On September 16, 2021, Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) announced it has signed a Letter of Intent with international importer and distributor Robust Farms Inc. The letter states that Flora will work to provide the Panama-based company with cannabinoid-containing food and beverages through its Kasa Wholefoods division. Panama Goes Legal This partnership was made possible through the passage of […]

Panama is purchasing 3 million additional doses of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech SE vaccine against COVID-19 for its inoculation efforts next year, the government said on Thursday. Source: Reuters – Reporting by Elida Moreno in Panama City Writing by Stefanie Eschenbacher; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore Get Vaccinated and stay safe!!

The country’s new sustainable tourism master plan could set a precedent for the region if the government puts its money where its mouth is. But is Panama’s private sector ready to embrace sharing the tourism pie after a major downturn? Pre-pandemic, Panama was one of the strongest performing economies in the Latin America and Caribbean […]

This is another great video from Jackie Lange at Panama Relocation Tours. Paula and Dean came in an all-inclusive 6-day 7-night Panama Relocation Tour in September 2021. In this video, they discuss their experience with Panama Relocation Tours and exploring Panama. In Panama, they fell in love with the laidback lifestyle, friendly people, amazing weather, […]

The path to a World Cup berth from the Concacaf region is never a simple, seamless exercise. There are messy matches on foreign land and occasional slips at home. Clinching a place in soccer’s quadrennial spectacle takes dozens of players and most, if not all, of the qualifying calendar. Hopes can rise and fall with each […]

Panama’s Andres Andrade, left, battles Mexico’s Jesus Corona for possession of the ball during a World Cup qualifier in September. (Eduardo Verdugo / Associated Press) When Panama qualified for its first World Cup four years ago, President Juan Carlos Varela declared a national holiday, canceling school classes while closing shops and businesses. It was certainly a feat […]

Notarc Management Group establishes the Panama Development Fund (PDF), a LatAm focused venture and opportunity fund that has already made a significant investment in Fuel Venture Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Venture Capital Fund out of Miami Florida, to strategically align to expand technology investments throughout Central and South America via its hub in Panama, where […]

Panama canceled a contract with the Brazilian company CNO S.A. for “non-compliance” in the construction of a terminal at the country’s main airport, according to a statement by the general manager of Tocumen International Airport. “Tocumen has terminated the contract with the company CNO S.A. for breach of the obligations agreed in the contract,” according […]

By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) -Panama will advance a clean-energy push by embracing ethanol in its gasoline and ending the use of heavy fuels and coal for its power plants by 2023, the nation’s energy minister said. Even though Panama promotes itself as being carbon-negative, the Central American nation wants to further diversify its sources of […]

Michael Janson isn’t in a hurry. At 76 years old, the coffee farmer has significantly slowed down with age, taking his time to step down from his four-wheeler and onto the ground below. But that new pace seems to fit him just fine. The fallen leaves crunch with each careful step he takes toward the […]