(LAHT) After the worst downpours Panama has seen in the last 200 years, close to a million inhabitants of the capital have their water rationed and, for the first time in decades, cannot drink it directly because of contamination. The complicated situation has no short-term solution, Panamanian Health Minister Franklin Vergara told reporters Saturday, adding that the … [Read more...]
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Opens New Panama City Hotel
(MarketWire) Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN), today announced its expansion in Central America with the opening of the Wyndham Garden Hotel Panama City, a new construction hotel in Panama's capital city. The property, owned by Hoteles Boutique, S.A. and managed by FR Consulting Group, is the second Wyndham® hotel … [Read more...]
Over 70 companies now at Panama Pacifico
(PanamaInvestorBlog) The new master-planned community at Panama Pacifico passed the 70 mark this December, with more than 70 companies now onsite, operating, or moving to this Special Economic Area. Located adjacent to the Panama Canal and an easy 15-minute drive to urban downtown Panama City, Panama Pacifico started construction this past month on its third office … [Read more...]
Martinelli to promote Contadora Island
(PanamaDigest) President Ricardo Martinelli appointed publicist Rafael Barcenas, Sr. this week to coordinate the promotion and development of the economically stagnant Contadora Island. A 20-minute flight from Panama City, Contadora is the most developed island of the Pearl Islands Archipelago, 30 miles off the Pacific Coast in the Gulf of Panama. The island’s modern … [Read more...]
Panama’s Attorney General steps down
Emergency session will fill the seats. Angelica Maytín, executive director of the Panama chapter of Transparency International, reported that President, Ricardo Martinelli, had accepted the resignation of the man who was appointed to fill the gap left by Ana Matilde Gomez, who lost her job after being accused and convicted of tapping the cell phone of a criminal … [Read more...]