The Republic of Panama, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), issued a Global Bond on the international market with a maturity of 2054 for an amount of $1 billion, with a coupon and yield of 6.853%. The Global Bond was also reopened with maturity in 2035 for a total amount of $800 million, […]
The President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, participated last night in the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Hemato-Oncological Center Panama (CHOP), in The Panama Clinic hospital, with modern facilities suitable for the comprehensive care of his patients. In the company of hospital managers, the president took a tour of the new CHOP […]
The Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, in the company of Deputy Minister Alexis Pineda, met with Wei Quiang, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, to continue strengthening agricultural trade relations and the authorization of export plants for both pig and poultry slaughter in the country. The meeting where Erya Villarreal, Secretary General, Anaris […]
Top financial officials from Latin American and Caribbean countries are meeting Saturday in an annual conclave of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), after a week overshadowed by the banking crisis in the United States and Europe. The IDB’s new president, Ilan Goldfajn, a Brazilian economist, was set to address governors of the 48 member countries, […]
continuing with its plan of changes worldwide, the McDonald’s restaurant chain in Panama implemented an evolution in its classic burgers such as the Big Mac, Cuarto de Libra, Hamburger and Cheeseburger, changes that integrate a series of small changes in the formulations of its ingredients and production, cooking and preparation processes. This series of changes […]
The National Secretariat of Energy (SNE) finalized an intense agenda of meetings for the promotion of renewable energies and green hydrogen as a sustainable fuel for the maritime industry in the sphere of the blue economy. During the recent Our Ocean 2023 convention, together with the Panamanian Foreign Minister, Janaina Tawaney, Energy Secretary Jorge Rivera […]
the Panamanian airline Air Panama will reactivate the air route between Panama City and Chitré in the province of Herrera, to connect the Azuero region by air with Panama City, with direct flights, in addition to increasing the tourist offer. This route will have a frequency of a daily flight from Monday to Thursday leaving […]
Two companies presented proposals for the public tender for the best value of the maintenance and rehabilitation project of the Centenario bridge. The fixed reference price reaches $5.6 million and the proposing companies were the CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortium (Centroequipos S.A., ARD Engineering INC., ATP Electronics, S.A.) with the sum of $ $6.2 million and […]
Utah Public Radio is partnering with Utah State University’s Biology Department and Ecology Center to gather and share stories about research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama. UPR News Director Sheri Quinn and science reporter Colleen Meidt are meeting with Jerry Schneider, PhD postdoctoral fellow in the Beckman Lab. They […]
et profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia’s largest investment company, rose by 81.9% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the year earlier period, the firm said in a statement late on Tuesday. The company posted a net profit of 688 billion pesos ($142 million) for the October to December period. Total revenues in the […]