Panama plans to tap the foreign bond markets during the first semester of next year to cover a portion of its funding needs in 2017, the country’s finance minister told IFR on Saturday. The Central American country will raise the US$2.6bn it needs through international and local debt markets as well as with multilaterals, said […]
I can get wrapped up in this subject as it is a very real problem that is affecting our Mother Earth. Occasionally, we must all step back and cast this in a new light or on a lighter note. Thanks for sharing this Carol Newsome. Look What Happens When We Cut Down Too Many Trees.
Each year around Christmas, Susie and I ventured north to New York City to enjoy Broadway and all the quirky things in the City including the craziness on Times Square. I first saw the Naked Cowboy back in 2003 and I have to give the guy credit as he has stuck to this for over […]
Mexico is already prepared just in case Donald Trump makes it to the White House. The country’s Secretary of Foreign Relations José Paulo Carreño announced Tuesday that Mexico has a “defensive strategy of containment” should the Republican Presidential Candidate win office. Carreño said they have already identified actions to take should the United States violate the […]
Last Saturday, I had the privilege of taking a tour of Price Peterson’s coffee plantation in Alto Quiel. Besides the wonderful coffee varietals that I saw, Price took me further up the mountain on a road through ancient cloud forests. Almost 1,000 acres have been set aside by the Peterson Family Foundation to preserve the […]
This is great news as the investment in our regional airports continue. Tocumen is preparing a plan to tender several expansion works and equipment at the airfields of Panama Pacific, David, Colon and Rio Hato. One of the regional airports where Tocumen plans to invest in order to improve its functionality is Panama Pacific, which […]
No matter what your music preferences are, it’s a fact that Freddy Mercury was one of, if not THE most influential music artists of all times. Many remember his showmanship, and his songs are still as relevant today as they ever were, but it’s that unmistakable voice that will blow you away in this video. […]
The European Cruise Company Pullmantur (PC) started its Caribbean season 2016-2017, this Monday, from the Panamanian terminal of Colon 2000, expecting to leave some 75 million dollars to the isthmus economy. That company, with its emblem ship Monarch, took the dock located in the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal as starting point of its […]
The future size of feeder vessels will determine how much the legacy locks at the Panama Canal will be utilized by ocean carriers, compared to the new section for big ships. The expanded section of the Panama Canal that opened for business in late June was built at a tremendous cost to support the trend […]
Now there are ten major international companies interested in taking part in the tender for 1500 square meters of commercial space in Terminal 1 of Tocumen Airport. Among the companies that expressed their interest to the administrators of Panama City airport are DFS, Duffry, Duty Free America, Heineman, DFAASS, Legarde, Penna and Flamingo. Prensa.com reports […]