Panama plans to boost fruit exports


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Eric Dormoi, the national director of Export Promotion (DPE) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama (MICI), stated that the country was currently seeking to increase fruit exports to international markets, despite the global problems caused by the coronavirus. Panama wants to promote the marketing of pineapple, papaya, Valencia orange, melon, and watermelon, […]

June 2, 2020

Panama Will Fine Ships Up to $10,000 if They Tamper With Transponders


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Panama’s Maritime Authority said it will impose sanctions on vessels, including fines of up to $10,000 and withdrawing its flag from the ship, if they deliberately deactivate, tamper or alter the operation of their tracking transponders. “This General Directorate of Merchant Marine will impose sanctions to all those Panamanian flagged vessels that deliberately deactivate, tamper […]

June 2, 2020

No Panama 5G concession requests yet


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Panama’s telecommunications concession companies have not yet asked for permission to introduce the high tech fifth generation network, known as 5G says  The Public Services Authority (ASEP) Nor has it been authorized by the entity to deploy towers, antennas, and equipment in the Republic of Panama. According to an ASEP statement, ” we want to […]

June 2, 2020

Panama seeks to bring migrants stranded by COVID-19 to Costa Rica


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Panama intends to transport some 1,900 migrants, who have been stranded in that country due to COVID-19 after crossing the inhospitable Darien jungle, closer to the border with Costa Rica, the Panamanian government announced Saturday after a resolution by the Inter-American Court. “We are trying to resolve their health, safety and permanence situation and how to […]

June 2, 2020

Regional court orders Panama to protect migrants’ health


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A regional human rights court has ordered Panama’s government to immediately provide medical care and more sanitary conditions for some 2,000 migrants detained near the Colombian border. Prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Panama had practiced what it called a “controlled flow,” which allowed migrants emerging from the dangerous Darien jungle to rest at camps […]

June 2, 2020

Market Changes: Threats to Profitability


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Discounts and offers, increase in the price level generally and the rise in operating costs due to new health and safety protocols are the main threats to the profitability of companies in this new commercial reality. Given this context of economic and health crisis, which derives from the outbreak of covid-19 at the global level, […]

June 2, 2020

Latest Changes in Consumers


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Given a scenario of social distancing and changing shopping habits, consumers in Panama have decreased their visits to supermarkets and interest in e-commerce services has grown. The interactive information system developed by CentralAmericaData, monitors in real time the changes in consumer habits in all markets of the region, with detailed information essential to understand the […]

June 2, 2020

Automotive Service Centers: Operation Becomes More Difficult


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In Panama, social distancing measures have been applied and vehicle repair shops are allowed to have only 10 employees, which makes the provision of most services unfeasible. For the Association of Car Dealers (ADAP), the decision of the Panamanian authorities to approve the reopening of vehicle workshops is positive; however, the restrictions applied in the […]

June 2, 2020

Ana Elena Tejera Talks About IFF Panama Opener ‘Panquiaco,’ Belonging, ‘Slow’ Cinema


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Supported by the Tribeca Film Institute, winner of the IFF Panama’s Primera Mirada pix-in-post showcase and selected for Cannes Film Market last year before world premiering at January’s Rotterdam Film Festival, Ana Elena Tejera’s “Panquiaco” opened this year’s IFF Panama festival on Wednesday. That marks further recognition for a hybrid documentary-fiction film which talks about belonging and plumbs community […]

June 2, 2020