Just outside downtown Miami, in a luxury condo building made famous by the 1980s hits “Scarface” and “Miami Vice,” a billionaire ex-president is holed up in exile. Ricardo Martinelli — scion of Panamanian landholders and an ex-Citigroup banker — was Latin America’s most popular president a few years ago, a leader who was just as […]

This is a great story about a great guy who has been helping the people of Panama, those who cannot afford the gifts that he has brought here and continues to every year. Frank Szuchy, of Ambridge, stopped by the “honey table” at the Ambridge Farmer’s Market. Like many people who come on seasonal Thursday […]

Intermodal freight is an important business segment for both CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern , accounting for around 15% and 22% respectively, of the two companies’ freight revenues. Intermodal shipments are comprised of import and export container traffic as well as domestic container and trailer traffic. Since the rail networks of both CSX and Norfolk Southern […]

Here is a great article that I saw in The Huff Post Contributed by Annie Scott Riley. You may think you know all about the Panama Canal thanks to middle school social studies. Most people know that the Canal was built across the isthmus of Panama to save ships from having to go all the […]

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of meeting Roberto Duran Sr. who announced in an email that he was paying me a visit here in Boquete.  My mind was racing and after speaking to him for a little on the phone, I had to ask him “are you the boxer?” Well Roberto has a […]

This is a great article sent in by Sally Heath about her experience coming to Panama. I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what to expect from Panama City. Panama City is not a place that one hears much about in Britain (although I understand that it’s becoming quite a popular destination for Americans). However, […]

What a show we had last weekend at our little community playhouse!  I was a little misty eyed when I realized that I had been coming to these shows for 8 years and the numbers that were presented in this show were from plays we had seen in the past.  My favorite vignette was the […]

The Canal Authority will go to the international market to seek funding to complete the construction of the third bridge, which is 34% complete. From a statement issued by the Panama Canal Authority: The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today its intention to partially finance on international capital markets construction of the bridge over the […]

Lack of international promotion is the cause indicated by entrepreneurs of the fall in the average rate in the capital, which has dropped by 40% in the past five years.  I suggest that it another typical cycle of overbuilding in the market place that many times does not look at hard statistics. The union says […]