Key deer, an endangered species in the Florida Keys, suffered a painful and potentially lethal outbreak of parasitic screwworms in 2016. A U.S.-Panamanian program that breeds and sterilizes screwworm flies saved them. A program in Panama breeds, sterilizes, and releases 20 million screwworm flies a week to protect livestock from flesh-eating larvae. This is how […]
Dr. William Gorgas eradicated yellow fever in Panama, allowing American workers to finish the project that dogged the French. I’m walking on the veranda of the Gorgas Building at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. It’s named for the famous Army physician, William Gorgas, who was sent here to Fort Brown in 1882. This building was […]
Many international news stories have had their genesis in Miami. While some make headlines, the impetus for others germinates quietly, leading years later to major events . One of these is the U.S. military intervention that overthrew Panama’s de facto ruler Manuel Noriega 30 years ago this week – an event that not only changed the history […]
The XIII China-LAC Business Summit in Panama City focused on the expansion of joint trading activities and business investment between China and Latin America. During the three-day summit, nearly two thousand entrepreneurs, officials and politicians from Latin America, the Caribbean and China met in Panama. In addition, more than 1,000 companies took part in the […]
China and Panama are ideal partners to make the most of the trade benefits offered by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a Panama business leader has said. Giovanni Ferrari, general manager of Panama’s Colon Free Trade Zone, spoke with Xinhua on the sidelines of the 13th China-Latin America and the Caribbean Business Summit, […]
New portal aims to leverage the industry standard eModal Community Portal to enable digitization and improve cargo visibility through a centralized information hub Advent Intermodal Solutions, provider of the eModal suite of applications that simplify and accelerate the flow of cargo across the landside supply chain, today unveiled the “Portal for Panama” initiative for container […]
Although Grupo Aval S.A. de Colombia owns both financial entities, the conglomerate has decided that the two banks will compete separately in the Panamanian market. Early last month it was reported that Grupo Aval de Colombia S.A., owner of BAC Credomatic, signed an agreement to acquire Multibank Financial Group of Panama, and according to the […]
Southern Explorations, specializing in crafting custom small-group trips and itineraries to South America and Central America, has added a pair of inviting new accommodations to the Panama Family Adventure tour: El Otro Lado and Isla Palenque. “We’re thrilled to be adding these properties to our Panama Family Adventure. They’re the kind of boutique lodgings that are […]
In Panama developers are being more cautious when making decisions regarding the construction of industrial projects, as they prefer to build buildings based on the needs and demands of customers. In the current situation of the country, where investment in new construction, additions and repairs, reports a 9% contraction until October 2019, developers in the […]
The National Assembly of Panama approved in third debate the bill that creates the Superintendence of Non-Financial Subjects, and now the proposal only awaits the approval of the Executive. The bill, which was sent by the Executive Branch to be analyzed in extraordinary sessions and which seeks to establish the exclusive competence to regulate and […]