In Panama, the 18 photovoltaic generation plants that together have an installed capacity of 143 MW, are still waiting for the government to grant new contracts. According to statistics from the National Energy Secretariat, last year the country had an installed generation capacity of 3,423 MW, of which 4% corresponded to solar energy parks.  Several […]

This is another area of Panama that will benefit from a better roadway network. Tender for the design of the renovation of the Atalaya-Mariato-Quebro-Las Flores Highway, and the design and construction of the Quebro-Varadero Arena Branch, in the province of Veraguas. Government of Panama Purchase 2018-0-09-0-09-LP-005537: “The preliminary meeting for this project is initially scheduled […]

According to entrepreneurs in the sector lack of promotion of the country is the reason why one million tourists came into the country between January and May of this year, 4% less than in the same period in 2017. The Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) reported that 1,091,008 tourists arrived in the first five months […]

In the first three months of the year, rice imports into Central America totaled $64 million, registering an increase of 29% over the same period in 2017. Figures from the Information System on the Rice Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Explore data in interactive chart Imports by country  […]

In Panama, a tender for the construction of a new drinking water supply and storage system for the Panama Pacific area has once again been published. The Agency of the Special Economic Area of Panama Pacifico has once again advertised the contest on the Panamacompra website, and according to the details in the tender documents, […]

With the aim of encouraging more companies to invest in the development of social housing, the Varela administration has decided to raise from $50,000 to $60,000 the price of social housing solutions that are built in the provinces of Panama and Panama West. In the resolution, which was published last week in the Official Newspaper […]

Eric Bowman explores Los Santos province for Travel Pulse.  This province in my second favorite in Panama next to Chiriqui where I live. While Panama City and the Panama Canal attract most travelers to the country of Panama, there is still so much to see and do throughout this stunning country. Visiting the province of […]

This is probably one of the sickest jump videos that I have ever seen.  Ah yes, we were all bullet proof in our twenties.

If you are going to cruise, always do it in style. It was a cold and cloudy July day in Reykjavik, and French arts patron Maryvonne Pinault was at a pier fulfilling her godmother duties for Le Laperouse, the first of six 184-passenger, upscale expedition yachts from her husband’s Marseilles-based cruise line Compagnie du Ponant. […]

If you wan’t bragging rights for your new UAV (unmaned aerial vehicle) why not try to fly above Everest.  ABOVE EVEREST, IS THIS CRAZY!! The Russian SKAT 640 4G TERRA unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has set the world flight altitude record for light aircraft weighing less than 1 ton by flying over the highest mountain […]