NOW PLAYING IN PANAMA CITY – PANAMA THE MUSICAL NOW PLAYING IN BOQUETE – BOQUETE JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL COMING SOON – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN PANAMA APRIL 5 – 11 CLICK ON THE ABOVE BANNERS TO SEE MORE I hope that you take the opportunity to come visit Panama this year and see what […]
My friend John Hampton of NotSereyus Productions sent me some video from his latest adventure traveling by high speed cat to the Pearl Islands. Great Vid John!
I was reading this piece from Lori and I can’t stop feeling anger at Washington for not doing something about the safety of our children in school. After 911 the world changed and airport security became a standard. We have front desks in many schools where students check in but school shooters don’t check in at […]
The Ocean Cleanup Project is continuing to zero in on its primary target, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, today announcing it has leased space at a former naval station to begin assembling its first giant trash-collecting booms. Its team will start putting them together at the San Francisco Bay site, which will double as a […]
In Costa Rica, the Chamber of Foreign Trade is coordinating the formation of a group of companies interested in taking part in Expocomer, to be held in Panama from February 28 to March 3. According to details give by representatives from the Chamber of Foreign Trade (Crecex) to Crhoy.com, “… companies that show interest in […]
With a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, a process to optimize the production and distribution system of drinking water in Panama will be implemented. The program includes improving the management of the Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage Systems (IDAAN) and the optimization of the system to produce and distribute potable water. The Government of Panama […]
Communities of the Panamanian province of Darién, on the Colombian border, benefited from a development assistance campaign January 25-27, 2018. The Panamanian National Border Service (SENAFRONT, in Spanish) held the humanitarian aid operation, Operation Falcon (Operación Halcón), in coordination with the U.S. Embassy and Panamanian healthcare entities. More than 450 people from the indigenous communities […]
A Miami federal judge agreed to release former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli on $1 million bail as he fights extradition to his home country, but immediately put a hold on her decision. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke on Wednesday granted a request by the Justice Department to stay her ruling granting bail while prosecutors appeal. […]
The Panama Canal’s new enlarged locks handled 60 LNG carrier transits in the last quarter of 2017, a 40% jump on the same period a year earlier. The climb in traffic levels aligns with the build-up in exports from the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, currently the LNG sector’s only user of the Canal for […]
Digicel has won a block of 700MHz spectrum in Panama after approval from the National Public Services Authority. The operator is due to pay $22.5 million for 2×10MHz blocks of 700MHz spectrum in the 738MHz-748MHz/793MHz-803MHz bands, and the frequencies must be put in use within the next 12 months. The decision was approved by Cabinet […]