Panama”s economy is is advanced “in its recovery process”. and ”we expect economic growth for 2020 to reach 4.8% and climbing said The International Monetary Fund (IMF) following an on-site evaluation. “We see that there is a clear recovery in the economy. We expect that economic growth for this year will be of the order […]
The Assembly of Panama approved in third debate the draft law that creates the private and unique system of registration of final beneficiaries of legal entities. Chapter II of the document, on Registration of Resident Agents, stipulates that any lawyer or law firm providing professional services as a resident agent for one or more legal […]
Those sunrise views may be reward enough for some, but for me, after groggily rolling out of bed at 2:30 in the morning to begin ascending the volcano in time for sunrise, my reward is the reinvigorating cup of coffee in my hand, the delicate and floral flavors of that Geisha, a labor of love […]
The restriction on hiring individuals who have been convicted in the five years preceding the public act of committing crimes is part of what is contemplated in the bill that is about to be approved in the first debate in Panama. The new Public Hiring Law is in its final phase to be approved, in […]
AES Panama announced that during 2020 it will invest in the construction of four photovoltaic parks, which will have an installed capacity of 10 MW each. The development of the parks that will be located in the provinces of Herrera, Los Santos and Chiriqui, will be in charge of Elecnor S.A., the company to which […]
The President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel has affirmed that he treated the regional situation with the Secretary General of the Democratic Revolutionary Party of Panama, Pedro Miguel Gonzalez. ‘I held a dialogue about the international situation with Pedro Miguel Gonzalez,’ Tweeted Diaz-Canel. According to the web site of the Cuban Presidency, Diaz-Canel and Gonzalez […]
Mateo Valenzuela, a five-year-old boy, holds his painting to support China in Panama City, capital of Panama, Feb. 10, 2020. Many children from across the world have created their paintings in solidarity with China’s fight against novel coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Mauricio Valenzuela/Xinhua)
In search of a cleaner and more honest sports, authorities from Cuba and Panama outlined in Havana interests in the anti-doping fight on the way to the 24th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. During a visit to Cuba, Henry Pozo Medina, president of the Organizing Committee of the regional competition, scheduled […]
Facing the proposal of the authorities to abolish the banking secrecy in the country, businessmen of the industrial sector are opposed, because they argue that there are already legal procedures in the country to do it through a judge. At a press conference on February 11, Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves defended the proposal to access […]
Panama, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) Vice Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes on Monday questioned the inclusion of Panama on European blacklists for tax evasion and money laundering, without making a prior technical analysis. In her article published on Monday in the newspaper La Estrella de Panama, the diplomat assured that since July 2019 the European […]