Another International carrier has added Panama to it’s list of destinations for direct flights. Lufthansa has launched a nonstop service between Frankfurt, Germany, and Panama City. Eastbound flight LH 485 will leave Panama City at 18:45 local time this evening, and is due to land in Frankfurt at 11:35 local time tomorrow. Lufthansa will be […]
Click on the above picture to see aerial video. Views from this beautiful mountain home are outstanding and can be seen from almost every room. The view up to the home from below gives you some idea of the size and beauty of this property and the gardens. Built by a well known builder in […]
Così Inc. has entered into an agreement with Fast Casual Panamá S. de RL to develop five franchised Così restaurants in the Republic of Panamá. The first will open later this year, according to a company press release. The principals of Fast Casual Panamá S. de RL also own Fast Casual Ltda., which owns and […]
Mardis Gras has come and gone, the Northern hemisphere lies in silent snowy slumber, and college students struggle through mid-semester blues. It’s not a time of great merriment – unless you’re one of the lucky partiers in Central and South America. Their golden hour of summer has only begun to diminish, and, in the spirit […]
This is a great article I read in the Miami Herald. Starts with Silent Cal’s diplomacy failed abysmally, But Havana hookers liked him and Let’s not talk about the unnatural acts with Key lime pies !!! By Glenn Garvin No matter what Barack Obama does in Havana next month, his visit just isn’t going to […]
“The advantage of Costa Rica over Panama are the years of production. Costa Rica started producing pineapples at commercial volumes years before Panama started,” explains Gino Spadafora, president of Tropical Queen extra sweet pineapples from Panama. “We are the pioneer in pineapples from Panama with our first trials in 2000. Nowadays we have 500 […]
As reported in Al Jazeera, the Wounaan people are deploying drones and using GPS technology to get evidence of logging in their customary lands. Under the harsh light of a single bulb, with the jungle night dark behind him, Carlos Gomez held up a small, plastic globe and set it spinning. Thus began his first […]
Up to December 2015 4.429 more new vehicles were sold than in 2014, representing an increase of 7.3%. Total sales of new cars in Panama grew by 7.3% up to December 2015, going from 60,306 new cars sold in 2014 to 64,735 sold last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). […]
As part of an old-fashioned commercial aviation policy, taxes, airport charges and costs in the region take a heavy toll on the price of low cost air tickets. Although the “low cost” airline Viva CAN announced that Costa Rica would be its hub for Central flights from 2016 with very competitive rates, Joe Mohan, CEO […]
Molas, a traditional textile craft, are made from layers of colored fabric that are stitched and cut using applique techniques to create patterns and pictures. They originated in Panama, with the women of the Kuna tribe in the San Blas islands. But they have fans worldwide. They’re in museum collections from the Smithsonian to the […]