The multi million dollar spending sprees that governments hope will drive innovation and improvements in business productivity is in stark contrast with the widespread tendency to maintain the status quo of the markets. “In 2005 in Costa Rica they wanted to block Skype, in 2015 they want to block Uber.” The title of the blog […]
I have followed with interest Raquel Frame’s adventure with this howler monkey which she rescued. Here Cristina Olteanu writes of her experience when she visited Raquel’s Ark. Thanks for sharing this with me Raquel. One day I went to Raquel’s Ark. As we approached the house of Raquel, all that I kept thinking about was […]
The Faculty of Medicine will be built on a plot of 5.5 hectares and the Ministry of Health will oversee the tender of the architectural design drawings, construction, and equipment. $70 million has been approved to build and equip the new Faculty of Medicine of the University of Panama. The funds will be administered by […]
The Panama Canal Authority expects to start in February the construction of a specialized Roll On-Roll Off cargo terminal in the Pacific, next to the planned container port in Corozal. The purpose of a specialized rolling cargo terminal is to turn the area where it will be built into a center for redistribution of vehicles, […]
Eighty passengers recently boarded flight 281, the first direct flight from Belize City to Tucuman Airport, Panama. The service is being provided by COPA Airlines. The flight costs 600 Belize dollars round trip and is scheduled twice per week on Tuesdays and Fridays, departing Panama at 11:29ª.m. and arriving in Belize City at 12:52p.m. The departure flights […]
The bulk of Canadian Christmas tree farmers send their fresh-cut firs and pines to the U.S., but tens of thousands of trees make their way to less wintry countries such as Panama, Aruba and even the United Arab Emirates. According to Statistics Canada, the country is a big exporter of the holiday main-stay: in 2014, […]
We feel very positively about a possible solution to the migrant crisis in Costa Rica to be anounced soon by the authorities of the neighbor country, Panamanian Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo told journalists. She added that she is in contact with her Costa Rican counterpart Manuel Gonzalez and announced that other options are […]
My daughter will be moving to Dubai next year and she plans on visiting me here on this flight. 17 hours and 35 minutes! Put me under please! Emirates is offering special pre-launch fares for its Dubai to Panama route, which will start from February 1. The route, operated by a Boeing 777-200 LR, will […]
The Global Financial Integrity report notes that between 2004 and 2013 the flows of money from Costa Rica from laundering and other illicit sources increased by 10% compared to the period 2003-2012. EDITORIAL The report entitled “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013” by Global Financial Integrity, shows that during the 10 years in question, […]
Panama’s electoral court revoked former President Ricardo Martinelli’s immunity from prosecution to face charges of insider trading while he was in office. The multimillionaire supermarket tycoon, who left Panama in January and who is believed to be in Miami, is facing half a dozen corruption probes, including charges of embezzlement, espionage, taking bribes and […]