of protests in Panama defies Covid-19 quarantine


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The unrest of the Panamanian population is shown on Friday in a wave of protests that defies the quarantine due to the Covid-19 pandemic and demands economic aid, labor measures and health supplies.   In those rallies, whose calls continue this Friday, the main demand is that the poorest and the jobless can receive the […]

July 28, 2020

Shopping Centers Prepare for the New Reality


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Encouraging online sales so that customers can pick up products without getting out of their vehicles is the commitment of some Panamanian shopping centers to comply with the safety protocols that will be required in this new commercial reality. Due to the threat of the spread of covid-19, since mid-March, Panamanian authorities decided to close the […]

July 28, 2020

Mærsk secures crew change in Panama


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Mærsk announced that seven crew members from the container ship Rhine Maersk have been successfully repatriated to their home countries from Panama News of the successful repatriations comes amid ongoing uncertainty in crew changes suffered by thousands of seafarers still unable to return home after months aboard vessels. Rhine Mærsk’s seven crew members were transported from the Panama Canal […]

July 28, 2020

Housing: How Much Could Prices Fall?


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Entrepreneurs in the real estate sector estimate that in the Panamanian market the prices of homes in inventory could fall between 5% and 10%, due to the economic crisis resulting from the outbreak of covid-19. Although the construction industry is currently paralyzed because of the health emergency and the supply of new housing is not increasing, entrepreneurs anticipate a fall […]

July 28, 2020

Panama to Speed Up Trade with Mexico


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Upon the signing of Decision No. 3 of the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, a scheme will be established in early September to simplify the issuance of Certificates of Origin, based on current technologies. On July 22, the Panamanian and Mexican authorities signed Decision No. 3 of the trade agreement between the two economies. […]

July 28, 2020