For more than three months, the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has maintained a successful coordination, along with other Panamanian entities, which has favored that all ships arriving in Panamanian waters, could carry out their various operations, with all the necessary biosafety measures established to guarantee the development of safe services. The Secretary General of the […]

The blockade on the border between Panama and Costa Rica, which keeps more than 800 trucks stranded on both sides of Paso Canoas, has become unbearable for many truckers, as nearly thirty of them carry perishable loads, stated Andres Muñoz, the president of the National Chamber of Freight Transportation in the western province of Chiriqui. […]

The National Assembly of Panama approved in third debate a bill that regulates the service of information on the credit history of consumers. The legislative plenary approved in third debate initiative 424, which modifies Law 24 of 2002 related to this registration system in the Panamanian Credit Association (APC), in order to create a data model or credit […]

In the new normal, interest in e-commerce in the region’s markets continues to rise, with Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama being the countries that recorded the greatest increases in interactions associated with the topic. Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is […]

Panama’s Transparency and Access to Information Authority (Antai) has recommended that the  Government nullify the contracts of Paul McDonald and Precilla Delany two so-called “influencers” who worked in institutions of the Panamanian State. In other cases of insiders paid for  no-show jobs the investigation was ordered to be closed as  those involved no longer work in the National Assembly […]

The Panama Canal debuted a $5-billion-plus set of larger locks in 2016, only months before a trade war broke out between the U.S. and China — the waterway’s two largest transit sources. The canal, which relies on water availability, suffered one its worst droughts ever in 2019. And then came the coronavirus. Carriers slashed Asia-East […]

When a school principal died, infecting almost the entire staff and students, it was finally confirmed COVID-19 entered my country, Panama. A national emergency and full lockdown was declared. On paper, quarantine meant 40 days, but the situation was so mismanaged we had to spend seven months locked inside our homes instead. While spending the lockdown […]

Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Cciap) has voiced its support for Government moves to attract overseas investment and says that the country should boost its image, at a time when an economic reopening process has begun. ‘Panama must present itself as a destination for investments that, in addition to implementing and respecting the […]

(Reuters) – Panama is the latest country to offer travelers a COVID-19 test when they arrive at its main airport, a little less than a week after resuming international flights following a seven-month suspension due to the pandemic. The Sofia SARS Antigen Fluorescent Immunoassay tests are meant to prevent the import of new cases at […]

Copa Airlines will fly from this capital to Panama on October 21 and 29, reported the airline.   According to Nelson Cabrera, Sales Executive, the tickets are available for purchase through the sites www.copa.com and https://www.copaair.com/es/web/gs/centro-de-reservaciones, and in any office of the company. Flight number CM0372 will depart from Havana at 3:15 p.m., local time, […]