President launches multifaceted team to plan economy restart
An economic labor dialogue table that will be in charge of analyzing proposals from different sectors to gradually reopen the...
BUSINESS
Planning for Panama’s “new normal”
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) projects that if the trend of COVID-19 cases continues to drop, the quarantine will gradually...
Business group calls for “controlled” reopening
Businessmen who form the Industrial Union of Panama (SIP are calling for staggered and controlled reactivation of certain economic activities...
Vice President backs insider sweetheart deal
Carlos Guillermo De Ycaza, a director of the state-controlled National Bank has garnered $2.6 million direct-purchase accounts for his marketing...
Hot seat VP orders report of national crisis umbrella spending
Panama Vice President, José Gabriel Carrizo, skirting the edge of a storm that threatens to cloud the image of the...
Near 90,000 job losses increasing by 2000 a day
Scores of thousands of Panamanians are without a job after the companies took advantage of a Decree allowing them to...
Copa boosts liquidity with $350 million bond issue
Copa Holdings, the parent company of Copa Airlines and Wingo, obtained financing of more than $645 million this month to ...
Multi-million “National Emergency” purchase questioned
Another multi-million dollar contract issued under the umbrella of the National ,Emergency signed by a former vice president of the Presidency...
WORLDVIEW: Returning America to Number One
By Jonathan Power It might seem that the world is going to pot in a hand-basket. Not quite true. There...
Wild West facemask pricing during COVID-19 pandemic
Suplidora Doble A, a company registered during the Martinelli presidency (2009-14) to participate in government tenders, such as supplying office...
Canada and Europe Health Alert on Trump-Touted Drugs
Canadian health authorities have issued an alert about a drug widely touted by US President Donald Trump warning that "Chloroquine...
Business chamber backs re-opening with bio security plan
Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (Cciap) supports the gradual start of activities that the Government is planning, as...
