infrastructure development

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…

Santiago, July 29, 2026.- H.E. The President of the Republic, José Antonio Kast, participated electronically in the opening block of the annual InfraChile 2026 seminar, organized by the Infrastructure Policy Council (CPI). The meeting, held in Metropolitan Santiago, was headed by the president of the CPI, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, and brought together government authorities, representatives of the public and private sector, union leaders and specialists linked to infrastructure development. Durin…

I do not expect to stop or reduce the payments of any person, and with the expectation that every rupee available to the treasury will be used for the development and progress of the country, I also emphasized that everyone should fulfill their responsibility to build a country with financial discipline, where the future generations do not need to pay debts. I mentioned that the progress of the Sri Lankan economy and the evaluations of the social indexes in the international reports are at the b…

Damascus, July 28 (SANA)TheDamascus Chamber of Industryand theInternational Labour Organization(ILO) discussed on Monday measures to support women entrepreneurs and small businesses, including initiatives to reviveSyria’s textilesector and expand opportunities forwomen-owned enterprises. Wafaa Abu Labda, chair of the Women Industrialists Committee at Damascus and Damascus Countryside Chamber of Industry, said many women had turned their hobbies into income-generating businesses after industrial…

Participated in a discussion at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (24) to review the progress of projects implemented under the 2026 budget allocations for the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure and to discuss the Ministry's proposals for the 2027 Budget. The discussion focused extensively on the progress of development projects being implemented by the Plantation Sector, the Community Infrastructure Sector and institutions under the State Plantation Companies, as well as t…

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Benin hosted, this Thursday, July 23, 2026, the 2026 edition of the Annual Political Review of community reforms, policies, programs and projects of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). This meeting brought together the delegation of the UEMOA Commission as well as representatives of the ministries and sectoral structures concerned, as part of the evaluation of the implementation of community texts by Benin. The President of the UEMOA Comm…

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…

At the beginning of the session, the Prime Minister thanked the members of the Council for their willingness to contribute to the development of economic policies. He stressed that the Government wished to draw on the experience and expertise of the business community in its work. “Improving the business environment is one of this Government’s key priorities. Everything else depends on how much we create,” the Prime Minister emphasised. He said that the Government wanted to listen to the busine…

Santo Domingo.-President Luis Abinader headed this Thursday the sixth edition of the Supérate Mujer 2026 award, which on this occasion recognizes, for their effort, will, leadership and commitment, 35 women from all over the national territory, who have stood out for their entrepreneurial spirit and their trajectory of personal and economic improvement. The activity constituted a space for public recognition of the perseverance and capacity for transformation of the entrepreneurs of the SUPEREm…