The global food company may have chosen Panama to set up a purchasing center in order to meet demand from the entire Latin American region. According Anpanama.com review, the minister Augusto Arosemena announced that the food company Nestle has opened a regional purchasing center in Panama. In the article Arosemena said that “… ‘They (Nestle) […]
Panama officials are considering a proposal to seed clouds and gather rainwater as the country grapples with a serious drought. Canal Authority official Carlos Vargas said on Friday that a committee heard the proposal this week but had further questions about costs and outcomes. Panama declared an emergency in August due to a deepening drought […]
A little-seen canid from Central and South America, whose precise distribution remains just as elusive, has popped up in a camera trap study. The animal in question is the bush dog (Speothos venaticus), a 1-foot-tall (at the shoulder) creature that runs in packs of up to 10 and lives primarily in tropical forests. Its diet […]
As most of you will be reading my newsletter over breakfast, let me tempt your taste buds with breakfast flavors we love so much here in Panama with this platter set forth before your eyes!! Here is a story by Leah Koenig on her experiences with breakfast here. Before arriving in Panama City with my […]
Two local optometrists are headed to Central America with a vision: providing eye care to locals and teaching their own children the importance of service. Dr. Nick Colatrella and Dr. Stacy Hinkemeyer of PineCone Vision Center, along with their children Alice and Tony and Hinkemeyer’s mother, will be participating in a service trip to Panama. The […]
The third Latin America Amateur Championship will be held at the Club de Golf de Panama in Central America in 2017, three of golf’s governing bodies announced Thursday. The course has hosted a Web.com Tour event since 2004. The winner of the LAAC earns an invitation to the Masters as well as exemptions into […]
Former President Jimmy Carter received a special award Thursday from the nation of Panama. The county’s president presented the nation’s highest award, the Grand Cross, to the 39th President. The nation honored President Carter because in 1977 he signed the treaty that transferred the Panama Canal back to the Central America nation. The move ended […]
AMResorts has kicked off 2016 with its latest hotel opening in the Caribbean Basin: the new Secrets Playa Bonita Panama Resort. The 310-room, adults-only property is the 42nd resort in the company’s collection and the 15th Secrets-branded hotel. It is the first Secrets hotel in Panama. “AMResorts is excited to bring SecretsResorts & Spas […]
I love drone technology and this event just knocked it out of the park. Read this and watch the video. A spectacular display of drone technology by Intel Corporation (USA) involving 100 small aircrafts being launched skywards in formation has earned a new world record title for the Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously. See […]
Yesterday, the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) presented the use of drones in agriculture to enhance productivity to producers from Orillas del Río in Alanje, Chiriqui. These drones, which have GPS technology and infrared cameras, detect the variation of colors in plants and are able to discover affected plants within the production plots, allowing producers […]