The secretary of the Nautical Tourism Association (ATN), Alessandro Risi, said that Panama has the potential to further develop nautical tourism, an activity that has the ability to permeate the entire value chain of the industry. Living the experience of traveling through the Panama Canal, diving and practicing water sports in the waters of Guna […]
The Central American Bank and the Republic of Korea approve a loan of $600 million to improve the public transport system in the districts of Arraiján and La Chorrera. With the development of the technical studies that derive from this cooperation, it is expected to provide Metro de Panamá S.A. with an analysis of the […]
A small U.S. solar company on Tuesday announced plans to open a solar panel factory in Panama to help the American industry reduce its reliance on Chinese-made goods. Universal Solar America LLC, an Arizona company that helps solar project developers procure panels, said its planned facility will help U.S. companies avoid tariffs, shipping delays and […]
Panama follows up on the data generated in the United States on combined vaccines against COVID-19 and influenza. New vaccines, combined vaccines, are being developed. In the United States of America there are several laboratories working on this issue. We hope that between October and November in the United States, at least two vaccines combined […]
The Public Ministry – through the Superior Prosecutor’s Office of the Environment, initiated an investigation into the crime against natural resources and against wildlife, after the discovery of two tons of Cocobolo wood, in the Sovereignty National Park. In coordination with the National Police and the Ministry of the Environment, the MP carried out an […]
To collaborate with the conservation of Panamanian mangroves, the National Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Panama have created an alliance since last year to value, protect and improve the coastal natural capital of Panama Bay and Parita Bay with funds from the government of the United Kingdom, administered through the Natural Capital Laboratory […]
The Country Manager of BAC Credomatic Panama, Ramón Chiari Brin, provided details about the bank’s plans and its contributions to a green vision of environmental sustainability. What are the aspirations that the bank has when it embarks under this new strategic vision? Under this new strategy, at BAC Credomatic we aspire to create more environmental […]
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who faces open corruption investigations, declared on Thursday his intention to run as an independent in the country’s 2024 elections. Martinelli, who led the Central American nation from 2009 to 2014, said on social media he had formally registered his candidacy with the electoral authority. The controversial former leader faces […]
The multinational tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) denounced in Miami (Florida) that Panama is the “world champion of cigarette trafficking” and called on the Panamanian authorities to enforce the laws that punish this crime. Grégoire Verdaux, senior vice president of External Affairs at PMI, spoke like this at a panel of the Concordia of […]
The Cabinet Council of the Republic of Panama has approved the tolls structure recommended by the Panama Canal Board of Directors, following a formal consultation and public hearing process that considered industry feedback. With this approval, the Panama Canal will assume a simplified, value-based pricing structure, reducing the number of tariffs from 430 to fewer […]