(Prensa.com) The Director General of Civil Protection National System (Sinaproc), Arturo Alvarado, said on Sunday, December 18, maintaining a green alert throughout the country due to heavy rains that have fallen over the past days. According to Alvarado, the green alert was ordered since last week by the entity in charge - because the system will remain "atypical" of rain … [Read more...]
New Copa Airlines non-stop connects Chicago and Panama City
(Chicago Tribune) Chicago has a new non-stop option to Panama City (not the Florida one — the one in Panama). Panama City-based Copa Airlines is flying daily non-stop flights between O'Hare International Airport and Tocumen International Airport. Chicago is the airline's sixth U.S. destination. The five-hour flight, on a 124-seat Boeing 737-700, departs O'Hare at 8:09 … [Read more...]
Panama’s 2011 GDP up 10 percent
(Prensa Latina)Panama will close 2011 with a growth in the Gross Domestic Product of over 10 percent, as announced by Panamanian Economy and Finance Minister Frank de Lima in a meeting with foreign reporters. De Lima said this growth, well above the seven-percent expected, is due to the mega-projects developed by the government, the work developed by the Free Trade Zone in … [Read more...]
Panama’s third quarter GDP rises 10.4 pct
(Reuters) Panama's gross domestic product for the third quarter of 2011 rose 10.4 percent from a year earlier, the government statistics agency reported on Thursday. Driven by heavy government infrastructure spending -- including the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal -- Panama's diverse services-based economy has been boosted by private construction, foreign … [Read more...]
Jamica’s Tourism Minister Welcomes Inaugural Copa Airlines Flight From Panama to Montego Bay
Jamaica’s quest to bolster its airlift security in order to boost tourist arrivals took another major step forward on Sunday December 11, 2011 when Copa Airlines’ inaugural non-stop flight from Panama’s Tocumen International Airport, landed at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. The opening up of the Panama City - Montego Bay route by Copa Airlines, has now … [Read more...]