Month: February 2023
Panama registers interannual inflation of 2.7%
The Panamanian economy drags an annualized inflation of 2.7% between January 2022 and January 2023, reports the National Institute...
Panama will remain on FATF Gray List
After three days of meetings, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) based in Paris announced that Panama will remain...
OPINION: Time-wasting in mining negotiations
Negotiations between the State and Minera Panamá have been at a standstill for weeks. It seems that the differences...
Workers demand concensus in mining talks
The workers of Minera Panamá (MPSA) took to the streets, in Panama City and in Penonome, Cocle province, expressing...
Mining giant and Panama government at loggerheads
Negotiations between the Panamanian government and the Minera Panamá company, a subsidiary of the Canadian First Quantum, are at their peak on...
Captured in Spain
Interpol captured the Panamanian Jaime Powell Rodríguez, alias 'Yunya', in Spain, the authorities confirmed on the afternoon of this Monday,...
Carnival-time ticket bonanza
In the first 72 hours of Carnival, the National Directorate of Transit Operations reported over 6,000 traffic violations nationwide...
Panama rescue team heading to site of new Turkey quake
The team of Panamanian rescuers who have been in Turkey for over a week is doing well after a...
Mama Gallina- Overnight from Farm to Fonda
By Robert C. Thornett On a corner near skyscrapers of glass and steel in downtown Panama City (Obarrio) sits a...
Minera Panama to cease processing Thursday
Minera Panama has sent a note to the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) informing them of the "imminent suspension of mineral...
Politicians jumping the gun for 2024 elections
In order not to disappoint, politicians who will aspire to popular election positions in 2024 celebrated the provisions regarding...
