Construction investment down 49.5% but rebound begins
Investment in construction in the first quarter ghfell 49.5%, although there was a notable rebound in March. and The Panama...
BUSINESS
Panama shortchanged in mining contract as copper booms
Smartphones, tablets, video game consoles, internet servers, electric car batteries, all-purpose appliances, and even space rockets are charged with copper....
Canal transits benefit from Biden election
The reduction of cruise ships transiting the Panama Canal has been offset by the transportation of grains and liquefied natural...
Thousands miss work as taxis block roads
At least 10 people were arrested by crowd control police on Avenida Balboa on Friday, May 7 during a demonstration...
Vehicle Sales Rebound in March
After several months of reporting year-on-year declines in the number of vehicles sold in Panama, during the third month of...
Regional covid-19 surge pounds Copa’s bottom line
The upturn in positive covid-19 cases in the region has limited the recovery of airlines, and Copa Holdings, the company...
Over half of suspended work contracts reactivated
The Ministry of Labor and Labor Development (Mitradel) reported that to date 150,023 work contracts have been reactivated out of...
Travel magazines boost Panama tourism hopes
While hotel occupancy, did not exceed 10% in the first quarter of the year, reports by two travel magazines...
Biden’s rule fuels stock market and the super-rich get richer
The Joe Biden Administration has failed to stem the inevitable rise in wealth among America's billionaires. In their first 100...
Business Chamber seeks unity to create jobs
With 288,951 workers losing their sources of income in 2020, which represents 15% of the employed population the new board...
OPINION: The untouchables
Private companies, the hardest hit in this pandemic, with thousands of jobs lost - in contrast to the Government, which...
Panama port activity beats pandemic – up 7.5%
Port activity was one of the few sectors in the Panama economy that did not come to a standstill during...
