In the first half of 2015 the region exported 580,000 metric tons of coffee, 9% more than in the same period in 2014. Figures from the Centralamerican Agricultural Monitor, prepared by the Business Intelligence unit at CentralAmericaData.COM reveal that Central American coffee exports have resumed their upward growth path. Between January and July 2015 the […]
Just days after his undercover police flouted state law by using drug cash to pay their informants, Bal Harbour Chief Tom Hunker hosted dozens of police chiefs at the elegant Sea View Hotel, complete with dinner, an open bar and a $500-a-night cigar roller. As the staff served lamb chop appetizers under a white canopy, […]
Prensa Latina reports on this trend. Mobile Internet access in Panama makes fast progress, as the country has 43 percent users connected to the mobile network, according to a report on digital trends in Latin America. Although email remains the most used service, social network has gained considerable ground, closely followed by online news searching, […]
Three companies have been granted provisional licenses to build and operate three power plants of 15 MW, 55 MW and 322 MW. On August 28 Generación Eléctrica Chilca Panamá, S.A. obtained a license to build and operate a thermal power generation plant with an installed capacity of 322 MW, called PSB-1??. The plant will be […]
Panama is sure to see an increase in transits of these super yachts as we develop marina facilities that attracts them, well maybe not this $450 million 143 meter vessel. With three masts all taller than the Statue of Liberty and as long as one-and-a-half American football fields, the latest boat from Russian billionaire Andrey […]
I saw this movement in Miami when my clients were faced with municipal opposition to charging for customers to park in their shopping centers. You cannot regulate private property just like you cannot pass on the costs of a parking garage or high land costs to tenants as the centers will fail. I will follow […]
This looks like a great system that comes complete in it’s container and they even have a system on wheels. Cardinal Resources Inc. (otc pink:CDNL), a global producer of patented, solar powered, community-scale drinking water systems, today announced that the first of a series of systems for communities in Panama is on the way. This […]
The Denver Post announces the cancellation of the direct flight that started just 10 months ago. Performance of flight to hub connecting travelers with South American destinations was much poorer than expected. United Airlines’ daily direct flight between Denver and Panama City, Panama — touted just 10 months ago as a huge boost for Colorado […]
China’s Huawei Technologies has opened a distribution center for its Latin American operations in Colon free trade zone in Panama. Huawei currently has around 500 employees in Panama, Xinhua news agency reports, citing Panama’s minister of commerce and industry Meliton Arrocha. The 10,000 square meter distribution center in Panama will create 200 new direct jobs […]
Colombia and Panama have given each other another 60 days to come to agreement on how to combat Colombian tax evasion through Panamanian banks. The two countries failed to meet the negotiation deadline set for the exchange of tax information after one year, extending a further 60 days, in a Colombian bid to fight money laundering and tax […]