Panama Authorizes Chinese Bank License


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Panamanian authorities announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. was approved for a general license to operate in the local system. The information was confirmed by the head of the Superintendency of Banks, Amauri Castillo, who explained that the Asian banking institution will be able to operate in Panama’s financial center and do business […]

June 23, 2020

Moratorium on Loans: Opposite Criteria in Panama


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After President Cortizo partially banned the moratorium bill, the National Assembly discussed the initiative in a second debate, which was unnecessary for the Superintendent of Banks, who said that the banks had already implemented the necessary measures. Despite the fact that on May 4 President Laurentino Cortizo and the representative of the Panamanian Banking Association, […]

June 23, 2020

Cargo volumes up 15.9% at Panama ports in January – May


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Cargo volumes in Panamanian ports grew by 15.9% during January-May 2020, in spite of the country fighting against the spread of the Coronavirus. According to the Panama Maritime Authority statistics, cargo volumes for the first five months of this year reached 3.26m teu compared to 2.78m teu the year before. Vehicles fell by 47% to 39,960 […]

June 23, 2020

Central America: Interest in Travel Begins to Rebound


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Since restrictions began to be imposed due to the outbreak of covid-19 in the countries of the region, interest in travel agency services collapsed, but in mid-May the decline was halted and most countries are already seeing rebounds. Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed […]

June 23, 2020

New Services Being Offered


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DSS Panama Disinfection & Sterilization Specialists of Panama DSS Panama provides advanced and comprehensive disinfection and sterilization solutions that help businesses and private individuals combat the viruses, bacteria, mold and fungus that can develop in the air, on surfaces and on hands. Microbes, like bacteria, fungi, viruses and algae, are able to grow in environments […]

June 18, 2020

Panama- 834 pandemic profiteers sanctioned


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Panama’s Consumer Protection Authority (Acodeco)   has fined  834 merchants who did not comply with “the profit margin”,  for the sale of face  masks and other anti -virus products during the coronavirus pandemic Acodeco officials detected irregularities and among the products with the greatest number of anomalies are disinfectants, alcohol for external usel alcohol, gel  disposable […]

June 16, 2020

Construction: Resuming Activities Postponed Again


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Due to the outbreak of covid-19 the Panamanian Ministry of Health decided to extend for the third time and for 15 more days the temporary suspension of the construction activity, in the same terms expressed in Decree 506 of March 24. The spread of the virus forced the health authorities to suspend construction work in the country. In the first […]

June 16, 2020

Food, Fitness and the New Reality


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What to consume, what to stop consuming, which habits to adopt to improve health and to which lines of expenditure to invest more financial resources, are some of the questions that consumers in Central America are asking in the context of the new normal. The covid-19 outbreak generated a revolution in the markets of Central America and its different […]

June 16, 2020