PANAMA CITY, June 24 (Reuters) - Panama’s economic activity rose 9.48 percent in April over the year-ago period, the government said on Tuesday, rebounding from a near five-year low posted in March.

Growths in the construction, mining, hotel and restaurant sectors were the strongest performers, according to the Comptroller General’s office.

Analysts said the figures for March, […]

I get a lot of flak regarding my headlines and you can bet this one will be no exception. The truth is that headlines are important to get readership and the more inflammatory the headline the better the post is read. This post will not make me very popular with the many developers, promoters, contractors […]

According to this article in LA Prensa, business owners are collecting the tax from customers and not turning it in to the DGI. They want to add 40 new DGI officers to help enforce compliance. The DGI starts with the statement that “The service industry general fails to pay the ITBMS,”. My experience is […]

This article states that the plan is moving along quickly but will be delayed a month. They claim that various groups are reviewing the plan, but I have not found any that have yet to see it. I am on the tourism board for our province and to my knowledge we have not received a […]

This in from Prensa Latina
Panama, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Tocumen airport of the Panamanian capital is ready to undertake construction work that will enable to increase its current operation capacity by 38 percent, revealed sources of this sector on Sunday.
The biggest Panamanian air terminal has already finished an expansion program that involved an investment […]

DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ — DFW International Airport begins service to two new non-stop international destinations today with the addition of American Airlines flights to Panama City, Panama as well as Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The new cities push the number of DFW’s international destinations to 39, an increase of […]

I knew that was a financial motive to the new digital licenses everyone was forced to get over the last few months and here it is. See my comments below.
BRIEFS. Transportation
Traffic fines go online, permit quicker payment.
Drivers who are ticketed for minor traffic violations now have the option of paying the fine immediately, instead of […]

Drivers who are ticketed for minor traffic violations now have the option of paying the fine immediately, instead of waiting several months for it to be processed. (Sam: I find this amusing when we have always had the ability to pay it immediately)
Starting Monday, inspectors from the Autoridad de Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre (ATTT) […]