A dogged U.S. scholar has upended the conventional wisdom about enslaved Africans in the New World by demonstrating that the first successful slave uprising in the Americas occurred in Panama, not in Haiti, as many have long believed. Robert Schwaller, a University of Kansas historian, discovered new details about the Panama uprising at the General […]
Panama’s Colonial Transisthmian Route, which aspires to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has historical value not only for the Central American country and the Americas, but also for the world. For this reason, authorities are working on a long-term management plan that involves an inter-institutional team for its restoration and conservation. “Part of the […]
Considered the most important statistical study of the country, Panama begins today and until March 4 the XII Population Census and the VII Housing Census. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), the count, pending since 2020 when it was postponed by Covid-19, will allow knowing how many Panamanians and foreign residents […]
Panama and India to explore green hydrogen collaboration. India and Panama are in talks to explore collaboration on renewable technologies like green hydrogen, said the foreign minister of Panama Janaina Tewaney Mencomo. In an exclusive interview with Mint, the Panamanian foreign minister said that both countries could collaborate to develop green hydrogen as an alternate […]
The National Commission for the Study and Prevention of Drug-Related Crimes (CONAPRED), will receive1.1 million dollars from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), corresponding to 30% of the confiscations carried out during the periods 2018 to June 2019 and from July 2019, until November 2021, in compliance with Law 57 of September 17, 2013. […]
More than 40 years have passed since the coyote arrived in Panama, according to records from the Ministry of the Environment. In recent years, reports on the presence of coyotes have increased in the country’s agricultural and livestock areas, and this has been reflected in recent studies in 2019, where the spread of coyotes has […]
Issues such as bilateral relations, cooperation in energy infrastructure and economic and commercial cooperation were addressed during a meeting between Panamanian Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney Mencomo and the main political adviser in the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea, Jang Sung-Min, Senior officials highlighted the historic relationship between Panama and Korea that […]
The government of Panama looks set to revoke the operating licence of the local unit of Digicel after receiving authorisation from the Cabinet Council last month. TeleGeography reports that Cabinet Resolution No. 140, made on 13th December 2022, advocated updating Clause 72 of Digicel Panama’s licence to make ‘mutual agreement’ an acceptable condition for its […]
The Minister of Public Works (MOP) has projected that 2023 will be a year of high execution in several projects in the country, where around $1.2 billion will be invested. Recently senior MOP officials carried out an inspection to verify the progress of the work of the study, design, construction and financing project for the […]
In the Second Judicial District and, in particular, in the province of Veraguas, the Judicial Body has 24 jurisdictional dependencies. Of these, more than 50% have their headquarters in the district of Santiago; in addition to these jurisdictional instances, a significant number of judicial aid and storage units are added, housed in buildings leased for […]