With an index of 90.34%, Tocumen International Airport, the main gateway to Panama, was recognized as the most punctual medium airport in the world in 2024 by the global consultancy Cirium surpassing airports such as Brasilia, Osaka-Itami and Santos Dumont. José Ruiz, general manager of Tocumen, attributed the achievement to the collaboration between the Civil […]
Panama reaffirmed its leadership as a strategic center for foreign investment in 2024 with the incorporation of 12 new companies under the special regime of Multinational Companies Headquarters (SEM), which represent a total of US$24.2 million in investments. New additions to the SEM regime come from sectors such as technology, agribusiness and manufacturing, reflecting Panama’s […]
In the last five months of 2024, Panama has hosted 13 film productions from the United States, Canada, France and Panama, which has generated an investment of 20.7 million dollars and has significantly boosted the economic and cultural development of the country, reported María Cecilia Arias, director of the Film Commission of Panama, during an […]
The German airline Condor will operate flights on the Germany-Panama route from this year, as announced by the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, in his report to the Nation during the act of installation of the second legislature of the first period of ordinary sessions of the National Assembly. Mulino said that this is one of […]
In 2024, Panama exported 6,500 containers of teak tucas, representing 9% of the Hindu market, the largest consumer of this type of wood worldwide, but, despite this achievement, exports in tucas continue to decline, according to Bianca Morán, president of the Panamanian Association of Exporters (APEX). Morán highlighted that the forestry sector faces an imbalance […]
The president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP), Juan Arias, stressed that the country will close 2024 with economic growth of close to 2.5%. Despite the fact that this percentage reflects a moderate trend, Arias pointed out that, compared to the region, Panama remains within the median growth, which is […]
Panama and Colombia have decided to move forward in the electrical interconnection project, a strategic effort of 500 kilometers worth US$800 million that seeks to connect the Andean and Central American regions and for this, authorities from both countries met in the Panamanian Foreign Ministry. During a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of […]
The President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, confirmed during his weekly conference that the country will appeal the ruling issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the framework of the arbitration under the Dispute Settlement mechanism between Panama and Costa Rica. “The most certain thing is that we appeal to buy time, within the […]
The airline Air Panama expects to resume flights between the city of David in Chiriquí to San José, Costa Rica, in the first quarter of 2025, revealed Eduardo Stagg, commercial manager, pointing out that they have an expansion plan, consolidated in the acquisition of new aircraft. “For next year, two new planes will be incorporated into operations and […]
Three new tree species have been identified for Panama. These are the plants Matisia petaquillae, Matisia changuinolana and Matisia aquilarum. Botanists José Luis Fernández-Alonso, of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid and Ernesto Campos, research technician of the Smithsonian Institute of Tropical Research (STRI) of Panama, named a total of six new species of trees for […]