I can remember my first trip to Panama and flying into David on a prop plane that looked like it had seen many years of service. Of course, having traveled all over the world many time over many years it did not phase me. I remember flying a DC 3 into the interior when […]
I have always been a believer that a tie in with Costa Rica would greatly benefit Panama as well as it would Costa Rica. While Panama has similar attractions and tourism resorts found in Costa Rica, we have much more diverse economy that can bring things to the table for Costa Rica. Costa Rica brings […]
One of the reasons for Panama’s continued explosive growth is it’s wealth in mineral deposits of gold and copper. Unfortunately it is mixed blessing as some of the areas selected for open pit mining are not conducive for the surrounding ecology due to Panama’s heavy rain fall and the potential for hazardous run off. Hopefully […]
This Reuters article confirmed what I reported earlier that the growth for this year would be double digit. Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli said on Saturday the country’s economy was set to grow 11 percent this year, higher than previous estimates. Panama’s economy, one of the fastest growing in Latin America, is being boosted by a […]
While I was looking up all the holidays this month here in Panama, I came across a well laid out article by my friends at Focus Publications who put out The Visitor. November begins the season of festivities followed by Mother’s day and Christmas in December and a roll out of Summer holidays that will […]
Direct foreign investment in Panama is up again as reported in the article from ECLAC, The Economic Commission for Latin American and Caribbean. In the first six months of 2011, Panama received $1,426 million, 17% more than in the first half of 2010. Costa Rica received $1.057 million (+45%), Honduras $486 million (+15%), Guatemala $485 […]
This 5 bedroom 5 bath villa has 8,500 square feet of pure luxury. Comfort meets design in this Balinese villa located in the intimate 13-home gated community near Coronado. Located less than an hour’s drive from Panama city, you will find what we believe is one of the most elegantly designed and carefully constructed homes […]
This article from Bloomberg mentions an interview with my friend Kent Davis who has extensive experience in condo sales in the City and quite a few sales at Trump Tower. As some of the other towers come on line and notices go out to buyers to close , there will be more deposits left behind […]
These paintings were posted and shared by Eric Jackson at The Panama News. Artist George Scribner has been commissioned by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to execute a series of large scale oil paintings chronicling the various stages of construction up through completion in 2014. The current series focuses on the dry excavation currently underway […]
Post this one under “things to do in rainy season” Panama is the only country in the world where we get humpback migrations from both the Northern hemisphere (Alaska) and the Southern hemisphere (Antarctica) and the migration is still happening here in Chiriqui. In past years, I have been fishing in Boca Chica with my […]