The 19th meeting of the Parties wound up in Panama agreeing on measures to protect over 500 new species, the Ministry of Environment reported. According to a statement by this Ministry, the summit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which has been in session here since […]
The Vice President of the Republic and Minister of the Presidency, José Gabriel Carrizo Jaén, chaired this Thursday the XI regular meeting of the National Advisory Council on Disability (Conadis), with the participation of the working groups and organized civil society on disability. The vice president stressed that while in the periods from 2009 to […]
The 21-kilometre-long line has been in operation since April 2019, during which time Alstom has already been providing maintenance services. The new contract includes maintenance of 21 Alstom Metropolis trains, covering the overhaul of the bogies, brake systems, coupling systems and pantographs. Alstom will also oversee the maintenance of the Urbalis communications-based train control (CBTC) […]
The president of AES Panama, Miguel Bolinaga, said that the work is going “at a good pace” A large natural gas-based electric generator with an investment of 1.1 billion will start testing at the end of 2023, the project managers, AES Panama and InterEnergy Group, reported on Wednesday. The Gatún Generator project, located on Telfers […]
This agreement was signed by the Minister of Mici, the director of Ampyme and the general administrator of the ATP. With a view to generating a public-private partnership to empower entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Panama, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (Mici), the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Authority (Ampyme) […]
Panama will have three new scanners, which will be installed in Divisa, Guabalá (province of Chiriquí) and in the cargo area of the Tocumen International Airport. The Minister of Public Security, Juan Manuel Pino, reported that the scanners were acquired through the Speed Joyeros S.A. funds, for a cost of $7.6 million. The head of […]
The Republic of Panama announced today that it has commenced an offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 4.000% Global Bonds due 2024 in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in an aggregate Purchase Price that exceeds an amount determined by Panama in its sole discretion. As of November 21, 2022, there […]
The Vice President and Minister of the Presidency, José Gabriel Carrizo Jaén, inaugurated today Friday the temporary immigration reception station in San Vicente, province of Darién, through the Ministry of Public Security and the National Migration Service. The new facility will allow better attention to people who are in transit and heading to North America, […]
Panama received the flag of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) on Saturday, which accredits it as the venue for international competition in 2023. The flag was received by the First Lady of the Republic and ambassador of Steam education for the Americas of the Pan American Foundation for the Development of the OAS (PADF), Yazmín […]
After a transfer of departure from the National Assembly of $3,672,286.00 to MIDA, subsidies will be given for agricultural producers The Budget Committee of the National Assembly approved two departure transfers for $1,840,266, to the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) for a low-interest loan to the Banana Cooperative of the Atlantic (Coobana) of Bocas del […]