With a “roadmap” proposed for the next four years, the sector aims to improve conditions in the country as a logistics hub and compete better with other Latin American ports. With the help of the CAF Development Bank, the sector of Panamanian logistics companies aims to develop a plan to improve the supply of services […]

An Environmental Impact Assessment study has been presented for the construction in Chiriqui, Panama, of a 19.8 MW wind power generation plant. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study was presented by Energía Verde S.A. to the Ministry of Environment in Panama in July. The document emphasizes that the project, called Chimenea I will have a capacity […]

The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out to tender construction works in schools located in the provinces of Ngäbe Bugle, Bocas del Toro, Panama and Panama West. Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-07-0-15-LV-027 744: “Design, development plans and construction of buildings for pre-medium secondary education and expansion of infrastructure and other necessities for the school […]

The Ministry of Housing in Panama is putting out to tender construction of 3,000 affordable housing units in Ngäbe Bugle. Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-14-0-12-LV-010 968 “Supply of materials, labor, equipment and management for construction of one thousand (1,000) social housing units under the ‘Roofs of Hope’ program in the region of Ngäbe Bugle, district of […]

The proposal to exploit the gold mine in Cerro Quema, Los Santos, was considered “viable” by the Evaluation and Environmental Management Department in Panama. The Evaluation and Environmental Management Department at the Ministry of Environment recommended that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the project be approved. Prensa.com reports that now they are  “… just […]

The union of exporters claims that business opportunities are being lost due to the slow pace of processing and issue of permits and certificates for export. Juan Bulnes, president of the Panamanian Association of Exporters (APEX), told Prensa.com that “… ‘For exporters, the National Customs Authority (ANA) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) are a thorn in […]

Panamanian authorities say they have seized more than 2 ½ tons of cocaine in their largest score of the year. Anti-drug prosecutor Julio Villarreal said Monday that the drugs were buried in a cache near the coast and had to be dug up. It brought the year’s total of cocaine seizures to 43 tons in […]

Through at least 47 clandestine posts on the border between the two countries there is illegal circulation of tomatoes, yams, avocados, plantains and bananas. Eduardo Carles, Minister of Agricultural Development in Panama, told Prensa.com that, in the case of bananas and plantains, “… producers sell them in Costa Rica when the price falls in the local […]

Through an agreement valued at $4 million, the German airline will promote Panama for three years as a destination for European tourists. From a statement issued by the Tourism Authority of Panama: Berlin Germany. October 18, 2016.  The Government of the Republic of Panama, through the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) and the German airline Lufthansa […]

Between January and August this year, 43,976 new vehicles were registered in the country, almost 8% more than in the same period in 2015. Of the total number of vehicles registered during the first eight months of the year, 41% were regular cars, 29% were SUVs, and 15% Pick ups, according to figures from the […]