A man plays his drum, alerting residents to the start of the “Diablos y Congos” event, an Ash Wednesday ritual that marks the end of Carnival and the start of the Lenten season in Nombre de Dios, Panama, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The ritual has been recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. (Arnulfo Franco/Associated […]
Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (ETESA) has just started the construction on a critical capacity upgrade to an existing double circuit 230 kV transmission line in David City, Panama. The project is supported by Elecnor, an EPC firm. ETESA was able to use all 220 of the existing metal lattice suspension and anchor towers without requiring […]
Alimentos y Bebidas Atlántida in Guatemala, Mayca in Costa Rica and Nestlé Panama, are part of the companies reporting the highest numbers of purchases of food preparations in Central America. An analysis of CentralAmericaData‘s Trade Intelligence unit provides details on the companies according to sector, main activity, volume and value of their imports, exports and […]
The low performance of tourism in Panama in recent years does not follow the high investments that the Panamanian State has been making in airport and port infrastructure. I believe that you cannot just count on “Build it and they will come”. We need a lot more intelligent people in charge after the elections to […]
Panama coach Dely Valdes has included nine players from the country’s 2018 World Cup squad in his 18-man list for a friendly against Brazil later this month. Among them are Alaves midfielder Jose Rodriguez, New York Red Bulls defender Michael Amir Murillo and LA Galaxy midfielder Ernesto Walker, the Panamanian Football Federation said on Monday. […]
In Panama, the National Assembly approved extending until June 30, 2019, the deadline for taxpayers to pay the real estate tax, free of interest and surcharges. The meeting provided a two-way tool by allowing taxpayers a more convenient period to catch up with their debts and the General Revenue Directorate to make the relevant collections […]
A total of 4,507 Panamanians registered to vote in advance, modality that can be used only for the office of president of the country. According to the Electoral Tribunal, apply for this suffrage members of the Public Force, the Fire Department, the National Civil Protection System, the Panamanian Red Cross. Also will be able […]
Reuters recently reported that the 28 member states of the European Union all backed a decision on Thursday to reject a proposal from the EU executive to add Saudi Arabia and Panama to a blacklist of countries suspected of being lax on terrorist financing and money laundering. EU states said in a statement the unanimous […]
By T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose and Robert Faturechi (ProPublica) A little after 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2017, Alexander Vaughan tumbled from his bunk onto the floor of his sleeping quarters on board the Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald. The shock of cold, salty water snapped him awake. He struggled to his feet and felt a […]
The bottom line is that the increased costs to our foreign financial systems due to some BS agency in the EU is passed on to the consumers. The inclusion of Panama in the list of high-risk countries with strategic deficiencies in the battle against money laundering and terrorism would increase the operating costs of foreign […]