The Panama Metro with the adoption of payment with contactless Mastercard and VISA cards, envisages attracting more passengers to the public transport system, both national and tourists, since in just seven months it has registered more than one million trips. This figure reflects not only the successful adoption of the implementation of contactless payment technology, […]
The Panamanian unit of Canada’s First Quantum Minerals and a workers union at the company’s key copper mine in Panama said on Saturday they had reached an agreement, avoiding a planned strike over profit sharing and wage increases. The worker’s union, Utramipa, had threatened on Thursday to stop work on Saturday, alleging an impasse in negotiation with […]
The Board of the Meritorious Fire Department of the Republic of Panama (BCBRP) approved Resolution No. 102-2023 of July 5, 2023, which modifies the Service Fee provided by the institution and defines the General List to be complied with in terms of fire prevention, announced this Friday, September 15 through a press release. The aforementioned […]
Between October 7 and 10, Panama will host the Adventure Travel World Summit 2024, one of the most important adventure tourism events, positioning the country in the international markets of the so-called chimneyless industry, as a destination for adventures and conventions. The organizers predict that the country will be receiving delegations from buyers, exhibitors, journalists […]
Experts in urban planning, digital strategy, construction and artificial intelligence will meet in Panama on September 20, 21 and 22 at the VIII Latin American Real Estate Congress, where they will share their experiences and knowledge about the latest market trends, challenges and opportunities for the development of new cities in Latin America. More than […]
Panama promotes the breeding of bees for the production of honey, starting the first week of September the First Seminar “Practical Theoretical in Beekeeping”, scheduled for this year, in the “Compa MIDA” Meeting Room, in the city of Santiago, province of Veraguas about 250 millimeters from Panama City. This seminar, which ran from September 4 […]
The young Panamanians Jorge Liu and Danna Medrano won a bronze medal and an honorable mention respectively, playing a prominent role in the Ibero-American Mathematical Olympiad (IOM), an event in which 22 delegations from America, Spain and Portugal participated. Liu explained that the competition in Brazil consisted of solving a total of six problems in […]
The Panama Canal assured that it continues its operations uninterruptedly at the service of international maritime trade, taking measures to guarantee the fluid and safe traffic of ships, despite adverse weather conditions. In a statement, the Panama Canal Authority points out that the interoceanic route continues to be the route through which 57.5% of the […]
New Visa program offers consumers and issuers solutions for the instant issuance of digital cards and best practices aimed at accelerating the Digital First banking revolution that is already taking place in the region. Visa Digital First facilitates the application of real-time cards, the creation of accounts and the delivery of instant payment credentials directly […]
With the approval in the Cabinet Council of the expansion of the Global Logistics Free Zone, located in the border area of Paso Canoas in the province of Chiriquí, new investments of more than US$26 million and jobs will be generated that will mostly be taken advantage of by local labor. Currently, the Global Logistic […]