This article reads like a broken record. Let’s get this done already!! Two months after the award of a $20 million contract for an international promotion strategy, the adjudicating company is still carrying out its analysis. Once the company VML International has completed the contract review process, it must then be approved by the comptroller […]
Here is a story about a beautiful yacht sent to me by Dave Miller. At 107-meters long and rumored to cost over $100 million, New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart can probably boast that he has one of most badass super yachts on the planet. And after watching this video it would be hard disagree with him. […]
Yolanda Van Der Kolk and Rob Brown, dual Panamanian/Canadian citizens and founders of PaCT (the Panama and Coclé Theatre) have written a musical about Panama. The musical, which will give back to the country it is about, has big goals of reaching stages in Toronto, New York, and London. Rob and Yolanda’s work has been […]
From Fox Latino comes this article on Panama’s struggle with deforestation. Panama’s commitment to fight climate change seems convincing, given its ratification of the Paris Accord and its proposal to host a world emissions reductions center, but there is a gap between this foreign policy issue and the way it’s handling things at home. On […]
A bill proposes to allow municipalities to grant concessions to private companies to build and manage public parking lots in buildings or underground. From a statement issued by the National Assembly of Panama: With the aim of promoting the construction of public parking lots that meet the requirements of drivers, so that they can safely […]
In Europe an amendment has been approved to protect banana producing countries in the bloc from Latin American competition. The commission voted to “automatically activate a safeguard clause” for bananas from European overseas territories, said the French lawmaker Younous Omarjee from the Socialist Party, in a statement. Nacion.com reports that “…‘At a time when the […]
The ACP has approved the documents to tender in ten days a concession to one of the prequalified companies; PSA International Ltd, Terminal Link, Terminal Investments Limited and APM Terminals. From a statement issued by the Panama Canal Authority: The Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) approved the request for proposal documents […]
When it comes to transiting the new locks on the Panama Canal, not all ships are created equal. In the original configuration of the waterway, small locomotives are used to pull ships through the locks. In the expanded section of the canal, tugboats are used to move the vessels along. In both situations, lines from […]
Here is a great assemblage of photos around Panama that appeared in a Washington Post article. “When the Panama Canal expansion is complete, one of man and the world’s greatest marvels will forever change the landscape, the economy, and the people of Panama,” says photographer Andrew Kaufman in his artist statement for his project,”The Isthmus,” a […]
This is perhaps one of the best compilation of drone photography that was done by Thang Soi in Vietnam. I have been watching a lot of film trying to learn more on filming and operating my own bird. Click on the above picture to see the video.