Medical specialists deride business call for foreign professionals
Members of the Association of Medical Specialists of Hospital Santo Tomás (HST) have reacted strongly to initiatives by Panama’s Chamber...
BUSINESS
Business group applauds young people climate change initiative
Panama’s Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the declaration of Network of Young People in the face of Climate Change in...
ENVIRONMENT: Panama trails in move to electric road transport
Panama is lagging in converting to electric vehicles with only two electric buses, and with a million vehicles on the...
Panama Canal implements water tax on ships
Ships passing through The Panama Canal began paying a water tax of up ro $10,000 on Saturday February 15. For...
Metro Line 3 tunnel will be 50 meters under Canal
The four km tunnel to carry Metro Line 3 under the Panama Canal will have a depth greater than 50...
Megacities face extreme weather as Antarctica gets record high temperatures
Over 20 degrees! Heat records multiply in Antarctica and new studies warn of the risks posed by the warming of...
Panama returns to EU tax haven black list
Just two weeks after Brexit The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have added Panama and the British...
Fuel prices down for Valentine’s Day and Carnival
Motorists will get Valentine’s gift on Friday with the second consecutive cut in the price of motor fuels .95 octane...
Coronavirus halts Panama beef exports to China
Panama’s beef exports which were helping to re-energize the agricultural industry and reached $10 million in six months last year...
New date for citizen consultation on the city beach project
The date and venue of the citizen consultation on the Panama Mayor’s plan to create beaches on the Bay of...
Rival canal transits and revenue climb
The revenue of the Suez Canal, one of the routes that compete with the Panama Canal, reached $497.1 million in...
WORLDVIEW: Poverty enigma-wellbeing vs GDP
By Jonathan Power Do we know how to end poverty in the Third World? Do we know why some economies...
