One of the closest races so far in the 2017-18 Clipper Race ended in a surprise win for Dare To Lead, after the team pulled off an eleventh-hour victory in Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle, USA to Panama. Race 10 was dominated by light winds, which compressed the fleet and resulted in […]
The International Surfing Association (ISA) have held coaching and water safety courses in Panama, backed by Olympic Solidarity. The courses were organised with the aim of boosting the standard of the country’s surf instructors and helping to create a structure for local surf schools to thrive. Further ambitions included developing a free surf programme for […]
On Tuesday 15 May, Westminster Kingsway College in London’s Victoria hosted a visit by HE Juan Carlos Varela, the President of Panama, together with Ministers of his Government and Panamanian business leaders. The Government of Panama is improving the quality and relevance of its technical education, and is building a new vocational institute called ITSE, […]
To avoid the company leaving Panama, Tocumen has proposed Viva Colombia to move its operation to Colón airport and to reduce to $10 the airport fee. Arguing that this would benefit the airline company, authorities at Tocumen reported that they sent a proposal to executives of the airline Viva Colombia, to move their operations to […]
Adam Leposa of Travel Agent Central previews the schedule for 2019-2020. Princess Cruises has released its itineraries in South America and the Panama Canal for the fall 2019 through spring 2020 cruise season. In South America, travel agents can expect 14 departures, including itineraries in Antarctica and a 58-day circumnavigation of South America with highlights including […]
Eric Moya covers the story of the the sixth Central/South American property under Marriott’s Luxury Collection and the first in Panama. Located near the myriad corporate offices of Panama City’s Santa Maria and Costa del Este areas, the Santa Maria, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort is ideally situated to cater to the […]
Carnival Cruise Line has announced plans for its three longer-length Carnival Journeys itineraries in 2019, with a transpacific crossing, a Panama Canal transit and a cruise to Hawaii on tap. The 24-day transpacific crossing will take place aboard Carnival Splendor and sail from Long Beach to Singapore. Two of the itineraries will be operated by […]
Due to the delay in approval of the environmental permit, in the first stage of the project, the subsidiary of Del Monte will cultivate 650 hectares of banana, instead of the 970 hectares originally planned. Prensa.com reports that “… The company Banapiña de Panamá, a subsidiary of Del Monte, imported 1.2 million meristems from Costa Rica, of […]
The international airport of Panama has issued on the international market a 30-year debt issuance, at an interest rate of 6%. The decision to issue the bonds is in accordance with Tocumen’s plans to modernize the air terminal’s electrical system, and to build a third runway and the first phase of the logistics area. Prensa.com […]
The husband came across the program from my father-in-law’s high school graduation, 90 years ago. It was the Class of 1928 and their class motto was “Build for Character, Not for Fame.” No words are better said and very true. I’m pretty sure we’ve done a full reverse on that one. We put an exceedingly […]