Climate Change


News from Panama

I can get  wrapped up in this subject as it is a very real problem that is affecting our Mother Earth. Occasionally, we must all step back and cast this in a new light or on a lighter note. Thanks for sharing this Carol Newsome. Look What Happens When We Cut Down Too Many Trees.

October 11, 2016

The Naked Cowboy Manifesto


News from Panama

Each year around Christmas, Susie and I ventured north to New York City to enjoy Broadway and all the quirky things in the City including the craziness on Times Square.  I first saw the Naked Cowboy back in 2003 and I have to give the guy credit as he has stuck to this for over […]

October 11, 2016

Community – Leaders


News from Panama

Last Saturday, I had the privilege of taking a tour of Price Peterson’s coffee plantation in Alto Quiel. Besides the wonderful coffee varietals that I saw, Price took me further up the mountain on a road through ancient cloud forests.  Almost 1,000 acres have been set aside by the Peterson Family Foundation to preserve the […]

October 11, 2016

Panama: Investments in Regional Airports


News from Panama

This is great news as the investment in our regional airports continue. Tocumen is preparing a plan to tender several expansion works and equipment at the airfields of Panama Pacific, David, Colon and Rio Hato. One of the regional airports where Tocumen plans to invest in order to improve its functionality is Panama Pacific, which […]

October 5, 2016

Cruisers Would Leave 75 Million Dollars Income to Panama


News from Panama

The European Cruise Company Pullmantur (PC) started its Caribbean season 2016-2017, this Monday, from the Panamanian terminal of Colon 2000, expecting to leave some 75 million dollars to the isthmus economy. That company, with its emblem ship Monarch, took the dock located in the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal as starting point of its […]

October 4, 2016

Huge Interest in Tocumen Duty Free Spaces


News from Panama

Now there are ten major international companies interested in taking part in the tender for 1500 square meters of commercial space in Terminal 1 of Tocumen Airport. Among the companies that expressed their interest to the administrators of Panama City airport are DFS, Duffry, Duty Free America, Heineman, DFAASS, Legarde, Penna and Flamingo. Prensa.com reports […]

October 4, 2016

The short-sighted idiocy of capitalism


News from Panama

This is the sad story of the banana crops around the world that are suffering greatly. A great book on the subjecyt and history here in Central America is called “The Banana People” by Clyde S. Stephens. Now on the story on the other side of the world on what is happening there. There’s a pisang […]

October 3, 2016