Currently 97% of progress has the construction of the binational bridge over the Sixaola River, between Costa Rica and Panama; and its inauguration is expected for the first week of March. This was reported by Mario González, resident engineer of the project by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the executing agency of the […]
For Tampa-based travelers, the world is starting to reopen. Following a 10-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Copa Airlines will resume its direct flights from Tampa International Airport to Panama City, Panama on Friday. The flights will initially run twice weekly. The resumption of direct flights to Panama also means new routes to Central […]
The World Bank forecasts Panama will be among the leaders in Latin America in an economic rebound in 2021 with a growth of 5.1% in a new edition of the World Economic Outlook report in which it updated its growth projections for the world. The Washington-based organization estimates that in 2021 the global economy will expand […]
Panama’s public service regulator Asep has released a report on the status of the telecom and broadcasting industries, shining a light on details about concession processes, among others. The report was recently published on the regulator’s telecom unit’s website and includes data from November 2019 to October 2020. Mobile Asep’s network unit registered 280,259 ported numbers in […]
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo on Saturday expressed his confidence in the country’s economic recovery in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, although he admitted that there will be no way forward if there is no self-discipline among the population. “To speak of sustained economic recovery with the current social behavior of some Panamanians (who do […]
A year ago the Panama Canal faced with low rainfall in the basin, had to take measures to maintain operations. It will begin in 2021 offering 50 feet of draft, the highest level for neo-Panamax locks, announced administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales in his end of the year message. The service to customers and users of […]
For one, we secured the continuity of our service by protecting our team and customers first. We introduced COVID-19 safety measures in March to keep the Panama Canal route operating safely and without interruptions throughout the entire year. To date, positive cases have not affected, nor have been linked to, our transit operations, and our staff […]
Panama has signed agreements with four producers of COVID-19 vaccines to acquire a total of 5.5 million doses, enough for 80% of the population, senior health ministry official Nadja Porcell said on Tuesday. Vaccines from drugmaker Pfizer are set to begin arriving in early 2021, Porcell said in a televised address. Source: Reuters (Reporting by […]
Ten brigades of Cuban doctors arrived in Panama on Friday morning to collaborate with the care of those infected by Covid-19, at the most critical moment of the pandemic in the country. Lydia Margarita Gonzalez, Cuban ambassador in Panama, and Nadja Porcell, general director of Health of the Ministry of Health (MINSA), were at […]
This was an incredible story of how Delta Special Forces pulled off a most daring rescue. I know Kurt Muse and a few of the Panamanians involved in this and even today, they want this story to remain subdued. Kurt wrote a book that I highly recommend on his rescue called “Six Minutes to Freedom” […]