Meet the 93-year-old Woman Behind New Orleans’ Best Fried Chicken Beignets and po’ boys may be the first foods that come to mind when you think of grabbing a bite in the Big Easy, but there’s a quintessential (though perhaps less widely known) dish you definitely don’t want to miss: the fried chicken. Specifically, we’re […]
Following the trend seen since last year, in January 2018 in car sales in Panama sale registered 3,997 units, 1% less than was reported in the same month in 2017. Figures from the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic show that in January 2018, 1,552 new vehicles were registered, 10% less than the 1,716 units registered in […]
The Colombian navy said Tuesday it has seized a massive shipment of cocaine in the northwest of Colombia. According to the navy, 5.2 metric tons of the illicit drugs were found in a shipment of bananas in a port in the Uraba region after a tip from the Police. The bananas were meant to be […]
Mr. Saik touched a raw nerve when he released “La Chama.” Panama’s hit single is about a Venezuelan woman who “fears nothing but immigration officers,” and “was famous in her own country but here does something else” – the something else presumably being prostitution. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse are crowding […]
Well, it is finally about to be completed making the new Tocumen International Terminal 2 building another landmark achievement here in Panama, The Hub of The Americas! Copa Airlines expects to start service out of Panama City Tocumen International Airport’s new Terminal 2 (T2) in November and be “fully operational” in the new facility by […]
The MSC Caterina becomes the 3,000th vessel to transit through the Expanded Panama Canal, March 2, 2018. Photo: Panama Canal Authority. More than 3,000 vessels have now transited the Expanded Panama Canal less than two years since the new locks opened for business, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced. The containership MSC Caterina marked […]
The challenge in defining the most appropriate pricing system for each company is to identify what value the products and services sold have for each customer. The founder of Fijaciondeprecios.com, Ariel Baños, explains the key elements for determining how companies should establish prices for their products and services. Baños notes, “…The price should be related to […]
In the first nine months of 2017, countries in the region imported $110 million worth of hydraulic cement, 38% more than was purchased in the same period in 2016. Figures from the information system on the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData : Click to interact with […]
Panama’s foreign ministry on Friday published a list of 20 countries that discriminate against Panamanian imports as a first step toward establishing reciprocity measures. Panamanian Trade Minister Augusto Arosemana said that the publication of the list was a “very novel step in our country’s foreign policy.” “We have the responsibility to defend the interests of […]
In January 2018 the cost of new construction, additions and repairs grew by 22% compared to the same month in 2017, rising from $95 million to $117 million. The most recent figures from the Comptroller General of the Republic show that the highest value of new construction, additions and repairs was registered in the district […]