Born into Panama’s Comarca Ngobe Bugle indigenous community, Rosa Montezuma is only too well aware of the challenges girls face getting an education and pursuing their dreams. Now as Panama’s first indigenous woman in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, Montezuma hopes to become an example to show others they can overcome prejudice and stereotypes. “Indigenous […]
Opened this past February, The Santa Maria has been hosting business and leisure travelers seeking a more serene side of Panama City. The Santa Maria, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort. For years, visiting Central America really meant visiting Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. But recently, Panama – especially the capital of Panama City, […]
Among the Canal Authority’s investment plans for 2019 is construction of a second dump for the management of the reservoirs, and the purchase of a floating dock and crane. The budget approved by the Assembly for next year includes specific items requested by the Canal Authority (ACP), which project several investments to improve the performance […]
I am really excited about the prospects of cruising from this convenient terminal in Panama City. Construction on the new cruise ship terminal on Amador Causeway is moving forward at a brisk pace. President Juan Carlos Varela toured the construction site this week and announced the project is 44 percent complete, which is good news for the […]
PANAMA Metro (MPSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hitachi, Ansaldo STS, and Mitsubishi to supply a 26.7km, 14-station monorail system for Line 3 of the Panama Metro for $840 million. The equipment purchased will be for Line 3 of the Metro, which will connect the West with the city and will have […]
The Panama Canal is to soon celebrate another milestone in its long history, with the imminent completion of the what will be the longest concrete four-lane cable-stayed structure in the world. With a 1750-foot (530-meter) central span, the Atlantic Bridge will connect the banks of the canal’s Atlantic Ocean entrance when it opens in early […]
One of President Varela’s favorite restaurants is at The Panamonte Hotel where we were enjoying cocktails by the fire last week As we had a bit of a problem with the road construction here that he solved two weeks ago, I wanted to thank him for supporting Boquete which I did.
My friend Harreson Mayer just released his first album and he has come a long way from deciding to learn to play the guitar to executing great music. Congrats to our home town guy!! Here is a link to his album
Terminal 2, whose opening is scheduled for next year, promises to improve conditions at the Panamanian airport, making it competitive with other hubs in Latin America. The new Terminal 2, which is 92% complete, will have capacity to serve aircraft in 20 contact doors and 8 remote locations, taxiways, parking platform and aircraft circulation, adding […]
Panama is carrying out studies for potential oil exploration, hoping that recently discovered oil fields in neighboring Colombia close to Panama’s border could extend into Panama. Panama is 100-percent dependent on crude oil and refined oil products imports, although it is home to one of the most crucial shipping lanes in the world, the Panama […]