The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (Icges) is a center for research and prevention of diseases inaugurated in August 1928, which over the years has become the reference laboratory of Central America. At present, the institution has established challenges, ranging from the construction of a new Gorgas Campus, the development of a vaccine against…
Consumers affected by different reasons in the commercialization of goods and services presented 894 complaints for a total amount of $ 14,940,163.00, to the Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition Authority (Acodeco) during the first quarter of this year. The administrator, Oscar García, said that the attention of the complaints presented by consumers is one…
With the work of emptying concrete in walls and slabs of apartments A10, A9, A8, A7 and A6 of building # 1, the Nueva Vida building project, built by the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning (Miviot) in the corregimiento of Curundú. Carlos Franco, national deputy director of Engineering and Architecture of the entity, said…
The producer Arcadio Pitty explained that the process for the confection of the candy consists first in cutting the cane of sugar Dolega With the objective of promoting the activity of panela or raspadura, the farmers of Palma Real and Rovira de Dolega, in Chiriquí, manage with MIDA that their product is certified as organic…
The authorities of the Social Security Fund (CSS) reported this week that it was not until April 2018 when they could “close valves” and establish controls, to prevent more employers from committing unlawful payments of the employer’s contribution through the System of Income and Economic Benefits (SIPE) . The director of the entity, Alfredo Martiz…
Carlos Troetsch, president of the Panama Banking Association, said that from 20 to 30% of the banking budget is destined to comply with regulations. In the framework of the Annual Conference of Business Executives, the banker described as “extraordinary” the number of requests for information and compliance from different entities, which has made these departments…
CADE has remained as the showcase of knowledge par excellence and within the framework of the 60 years of APEDE The Annual Conference of Executives CADE 2018 develops its version # 51 with the theme: Competitive Panama for a global economy Are we ready ?, Bets on the competitiveness of the country, will be three…
After the approval in the third debate, this week, of the bills of law No. 581 and No. 539, the first to regulate the services of blood transfusions and blood banks, and the second in order to create the Board of a National Hemocenter , the Ministry of Health (Minsa) expects that President Juan Carlos…
Cable & Wireless Panama , responsible for the support and maintenance of the Income and Economic Benefits System (SIPE) of the Social Security Fund (CSS) , assured that it has no interference in “the dishonest practices of the users of that platform”. The company made the previous clarification after the publications in the media, including…
The activity of exchange, investment, purchase and sale in general bitcoin, does not have a specific regulation The Superintendency of Banks of Panama (SBP) warned today about the precaution and adequate advice that must be taken for the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, as well as others of the same category that do not…
