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Authorities clear about Panama effort against terrorism

    Ernesto Chong de León, Ernesto Emilio Chong Coronado After spreading multiple reactions by a «coalition against the Islamic State», officials clarified Tuesday that the efforts made have been confused Panama. «Panama will not have an army, Panama knows what their strengths and weaknesses are and think that Panama would send an army to […]

PMC GROUP SUPPORTS YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

Convinced that the country’s future is youth, PMC Group imparts U talk at the Isthmus in order to encourage new entrepreneurs. PMC Group gave a lecture at the Universidad del Istmo (Isthmus U), where it was stressed that a better future is necessary and essential that young people aspire to generate ideas that will lead […]

Decrease work permits to foreigners 8.2%

    Until August 2015, the Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development (MITRADEL) approved a total of 6,459 work permits to foreigners. The figure is 8.2% lower than in the same period of 2014, when 7,035 permits were granted to foreigners so they could work in Panama. From January to August 2015, the largest number […]

Panama, Colombia extend talks on tax deal

Panama and Colombia have extended talks on an agreement to facilitate the exchange of financial information for 60 days. The two countries have been holding talks within the framework of a memorandum of understanding signed in October 2014 that was triggered by the decision by Colombia to include Panama on a list of tax havens. […]

Parliamentary from the region discussed in Panama on migration and security

    Parliamentarians from 35 countries will gather in Panama City from Friday to Saturday this week in the XII Plenary Assembly of Parliamentarians for the Americas (ParlAmericas), to discuss, among other issues, migration and security, said an official source . With the slogan «Legislation for prosperity with equity», the meeting of ParlAmericas issues such […]

Immigration numbers odds with perceptions of foreigners in the street

The Venezuelan head the list of foreigners granted residence in the 2014 and 2015 statistics In the past five years, the foreign population in the country reached 124.433 people who managed to acquire regulated residence or immigration status in the country. Statistics from the National Immigration realize that during 2014 and the first six months […]

Draft regulating journalism in Panama

Blanca Gomez, president of the National Association of Journalists, spoke Tuesday to draft related to the regulation of the profession of journalism in Panama, a draft of which are working for submission to the plenary of the National Assembly (AN), on Tuesday 28 July. He clarified that it is «a law of Career» and not […]

IMF: extension of the Panama Canal help keep its growth rate

In its annual review of the Panamanian economy, known as Article IV, the Fund noted that Panama’s growth slowed in 2014 to stand at 6.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that the Canal expansion and entry into operation of the new copper mine in Panama will allow the Central […]

Panama has granted 1,839 residence permits to Venezuelans in 2015 grants

Francisco De Sola, president of the Chamber of Venezuelan-Panamanian Integration, the proximity of these two countries, coupled with the idiosyncrasies, legal certainty and the whole of public safety that exists in Panama makes the country attractive to the immigration process . Until June 10, 2015 have entered more than 123 thousand people from Venezuela to […]