The Tropical East Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) announced the inclusion of five new marine protected areas (AMPs), including a Coiba sector in Panama, a decision that was taken during the last meeting of the Ministerial Committee made up of representatives of Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama. These areas are: Cordillera de Coiba Managed Resources […]
By 2050 it is expected that the cement and concrete industry will be able to adjust to its activity towards decarbonization, as indicated by Ricardo Pareja, director of Innovation and Climate Action of the Inter-American Cement Federation (FICEM), during Climate Week of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. Couple shared revealing statistics and a detailed […]
The Government of Panama will support industrial tomato producers with certified seed and add US$1 per quintal in their sales so that they can increase their productivity and meet the needs of the Nestlé company, in the purchase of their production. The head of the Panamanian agricultural portfolio Augusto Valderrama held a meeting with the […]
Panama must digitize its electricity to avoid becoming a hotter country, since this way it could measure energy and take action, recommended in an interview with ANPanama, the vice president of Schneider Electric Centroaméricala María José Bazo. He assured that Panama is a country that has many construction structures and many industries, and if it does […]
To coordinate the inventory of large fish species such as sailfish and marlin, officials from the Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP) have engaged the technical expertise of Juan Carlos Villagrán, an advisor from the Sustainable Pacific (PS) project of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This project aims to locate and study satellite data on various […]
The French-flagged boat Plastic Odyseey that promotes the reduction of plastic waste in the oceans will be in Panama from October 30 to November 8 of this year, where it will offer talks and visits to raise awareness of the need to avoid the contamination of the seas with this type of waste. This stop […]
The FATF excluded Panama from its gray list at the plenary meeting of organization, held in Paris and concluded that Panama has strengthened its system of prevention of money laundering.
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Panama Vladimir Franco, assured that the country aspires to be a leader in the Global Green Hydrogen Route and advances in consolidating itself as the main center of storage, commercialization and transformation of this resource in Latin America. The Panamanian official gave his statements, during the Third Forum on the […]
The Panamanian Association of Real Estate Brokers and Promoters (ACOBIR), hopes to achieve transactions of more than US$100 million in the new edition of Expo Inmobiliaria 2024, with the support of the participating banks and exhibitors, as indicated by the president of the guild, Álvaro Boyd. This event, which will be held from January 25 […]
As per the guidelines outlined in our Labor Code, the upcoming obligatory rest days recognized as either national holidays or days of national mourning are as follows: Friday, November 3rd: This is a national holiday, and as such, it constitutes a mandatory paid day off. Employees working on this day are entitled to a 150% […]