Juan Carlos Varela

Panama Public Schools to be Bilingual

Panamá will become on the first country in Central America to teach Sciences in English in public schools according to a new law created under the administration of President ...

Fire destroys five homes in Emberá Querá community

The homes of five families were destroyed in the Emberá village of Emberá Querá April 13th 2017. A tour guided tour was taking place The local indigenous village when the fire ...

New Online Services From The National Migration Service of Panama

Monday, March 22, 2017, The National Migration Service of Panama (SNM) reported that it now offers service online. Services include requests for the pre-registration of foreigners and ...

Firefighters Receive Immediate Raise

An Executive Decree signed by President Juan Carlos Varela and published in the Official Gazette will give Panama’s firefighters an immediate salary ...

Government Allocates Millions for Religious Organizations

So far during the Juan Carlos Varela administration, $16.7 million has been donated to religious organizations, mostly the Catholic ...

Mi Bus negotiates contracts

Saturday December 10th Juan Carlos Varela announced that his administration has been negotiating with the company Mi Bus to provide service to the areas of Chepo, La Chorrera and Arrijan ...

Invasion Victims Remembered

At 7:30 a.m. Tuesday December 20th relatives of victims and officials met at the Garden of Peace to remember victims of the US invasion of ...

New lanes from La Chorrera to San Carlos announced

President Juan Carlos Varela recently announced that the government will build two new lanes on the Panamerican highway between La Chorrera and San ...

Panama City Mayor ‘s Approval Rating higher than Varela’s

According to the ...

Varela inaugurates Human Rights Commission

Tuesday November 29th, President Juan Carlos Varela inaugurated the session of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights that is being held in ...

Jubilados seek payment for 45 year old debt

Jubilados protested in Los Santos and Bocas del  Toro on Monday, Oct, 31 calling on President Juan Carlos Varela to sanction ...

10 more cruises to dock in Colon

Starting this November TUI Group,  one of the world's largest tour operators will include Colon among its cruising destinations.  ...

Panama and Costa Rica sign agreement on migration at Security Council

Juan Carlos Varela and Luis Guillermo Solis, presidents of Panama and Costa Rica met for a Binational security meeting Friday, October ...

Revenue increase of 6% from January until August

The government of Panama has collected just over $4 billion dollars from January 2016 up until August 2016, an increase of 6% or ...

Varela in Colombia to witness signing of peace agreement

Monday, September 26th Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela was in Cartagena to witness the signing of the final peace agreement between the Colombian ...

Panama attends UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants

This week Panama’s president Juan Carlos Varela joins world leaders in New York for the United Nation’s 71st General Assembly. This ...

President Juan Carlos Varela’s announcements

Thursday, September 15 President Juan Carlos Varela announced made big two announcements, just hours apart. The president took ...

Protests continue over Barro Blanco agreement

Part of the Pan-American Highway on the way to the village of Vigui in Los Palmas Veraguas, was blocked by protesters Wednesday, afternoon ...

Special retirement plan for ten police officials

A decree signed by president Juan Carlos Varela and the Minister of Security, Alexis Bethancourt will offer a ...

Government and Ngäbe Bugle sign agreement for Barro Blanco

Today, Monday August 22, members of the Panamanian government and authorities of the Ngäbe Bugle Comarca signed an agreement on the Barro ...

Independent experts resign from Committee to assess Panama's finance system

Two international members on the Committee of Independent Experts to Assess Panama's International Service Platform, which the ...