Because of the health alert for the coronavirus outbreak, it was decided to extend the licenses of artisanal and industrial fishermen for 60 days, and the health records that importing companies renew will be extended for three months.
The Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (Arap) issued resolutions No. 28, 29 and 30, by which it extends until May 31, 2020 fishing licenses for international service, coastal and industrial domestic service and the card to artisanal fishermen, whose expiration date is between March 1 and May 31, 2020.
Changes in product labeling and greater regulation in the licensing process are some of the provisions approved by the National Assembly of Panama.
Cigarette packages marketed in the country must comply with simple packaging, brand name, health warnings and other characteristics, are some of the approved changes.
Panamanian authorities have declared the deadline passed for Panama NG Power to present evidence of economic backing for the construction of the 670 MW natural gas plant.
Last December ajudicial rulingwas issuedby means of which Panama NG Power was granted 150 days to demonstrate that it has the economic capacity to develop the project. According to the company's interpretation, this time period began on March 8, 2018.
In response to a request put forward by the banking association, the government has decided to eliminate from the banking modernization bill the proposal to modify the banking license scheme.
The initial proposal by the Executive Power was to replace the current system of banking licenses with another with a single license, and the regulator would supervise each bank depending on the type of activity.
The Panama Transit and Land Transportation Authority is once again putting out to tender services to issue driver's licenses, for a term of 10 years.
Due to non compliance with the requirements established in the contest by the three companies that submitted bids,last January the hiring process to provide a service to issue driver's licenses and vehicle ownership cards, as well as the issuance of weights and dimensions cards, was declared void.
In Panama, none of the three participating companies met the requirements established in the $62 million tender to issue driver's licenses.
On January 23, the process to provide the service for the issuance of driver's licenses and vehicle ownership cards, as well as the issuance of cards for weights and dimensions, for a period of 10 years, was declared void.
One month after its license was canceled, a judicial ruling has reactivated the project to construct and operate a 670 MW natural gas plant, under the responsibility of NG Power.
The National Public Services Authority has canceled the license it had granted to the Panama NG Power to build and operate a thermoelectric generation plant in Colón, Panama.
Ending a process that lasted more than seven years, the National Public Services Authority has permanently canceled the license that had granted to Panama NG Power S.A. to build a thermoelectric plant with an installed capacity of 670 MW.
In the last 60 days, the ASEP has revoked four licenses that were granted provisionally to build four solar plants, which together added an installed capacity of 60 MW.
One of the licenses canceled by the National Authority of Public Services corresponds to the company GED Gersol Dos S.A. that had requested a license to build a photovoltaic generation plant in Divisa, province of Herrera, with an installed capacity of 8 MW.
A tender is being launched in Panama for a service to issue driver's licenses and vehicle ownership cards, as well as issuance of cards for weights and dimensions, for a term of 10 years.
Panama Government Purchase 2017-1-03-0-99-LV-005303:
"Services related to the issuance of driver's licenses (LC by its initials in Spanish) will be contracted throughout the Republic, including public attention, administration, operation and maintenance of the entire service.
Due to a delay in the approval of the environmental impact study, the panamanian government has extended the term of the provisional license granted to Martano Inc. to build a thermoelectric plant in Isla Margarita, Colón.
Martano Inc. presented theEnvironmental Impact Assessment(EIA) in December 2016 for the construction of a 423 MW combined cycle thermoelectric plant in the Puerto Pilón district in the province of Colón. The Asep has now given the consortium of Chinese origin an extension to the provisional license for a further 90 days to"... hold meetings with its consultants and the Ministry of Environment team to determine the appropriate course of action for the environmental approval process."
The US Bureau of Foreign Assets has extended once again, this time until June 16, the license which allows Soho Mall Panama to keep looking for a potential buyer for the mall.
With the extension of the license, this time for 50 more days, once again a signal has been sent that a buyer has not yet been found for the mall, whose assets were put into a trust last December.
The union of builders is opposed a bill creating a paid paternity leave for workers, arguing that there would be economic repercussions for businesses.
From a statement issued by the Panamanian Chamber of Construction:
The Panamanian Chamber of Construction described the measure as being inconsiderate of the large economic impact it would have on companies, after the initiative was put forward by the Minister of Labor and Workforce Development (MITRADEL), detailing the creation of paid parental leave for workers with the intention of maintaining an egalitarian gender policy with regard to women.
The company Celsolar S.A. has been granted a provisional license to build a photovoltaic plant with installed capacity of 20 MW AC at the output of inverters and 25 MWp DC, in Gualaca, Chiriqui province.
In Panama an extension has been granted, until November 2017, to the provisional license belonging to San Carlos Solar S.A. to build and operate a photovoltaic generation plant in the district of Anton, Cocle.