The expanded Panama Canal has transited dozens of neopanamax vessels since the waterway’s inauguration on June 26. Sixty-nine vessels were handled in the new locks from the time of the inauguration through early August. Among those, 40 containerships, 24 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, three vehicle carriers, and two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers have […]
My good friend Roberto Duran, Sr. sent me this article that was written by Tim Foley at Barron’s. Roberto Duran (not the boxer as he says) is what business is all about here in Panama. He owns and operates the VW dealerships (best in Panama) along with Audi, Kawasaki and more. His operation is family […]
I just watched a sermon by a priest who visited Burning Man with his 22 year old daughter and found out what “community” is supposed to mean, people who freely give of themselves, hold no attitudes and feel safe where everyone has each others backs. Our little community of Boquete is like that place and […]
I begin this post with the invitation for my readers to give me an idea of your interest in this project that I envision here in Boquete. If you think that this might be of interest, send me short note. Prelude I recently read an article from Casey Research that truly describes my reasoning for living […]
Ten miles south of Tel Aviv, I stand on a catwalk over two concrete reservoirs the size of football fields and watch water pour into them from a massive pipe emerging from the sand. The pipe is so large I could walk through it standing upright, were it not full of Mediterranean seawater pumped from […]
Learn something new today by watching this video breaking down how maritime actually law works.
The Panamanian public force seized in one more day two tons of cocaine in two operations, and arrested seven possible drug traffickers, informed the Attorney General Friday. The National Air Service (Senan) captured in the Caribbean Sea a rapid longboat that was transporting 1,888 kilograms of narcotics and caught six Colombian citizens who were on […]
Canada’s Department of National Defense said that Canadian military personnel will take part in the Panama Canal drills, known as PANAMAX, on July 29 through August 5 to practice canal traffic protection measures. Canadian military personnel will take part in the Panama Canal drills, known as PANAMAX, on July 29 through August 5 to practice canal traffic protection measures, Canada’s […]
The 2016 Democratic Party Platform, which was released in the convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this week, promised to lift travel United States restrictions to Cuba, as well as the embargo, should Hillary Clinton be elected. “We will continue President Obama’s historic opening and will put an end to the restrictions to travel and the embargo,” the […]
I would suggest we play “Maduro Go” and get this nut case out of the picture. During his TV show, transmitted across all official radio stations as well, Maduro claimed “virtual realities” create violent people. He condemned the thousands of people playing Pokemon Go. “We have to worry about what our kids consume in serials and […]