Jennifer Kester writes for Forbes Travel about her perspective on how Panama is quickly becoming a luxury destination spot. Panama may be best known for its canal, but the country isn’t merely a convenient passageway between east and west—it’s a destination made up of a unique mix of city, rainforest and beaches. One of the […]
I remember when Susie and I had just finished building our dream home in Panamonte Estates and we moved in while we still had our Villa in Valle Escondido on the market for sale. Two weeks later we went to contract on our unit and completed the sale in under 30 days, Yeahhhhh!! It felt […]
THIS IS A JAPANESE artist’s depiction of one of his country’s super submarines constructed near the end of World War II in the Pacific. Admiral Yamamoto ordered 15 of the giant Class I-400 vessels, but only three were put into operation. Plans were to have the subs attack the Panama Canal, but those orders were […]
Mimi Whitefield writes for The Miami Herald of Jorge L. Quijano, chief executive of the Panama Canal Authority, who met with PortMiami Director Juan Kuryla and other port users during a trip to Miami. PortMiami. The expansion of the Panama Canal, which will be completed next year, is expected to play a big role in […]
In a manmade lake in the Panama Canal sits an island whose compact jungle is teeming with researchers studying biodiversity and climate change—a tropical outcrop hailed as vital for understanding the world’s forests. – British scientist Bertie Welch works in his project “Trace gas dynamics in forests on free draining soils” in Barro Colorodo island, […]
The stock price of Copa Holdings has fallen and at the same time the airline has stopped accepting Argentina’s currency for ticket sales. Restrictions in Argentina for converting local currency to dollars and for sending funds abroad, have now forced American Airlines and Air Canada to take the same measure implemented by Copa. An article […]
Eric Jackson reports in The Panama News how the judge makes a simple point about Panama’s serious gun laws. The defense was appalled at the charges. How could a prosecutor call a submachine gun an illegal “weapon of war” if, as was claimed, it’s ability to fire on full automatic had been disabled? How can […]
Peg Fairbairn writes for The Huff Post about her adventures in Panama. A $20 soccer ball changed my life. Or at least my attitude toward life. Here’s how: My partner April and I moved into a tiny rental house in rural Panama about 10 months ago. As is common in these parts, the neighbor’s kids […]
Eric Jackson reports for The Panama News of the saga behind the Aqua Tower debacle. The beach real estate boom, bond market and reputations at risk in bankruptcy case by Eric Jackson When a company made a bond issue, obviously it wasn’t bankrupt. Felipe Chapman chairman of the board of the Bolsa de Valores […]
U.S. prosecutors are charging ex-soccer official Ariel Alvarado of Panama in the next stage of their sweeping criminal case over allegations of corruption in the sport, sources familiar with the matter said. Alvarado led Panama’s football federation from 2000 to 2011 and served on the executive committee of CONCACAF, which administers football in North and […]