Today we were notified, in the morning hours, of the team of lawyers who are going to participate in the hearing that it was suspended,” because “there was a lack of international assistance of notifications from people who are outside the country,” explained the Superior Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, Edwin Juárez. For today, the Third Liquidator Court […]
Tropical Storm Bonnie became the second named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season on Friday, amping up to nearly 50 miles per hour before making landfall in southeastern Nicaragua late in the day. Bonnie further strengthened before making landfall this weekend near the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border, where tropical storm warnings were in effect, according to […]
The chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), Yehya Zaki, signed June 13 a cooperation agreement with Giovanni Bruno Ferrari, general manager of the Colon Free Zone of the Panama Canal. The signing ceremony took place at the headquarters of the SCZone’s General Authority in Cairo. According to a press statement […]
Panama’s President Nito Cortizo announced as of July 11, the mandatory use of face masks in open and closed spaces will be lifted, with the exception of public and private health facilities and public transportation.
The La Niña climate phenomenon, which affects global temperatures and exacerbates droughts and floods, will probably continue for months and even until 2023, the United Nations (UN) warned yesterday, Friday. La Niña, which occurs in periods of between two and seven years, causes the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial […]
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, operations and commissioned passenger processing began within the new Terminal 2 of Tocumen International Airport. The Panamanian airline Copa Airlines is the first to operate from this new terminal 2. Passengers praised the new infrastructure. The former president of the Republic, Martín Torrijos, was the first Panamanian diplomat to leave […]
Selina – the fast-growing experience and hospitality brand aimed at Millennial and Gen Z travelers – continues its expansion plan in Panama with the inauguration of a new property in Boquete, the sixth in the entire country. The hotel in Boquete will have 60 rooms located among the cloudy mountains of the west of the […]
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will be launching its Starlink satellite Internet system in Panama, with the support and coordination of the National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG). Panama will become one of the few countries in the region to have this prestigious company and strategically positions us as a reference in innovation. The authorities […]
On a blazing February morning, the Indigenous Wounaan territorial monitoring coordinator, two forest technicians, and a local farmer climbed into the mountains outside the fishing and farming community of Majé, near Panama’s Pacific coast. As they crossed the river, the farmer stopped and pointed up at an anteater in a tree. It was unusual to […]
There are very few navigable roads on the islands of Bocas del Toro province, Panama. If one is adventurous enough to skip the bus tours, water taxis, or cab rides, an excellent option is to rent a motor scooter or ATV to explore the beaches and bluffs. Just off the main road that takes you through […]