On October 12, according to the schedule of the Ministry of Health, the green light will be given to motels and lodging houses, including dating houses and push-buttons which are already planning for reopening on October 12 reports TVN, and they are already, planning to introduce bio-security cleaning standards. The laundry area is one of […]
This is happening more and more and will continues as people tire of being stuck at home. Glad we live in Boquete where our quarantine was mostly opened up in July. Police accompanied by a Justice of the Peace detained at least 31 people partying on a sailboat on Friday afternoon in Isla Colón (Bocas […]
Capt. Matthew Schnarrs, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron course facilitator, observes as Tech. Sgt. Larry Diaz, 571st MSAS instructor, gives a briefing on command and control operations during a virtual engagement with the National Aeronaval Service of Panama Sept. 1, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base in California. The two-week engagement is their first time […]
106 years ago this month, the Panama Canal opened and reshaped world trade forever. Since then, the waterway has seen over a million vessels transit its locks, and come to serve 144 trade routes that connect 1,700 ports across 160 countries today. The key to the Panama Canal’s continued, smooth operations over the past 106 […]
As the cushy expat gigs wind down in the world, what is needed from a policy standpoint to attract the new generation of talented, remote workers who can go wherever they please? And what does it all mean for travel’s ecosystem? Colin Nagy, head of strategy at FFNY, a global advertising agency, writes this opinion […]
Within hours of eating an unhealthy meal, we can get a spike in inflammation, crippling our artery function, thickening our blood, and causing a fight-or-flight nerve response. Thankfully, there are foods we can eat at every meal to counter this reaction. Standard meals rich in processed junk and meat and dairy lead to exaggerated spikes in […]
This era of technological change has created new trades, which were never considered in the structure of public administration. One of these cases is that of the so-called “influencers”, whose role is relevant in the world of social networks. The appointment of numerous local influencers on the State payroll causes sting, because there is no […]
Colón, Mayor Alex Lee, the latest public figure to be accused via social media of flouting quarantine rules has denied publications posted by Foco Panama, in which it was reported that agents of the National Police arrived at a residence of the mayor, in Las Villas de Decameron, in Río Hato where a 15th birthday […]
This week, the world reached a milestone that it has been fighting for for decades. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it went unnoticed by many. On Tuesday, the vilified WHO declared the African continent polio-free. A healthcare success of dimensions that are difficult to beat. In 1985, 350,000 people, mostly children, suffered from […]
On July 20, the tanker Cabo de Hornos delivered an estimated 450,000 barrels of crude oil to the Irving Oil refinery’s Canaport storage facilities in Saint John, N.B. What made Cabo de Hornos’s delivery different was that it was the first time crude oil had arrived in Saint John by ship from Alberta. It came via […]