The United States has lifted restrictions on two Panama newspapers wrapped up in money laundering allegations against their owner. U.S. Ambassador John Feeley says in a statement that Abdul Waked transferred his shares in La Estrella de Panama and El Siglo to a foundation. La Estrella reported Monday that its majority stockholder had donated his […]
Perhaps one of the best cruises that Susie and I ever experienced was a Cruise West tour of the Southern Passage in Alaska. Small ship cruising with only a hundred other couples is the way to travel. Even Windstar who cruises our waters of of Costa Rica and Panama compares it to being on your […]
In Panama companies dedicated to the activity are complaining about the absence of a state policy or strategy to help promote the country as a destination for medical tourism at the international level. Although Panama has all the necessary characteristics to make it a relevant market for medical tourism, a specific policy to promote the […]
Susie and I have checked Cartegena and Medellin off of our list of places to see in Colombia and Bogota is next Here is a great list of things to look over when we make our plans. Bring a jacket. Weather in Colombia is not seasonal. It’s so close to the equator that every day is […]
La Grassa. The fat one. Bologna has earned its nickname like no other place on earth. The old city is awash in excess calories, a medieval fortress town fortified with golden mountains of starch and red cannons of animal fat, where pastas gleam a brilliant yellow from the lavish amount of egg yolks they contain […]
The Waked money laundering investigation that has rocked the Panamanian establishment has recorded its first successful prosecution, but US authorities remain some way from proving their most serious allegations against one of Panama‘s wealthiest and most powerful families. On October 19, Nidal Waked Hatum, the man labeled by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as “one […]
India is looking to expand its trade footprint in America with initial discussions initiated in the government for a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with Caribbean and Central American countries and a logistics hub in Panama to help shipment of goods. The move comes with fresh overtures to Cuba, which is returning to the global mainstream. Sources told TOI that a plan for Indian […]
Newsroom Panama reports on the government dragging their feet on the issue of protecting our environment. TWO YEARS after the government declared 13.5% of the country’s country’s total marine region a protected area for the study and conservation of mountains or geological formations under the sea, “crucial” for migratory species, management plans have not been […]
While I am not vetting this story, with the weather changes that we have had over the last decade since I moved here, nothing surprises me. THE HURRICANES that devastated areas of the United States and islands in the Caribbean could affect the operation of the Panama Canal in the upcoming year. Rains that have […]
Panama is not used to seeing its police officer gunned down but it happened a couple of weeks ago and people are calling out President Varela for not keeping his pledge to increase security here in Panama. This cannot escalate any further!! The killing of two officers of the Panamanian National Police last Saturday in […]