Being a huge dog love myself, this story brought a tear to my eye. This is perhaps the hardest thing to do and having done it a number of times, I can never forget how it feels. When the end finally came, Mark Woods knew exactly what he needed to do for his beloved whippet […]
Panama’s president is warning France that his country will retaliate diplomatically if it is not removed from a list of tax haven countries. President Juan Carlos Varela said Friday that France has until the end of the year to make the change. Panama’s financial system was shaken in April by the leak of a huge […]
Panama Colon Container Port has submitted an Environmental Impact Study to build a port terminal in Isla Margarita, Cristobal, province of Colon. Panama Colon Container Port Inc. presented the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of a container port in the area comprising the sector Margarita Bay in the village of Cristobal, district and province […]
The South American country has until 22 January 2017 to implement the recommendations and rulings established by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO. The announcement of the WTO comes after Colombia announced the replacement of the controversial mixed tariff by a threshold of $10 / kg for clothing and between $6 and $10 per […]
Metro de Panama has been given approval to publish, in the coming days, the conditions for prequalification in the tender for selection of a prime contractor for Line 3. From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama: The Cabinet Council has authorized the corporation Metro de Panama, SA (MPSA), to begin the process of […]
Nanette Witmer writes in International Living of her life here in Chiriqui, Panama. In the morning, after grinding and brewing a fresh pot of local Panamanian coffee, I set up my laptop on my front porch. From here, I have an unbeatable view of Volcan Baru, Panama‘s largest mountain, its highest peak rising above the […]
The Ministry of Housing in Panama is putting out to tender construction of 2,000 affordable housing units in the Comarch of Ngäbe Bugle. Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-14-0-12-LV-011225: “Supply of materials, labor, equipment and management for construction of one thousand (1,000) social housing units under the ‘Roofs of Hope’ program in the Comarch of Ngäbe Bugle, […]
The Metro will have an elevated station in front of Tocumen International Airport, near the point where terminals 1 and 2 connect, with an estimated cost of $30 million. Carmen Carrizo de Pages, vice president of Planning and Strategy at Tocumen International Airport, explained that “…the station will feature elevators and escalators [for people] to […]
They are 1.2 million vehicles in circulation in the country, of which 75% were registered in the provinces of Panama and Panama West. From a report by the Traffic and Transportation Authority of Panama: The auto fleet in Panama stands at 1,221,999 registered vehicles, according to the National Single Registry of Motor Vehicles (RUVM) at […]
Michael Hudson at The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists wrote this piece about a new report that these two experts wrote independent of Panama’s committee. Ending the kinds of offshore abuses revealed by the Panama Papers scandal requires a global solution led by the United States and Europe, a report released today by Nobel […]