News

2017

  • World MUN in Panama in 2018 - Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) is the world's most internationally diverse college-level Model UN conference and the largest outside of the United States and Canada. Every year, 2,000+ currently enrolled university students from over 110 countries attend WorldMU... more

  • Substantial economic growth Panama in 2017 - According to the International Monetary Fund Panama's economic growth will increase slightly to 5.1% in 2017, and about 5.5% in the medium term, supported by the expanded Canal and developing investment projects.  Panama’s economy has been the fastest growing in Latin America... more

  • Panama forecast high economic growth - Panama's Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced that it projects the country's economic growth for 2017 at 5.8%, the highest rate among all Latin American economies, thanks to strong performance in a variety of sectors including construction, mining, finance, and public... more

  • New IATA office in Panama - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) inaugurated a new area office in Panama City, Panama. The office will be the focal point for IATA’s interactions with key aviation stakeholders in seven Central American countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, H... more

  • Copa Airlines world number 2 for punctuality - Panama's leading international carrier, Copa Airlines, got worldwide recognition in Januari 2017 when it was recognized holding the second spot in punctuality ranking, surpassed only by Hawaiian Airlines.According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), which analyzed the registr... more

2016

  • Panama's new ICT strategy - By investing in new ICT programmes and infrastructure, Panama is looking to improve the efficiency of public services, drive economic competitiveness and promote social inclusion. In late September the National Authority for Government Innovation (Autoridad Nacional para la I... more

  • Reunion Regional WTC Latinoamérica en Bogota - WTC Bogota along with the WTCA Latin America Representative Office received the attending delegations from the WTC’s of the Region to the 4th version of the Latin America Regional Meeting. Mr. Remy Swaab, Executive Director of WTC Panama and Board Member, representing Latin Am... more

  • Panama Tourist Arrivals Up 7% - In the first nine months of the year 5,585,000 tourists arrived in the country, spending $3.4 million during their stay, 5.6% more than the spending by tourists who arrived between January and September 2015. Figures from the General Comptroller indicate that of the number of... more

  • WTC Tianjin visits WTC Panama - On October 27th Mr. Remy Swaab, Executive Director of WTC Panama and Liliana Navas, project manager of WTC Panama, welcomed the Deputy Secretary - General, Mr. Eric Cao from WTC Tianjin and Mr. Huang Lin, Department Director of CECEP Investment Group, to the WTC Panama Complex... more

  • Alternative Energy Growing in Panama - 5MW of capacity is the new total of the joint generation of the 86 solar projects that are registered with the National Secretariat of Energy.Tax incentives are encouraging the development of renewable energy projects such as solar or wind plants in different areas in Panama. ... more