Confirmation has been given that the country is to be removed from the list compiled by the Financial Action Task (FATF) a year and a half after adjusting laws and regulations for the financial sector. The Minister of Economy and Finance in Panama, Dulcidio De La Guardia, confirmed that the removal of Panama from the […]
Valle Escondido Villa for Rent Perhaps you remember this Maniosn we were selling in Valle Escondido. Well one of our investors has bought it and we are in the process of subdividing it into two 4 bedroom 4 bath villas each with over 3,400 square feet of area and each with a beautful view of […]
Thanks and a hat tip to my friend Richard for sending this to me. OLD GAS STATIONS AND OLD CARS! Registered restrooms, free hot dogs and drinks, and uniformed service station attendants!! What planet was this?? So who do you register your restrooms with? Check out the fellows in South Chicago filling up with ten […]
Diamante Minerals announced a gold stream agreement for the Molejon Gold Mine, located in the Donoso District, Colon Province of Panama. From a press release issued by Diamante Minerals: KELOWNA, BC, Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Diamante Minerals, Inc. (OTCBB: DIMN), a natural resources company, today announced a gold stream agreement for the Molejon Gold […]
Harboring fantasies of being a castaway on a deserted island? Consider a trip to Panama’s San Blas islands. Becky Cooper writes for Travel and leisure in this must read article of her travels. There are 365 pieces of paradise scattered in the Caribbean, just off the coast of Panama: the San Blas Islands. More than […]
Shaikh Abdullah expressed the UAE’s interest in cooperation with Panama in areas of common interest, such as banking, logistics, energy, airports and infrastructure. The visit by Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister, to Panama ended on Thursday with the creation of a joint cooperation committee on trade and investment. The committee will […]
Dom Joly writes in the Independent of travel to Panama Thirty-six hours was all I had at home. I’d flown back from Mexico City after a month working in the States. I’d done so only to remind my long-suffering family of my existence. It was a good thing that I did. The two dogs sniffed […]
By Osvaldo Rodriguez Martinez at Prensa Latina Panama, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) After concluding the carnaval, where fun includes wasting lots of water, Panamanians continue facing an intense drought that puts human consumption at risk. The uncontrollable expansion of the capital, in whose metropolitan and peripheric areas hold some 1.9 million inhabitants (total population is […]
In Costa Rica a new bill under analysis aims to make imports of hybrid and electric vehicles exempt from sales, selective consumption and customs duties taxes. This would be great for Panama too. I want a Tesla!! Among the incentives proposed in the bill under discussion in the Assembly, is a 100% exemption from sales […]
The companies interested in supervising the construction of the convention center in Amador, Panama, will have until February 18th to submit their proposals. The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) has granted the request made ??by the interested parties to extend the date of the tender for the design, construction, and equipping of the new center […]