With more than 70 feature films, this year’s International Film Festival Panamá (IFF Panamá) is yet again proof that Central America is making great strides when it comes to nurturing its film industries. While local audiences will be able to get a chance to see festival favorites by the likes of Hirokazu Kore-eda, Barry Jenkins, Pawel Pawlikowski, and Sebastian Lélio, […]
Panama sees a “big opportunity” in China’s massive “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative, President Juan Carlos Varela said Tuesday during a visit to Hong Kong amid ambitious plans and proposals for Chinese-built bridges and rail lines. Varela said the initiative, which aims to weave a network of ports, bridges and power plants linking China with […]
A group of University of Minnesota students recently traveled to Panama to address the global issue of water security — by focusing on it at the local level. Members of the University global seminar, “Chemistry in the Field: Water Analysis and Environmental Impact,” traveled to Panama during spring break to run chemical analyses on local […]
On a 13-hectare plot of land in Panama Norte, it is planned to build a residential complex consisting of 150 houses. According to the interactive information system “Construction in Central America” developed by CentralAmericaData, Sociedad Urbanizadora del Caribe, S.A. presented the Environmental Impact Study to the Panamanian authorities of the project called “P.H. Cumbres del […]
You can run but you cannot hide so please do not try Panama!! A 45-year-old man was behind bars Friday on suspicion of killing his 36-year-old wife at their City Heights apartment, police said. Abdiaziz Kerow was arrested in Panama on March 20 and extradited to San Diego, where he arrived Thursday and was booked […]
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or “the Company”) (TSX:FM) today filed an updated technical report for its Cobre Panama project in Panama dated December 31, 2018. The technical report incorporates updates with respect to ramp-up and commissioning of the current operation and provides detail on the expansion of the project from 85 million […]
Changes in product labeling and greater regulation in the licensing process are some of the provisions approved by the National Assembly of Panama. Cigarette packages marketed in the country must comply with simple packaging, brand name, health warnings and other characteristics, are some of the approved changes. From the Legislative Assembly statement: Increased controls on […]
In Panama, the processing plant Union Livestock received the endorsement to market beef in the Asian country, and it is expected that the first containers will be shipped in late April. At the end of last year, it was reported that the meat product plants that received the endorsement by the General Administration of Customs […]
The oppressive heat due to the absence of rain characterizes the extended Panamanian summer, where the presence of the El Niño phenomenon generates alarm due to economic effects on agriculture and the interoceanic canal. As cattle ranchers on the Azuero Peninsula begin to bury cattle that did not resist the drought, the river route […]
Improving competitiveness and modernizing institutions are some of the challenges that Panama must overcome in order for high levels of economic growth to result in greater development for the country. The document “Panama: Challenges to consolidate its development“, developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), explains that the Panamanian economy has been one of the […]