Representing the Executive Branch, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Felipe Chapman, presented to the Cabinet Council the General State Budget Bill for the fiscal period 2027, which amounts to B/.35,111.7 million, compared to the B/.34,913.8 million of the modified 2026 budget. The net increase is B/.197.9 million, equivalent to 0.6%, which reflects that no It is a generalized expansion of public spending, but rather a recomposition of priorities aimed at strengthening the areas of greatest i…
The General State Budget project presented this Wednesday by the National Government before the National Assembly, for B/.35,111.7 million, contemplates a figure of B/.12,564 million in investments for the benefit of the population in the areas of water, housing, roads, transportation, health, education, culture and sports, explained the Secretary of Presidential Goals, José Ramón Icaza.
The budget allocations for the start and continuation of works obey the vision of the President of the Repub…
The Cabinet Council approved this Wednesday a bill "that adds an article to Law 106 of 1974, which establishes the Tax on Transfers of Real Estate; and modifies Law 4 of 1994, which establishes the system of preferential interests for the agricultural sector."
The project was led by the Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), Felipe Chapman, and consists of the first sale of new homes being exempt from the Real Estate Transfer Tax (ITBI), provided that this sale is formalized within the next two…
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Encouraging figures in the generation of new jobs, with an increase in hiring of 22% for the first half of 2026, which represents numbers that amount to 174,383 new contracts, revealed the Minister of Labor and Labor Development, Jackeline Muñóz, after the Cabinet Council session.
Since last year, an upward trend has been observed in the labor supply, he noted.
The head of the Ministr…
• The president urged businessmen, teachers, students and officials to work together in the technological transformation of the country.
• The objective of this government initiative is to promote the development of the country through the adoption of artificial intelligence, and participation in the supply chain of semiconductors and microelectronics.
The National Government launched the National Agenda for Advanced Technologies, a State initiative designed to respond to national and gl…
The new president of Peru said that she will propose national reconciliation and announced an increase in the minimum wage, an emergency plan to face the El Niño phenomenon and legal security for businessmen.-
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, participated today in the swearing-in ceremony of the new president of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, who assured the Congress of this country that her main goal is to close the enormous social deficit that affects millions of Peruvians.
"For this …
The Panamanian president was received with honors a day before the ceremony in which he will also hold the first bilateral meeting with the Peruvian president.-
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, arrived today in the city of Lima, Peru, to participate, tomorrow Tuesday, in the transmission of command ceremony in which Keiko Fujimori will assume the Presidency of this South American country for the period 2026-2031.
Mulino, accompanied by the first lady, Maricel Cohen de Mulino, w…
The relaunch of commercial relations through the repowering of the current Free Trade Agreement, ports and Peru's accession to the Canal Neutrality Treaty were the main topics of the first meeting held by the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, and the elected president of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, who takes office today Tuesday during a swearing-in ceremony in the Peruvian Congress.
Mulino and Fujimori agreed on the relationship of essential partners that Panama and Peru maintain, especia…
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, held a meeting with his counterparts from Chile, José Antonio Kast, and from Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, in the preamble to the inauguration of Keiko Fujimori as the new president of Peru.
During the meeting, the leaders talked about regional issues, geopolitics and the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.
Mulino and Paz discussed the efforts led by Panama to coordinate a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS), aimed at supporting politica…
Mulino and Fujimori recently agreed that Panama and Peru must give new impetus to the trade agreement they maintain in force.
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, will travel tomorrow, Monday, to the city of Lima to participate in the ceremony for the transmission of presidential command in which Keiko Fujimori will assume the Presidency of Peru for the period 2026-2031, an event that will be attended by heads of state, government authorities and representatives from different count…
Within the framework of the objectives of the government of the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, of guaranteeing the population water for human consumption, the Minister of the Presidency, Juan Carlos Orillac, and the director of the Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers (IDAAN), Antonio Tercero González, began today the Panamá Sin Fuga program in the district of Arraiján, province of Panamá Oeste, to recover the supply network and stop the loss of the vital liquid due to burst …
The firm steps that the country is taking towards operational optimization and modernization of its port infrastructure were at the center of the sixth ordinary session of the Logistics Cabinet, which took place this Thursday in Colón, under the direction of the President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino.
The port of Cristóbal, at the northern entrance to the Panama Canal, served as the venue for this meeting, in which the authorities of the public institutions that make up the Logistics Cabin…
-The president also highlighted the historic rebound that the country has had in the generation of private employment, which will be promoted with greater force through the Panama Pa' Ti program.-
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, handed over the renovated Armando Dely Valdés Stadium, an emblematic work that strengthens the sports infrastructure of the province of Colón and reaffirms the commitment of the National Government to the rescue of high-impact projects for Panamanian yo…
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, during the Annual Dinner for Economic Freedom of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE), highlighted the order of the Panamanian macro-economy guaranteeing the degree of investment and lowering the country's risk, the result of the work of a government with greater robustness and strength, however, he highlighted that now it is time to further encourage the local economy. Mulino - before a hundred businessmen who attended the ev…
The President of the Republic, José Raúl Mulino, highlighted the importance of strengthening technical and professional training in strategic areas for the development of the country. The statements were made during his visit to Puerto Cristóbal, where he learned closely about the course on Safety and Health in Port Work, developed by the National Institute of Vocational Training and Training for Human Development (Inadeh).
In his speech, the president highlighted that training must respond to …