The University of Panama has announced that it will be launching a tender in April for the construction of classrooms, laboratories and equipment, which will be financed with $70 million. Authorities at the Ministry of Health in Panama received on Monday the document for the development of the specifications for the tender for the design […]
Beth Abrahams writes for International Living about how you can live on much less here in Boquete. While IT often gets criticized for exaggeration, these costs are real. Now your housing is not going to by luxurious by any means and you may have to put up with the neighbors barking dogs or early morning […]
An announcement has been made of the upcoming signing with Japan of a memorandum of understanding on the construction of a transport system which is vital for the development of the west coast of the Panamanian Pacific. The extension of Metro Line 1 by Línea 2, which has already started on preliminary work, and then […]
The expanded Panama Canal is expected to be open this year and US farmers are excited for the development, which is expected to boost soybean exports once completed. Star Tribune reported that the expansion work on the 50-mile canal means a lot to the shipment of soybean harvests from the United States to other parts of […]
President Varela announced that a tender will be launched for the construction of 15,000 homes each valued at between $30,000 and $40,000, in Las Garzas de Pacora, Panama Province. During an inspection visit to the area measuring ??about 325 hectares, the president announced the construction of public infrastructure works in the area along with tenders […]
The consortium responsible for the main Panama Canal expansion project is the subject of a criminal complaint in the Central American country for allegedly inflating its cost overrun claims. National Bar Association Vice President Juan Carlos Arauz filed the complaint, to which EFE gained access, on Thursday with Panama’s Attorney General’s Office. “We’re asking for […]
My friend Steve Cantor at Cantor Webb just sent me this article by Louise Story that appeared in the New York Times. Well, it seems that the US is finally making the Realtors back home do the same thing that we are required to do here. It is know as know your customer and now […]
We are pleased to announce the offering of this property and the special pricing that will be afforded to customers of The Panama Perspective. We are quite excited about the project and the future of the Amador Causeway as we see it as the next hot spot of the city. Much like Casco Viejo has […]
Marc Margolis writes in BloombergView about how not everything is on the up-and-up in Panama City. Last year was one most of Latin America would rather forget. The region trailed the world in economic growth, led on inflation, and posted the highest fiscal deficit after the Middle East and North Africa, according to data compiled […]
This Telesur article talks about the stark reality and how although Panama has a relatively high income per capita, it also has one of the largest inequality rates in Latin America. Panama city is now the home of a new 280 hectare luxury housing complex fully equipped with a golf course, fitness and shopping center, […]