Pushback against re-opening without mobility
While business groups welcome the first steps to reopening the economy, they will be unsustainable if the current mobility rules...
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Book Fair goes digital
l The International Book Fair of Panama had to reinvent itself. Like all of us, in the midst of the...
Maritime Authority opens probe into Panama flagged ship disaster
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) has opened an investigation into the accident of the Japanese ship Wakashio, sailing under the...
New US head of mission has Panama track record
The new Minister-Counselor of the US Embassy in Panama, who will serve as acting chief of mission until the arrival...
International investors show confidence in Panama with bond issues oversubscribed
The recent issuance of AES in Panama, which placed $1.38 billion in bonds at a rate of 4.375% and a...
Door to new normal begins to open – you can get a haircut, buy a car
After five months of personal and economic lockdown by presidential decree to combat the COVID-19, the Ministry of Health announced...
Health Ministy empty seat at table in restaurant reopening talks
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) is "the great absentee" in the conversations of restaurant owners have had in the search...
Businesses believe Panama heading for “apocalyptic social chaos”
A nationwide survey of micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) which provide 70% of the country’s jobs, reveals that 91%...
Copa Airlines will not limit seats on Tocumen flights
Copa Airlines will not limit the number of passengers that can board the planes that will operate during the “mini-hub...
China bound ship #10,000 through expanded locks
The "SK Resolute" , carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China brought the total transits of vessels through the expanded...
Tocumen passengers down over 6 million in 7 months
Passenger travel through Tocumen International Airport In the first seven months of this year impacted by the coronavirus pandemic was...
