Lawyer Patrick Poulin says he helped clients set up offshore corporations in the Caribbean. And that’s what he was working on when he flew to Miami from the Turks and Caicos last year to meet with two Americans who wanted him to invest $2 million from a real estate deal. Instead, they arrested him at […]
This is a great article that appeared in The Globe by Augusta Dwyer. This story is part of an ongoing series on global property that examines the shifts and trends in the housing market on the international stage. Part of a growing trend of retirees searching for more exotic and less expensive lifestyles, the tiny […]
Ignacio Fábrega, the former director of the Superintendency of Securities (SMV), Panama’s securities regulatory agency, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Financial Pacific/Petaquilla Mining insider trading scandal. Fábrega admitted delivering confidential information detailing his agency’s investigation into the Financial Pacific scandal to then-president Ricardo Martinelli and his associates, […]
I have been watching this guy for the last few days, preparing the soil at his farm and I had to capture this simple way of life that spells out another reason people live here. Click on the pic to see this short.
UGE International Ltd. (UG) (otcqb:UGEIF), a global leader in distributed renewable energy solutions for businesses, and OTEPI Renewables, an energy-related company subsidiary of OTEPI Group (founded in 1967), announced they will design and install solar systems for all of Mega Storage’s locations in Panama. The custom photovoltaic arrays will offset over 30% of the electricity […]
A nice article written by Amy Bertrand in St Louis showcases Panama. Every Thursday I write about a place I’d love to go. All I need are time and money. Today I’d love to explore Panama City, Panama. The Westin Playa Bonita’s “Panama Past to Present” package takes travelers to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, […]
According to the latest statistics of ProChile’s Business Intelligence, based on data from the Central Bank of Chile, Chilean food exports to Panama have grown by 70%, as exports went from B/ 30 million in 2010 to B/ 51 million by December 2014. This and other useful information was given by the gourmetmission held […]
Commissioner of Agriculture Gary W. Black led a delegation of diverse agricultural interests to Panama recently with a goal of exploring the importance of the Panama Canal expansion and connectivity to Georgia ports and intermodal connectivity to Atlanta and particularly the Atlanta State Farmers Market. The trade development mission was also aimed at identifying future […]
A 43-year-old Panamanian man who lived in Clark County and was wanted for murder in Panama has been turned over to his native country, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday. Panamanian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Ricardo Valentino Lee Mc Carthy in March 2004 in the August 2002 fatal shooting of Yira […]
An artistic reconstruction of the newly-discovered dolphin “Isthminia panamensis.” (Photo : Julia Molnar, Smithsonian Institution) Scientists have discovered an ancient genus and species of river dolphin that could provide insight into the animal’s evolutionary history. Small fossil fragments discovered in Panama revealed the existence of the ancient dolphin, dubbed Isthminia panamensis, the Smithsonian reported. The fossil […]