From July 1, the second increase in the minimum hourly wage for construction workers in Panama comes into effect, which occurs in a context of considerable decline in the sector’s activity. The increase is part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement CAPAC-Suntracs, whose negotiation ended a strike that in 2018 lasted more than 30 days. According […]
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On June 26, 2016, the Expanded Canal welcomed its first transit, marking the culmination of the largest enhancement project since the waterway’s opening in 1914. Based off a decade’s worth of planning, the Expansion stood as a tremendous feat of engineering. It also represented the Canal’s commitment to a new era of global shipping. Three […]
Panama has inaugurated a visitors’ center to improve access to a colonial-era fort that due to neglect came to be placed on a UNESCO list of sites at risk. San Lorenzo Fort on the country’s northern coast was built in the late 16th century to defend the mouth of the Chagres River at a time […]
Cirsa and Codere groups have included the firm’s progressive multi-game bank to the offerings in their Panamanian Casinos. “Panama is a very important market for us and we are very pleased to see that such important players in the global gaming industry, such as Codere and Cirsa,” CEO Sebastián Salat explained. After a successful deployment […]
Bolivian President, Evo Morales, attended this Monday the swearing-in of the elected President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, an opportunity to strengthen bilateral relations, reported Sunday the Deputy FM, Carmen Almendras. Cortizo, representing the Democratic Revolutionary Party, won the elections on May 5 with 33.33 percent of valid ballots, followed by Romulo Roux, candidate for Cambio […]
Panama’s next Congress took office on July 1 with more independent members than ever before. Mary Triny Zea is part of the reason why. Running for office was never in Gabriel Silva’s plans. The 30-year-old lawyer, who on July 1 will begin his first term as a member of Panama’s Congress, was moved to enter […]
Associated Press reported the big event on Monday. Panama’s new President Laurentino Cortizo raises his fist after speaking during his inauguration in Panama City, Monday, July 1, 2019. Panama has sworn in for a five-year term the cattleman who inherits a slowing economy and growing frustration among Panamanians about official corruption. Cattleman Laurentino Cortizo was […]
Written by Katharine Lee Bates and composed by Samuel A. Ward, “America the Beautiful” is one of the most well-known and beloved American patriotic songs. The song, sung by the Hillsdale College Choir in this video, celebrates the natural beauty and the “patriot dream” of the United States. Hillsdale College is an independent institution of […]
Joining over 150 multinational corporations Liberty Latin America’s new campus is locating in Panama. Watch and see why they chose or beautiful country.