Gavin Clarke writes in The Register about SAP’s recent admission to bribing officials here in Panama. SAP will pay nearly $3.9m after a senior executive was found to have bribed officials in the government of Panama to land lucrative deals. The software giant has agreed to pay $3.7m in profit plus an extra $188,896 in […]
Few people know that Malaria was discovered here in Panama back in the days when the United States was building the Panama Canal and had to deal with the unknown disease that killed so many people here. What transpired was one of the most heavily regulated country in the world that takes infectious diseases very […]
Scotiabank said that it has acquired Citigroup’s consumer and commercial banking operations in Costa Rica and Panama. The signing of these acquisitions was announced in July 2015 and the transactions are valued at approximately US$360 million. The acquisitions triple Scotiabank’s customer base in Panama and Costa Rica from approximately 137,000 to 387,000. The transactions include […]
Now you can fly from Montreal and Toronto to the International Airport in Rio Hato and stay at any number of the best beach hotels Panama has to offer, a number of which offer all inclusive packages. Click here to to go their website
This week, was to say the least, the most people that I think Boquete could fit into town other than the Flower Festival held earlier this year. Were they here to party? Not really, most were here as what I call the Escapees. Boquete does not have any parades, floats or parties but we do […]
Add another Ironman victory to Lionel Sanders’ growing list of accomplishments. Sanders captured gold at the Ironman 70.3 in Panama City on Sunday — defeating second place Anthony Costes by just over three minutes. The Harrow native finished the 1.8-kilometre swim in a time of 24:35 and clocked 1:55:04 in the 88 km bike trek. […]
Simon Black reports from Chile on his life as an expat and countries he likes. Yes Panama is one of them. It’s been nearly a dozen years now that I’ve been living abroad as an expat. In that period I’ve lived in at least half a dozen countries and traveled to more than 100 on […]
Four people arrested in connection with case and suspected drug manufacturing centre discovered. Four suspected drug traffickers were arrested after Hong Kong customs officers seized about 48kg of suspected cocaine among a shipment of cocoa beans coming from Panama. The haul was worth HK$51.6 million and was sealed in a 20-foot shipping container that arrived […]
Less than a month shy of turning 40, Ryan Armour finally got his breakthrough win, capturing the Web.com Tour’s Panama Claro Championship on Sunday. It was the journeyman’s first professional victory — a stat that would undoubtedly surprise those who remember his junior career. That’s because 22 years ago, Armour was a hotshot from Ohio, […]
Politicians should have two terms – one in office and the other in prison! More….. 1. I’m not saying let’s go kill all the stupid people. I’m just saying let’s remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. 2. I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People move out of […]