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As part of its modernization process and after a million-dollar investment, the Panamanian state bank has incorporated online banking in its portfolio of services. Starting today, the National Bank of Panama (Banconal) is launching its online banking platform. Similarly, the Savings Bank announced yesterday that as of May 1st its new web-based platform and the new Online Savings will begin operating.
Lights, camera, action! Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) is an extreme sport gaining more popularity in Panama, especially in the countryside.
The Dominicans Víctor Estrella and Iván Endara, the Colombian Nicolás Barreiro and the Venezuelan Ricardo Rodríguez made the list yesterday, Monday, of the 32 players to enter the main draw of the ATP Challenger Visit Panama Cup tennis tournament, and today Tuesday the corresponding matches for the first round will be played.
Expocomer 2013 will occur during a period of trade liberalization in the country, when a series of treaties have entered into force.
157 YEARS SINCE THE INCIDENT
On April 15, 1856, the steamboat Illinois pulled into the port of Colón and nearly a thousand U.S. passengers disembarked. They were en route to California to join the growing ranks of gold diggers, now numbering in the tens of thousands, who had taken over the nugget-rich region that Mexico ceded to the United States in 1848.
