Most canals connect lakes and rivers. The Panama Canal, though, makes it possible to transport goods and tourists from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and vice versa. Both the Cape Horn route around the tip of South America and the Northwest Passage beyond the northern continent are perilous alternatives with submerged rocks and stormy […]
Residents of this island in the Gulf of Panama are hoping for a revival of tourism now that health authorities have certified Taboga as free of Covid-19 and fully vaccinated. “At this moment we find zero cases of Covid-19 on the Island of Taboga,” Dr. Ana Lorena Chang, director of public health for the Panama […]
AMResorts’ Dreams brand has reopened its Panama resort, Caribbean Journal has learned. The Dreams Playa Bonita Panama is once again open and accepting guests, following more than a year of closure amid the pandemic. The resort is Apple Leisure Group’s only property in Panama, with a total of 307 rooms and suites set across 11 towers. Dining […]
The Government of Panama announced this past Wednesday the closure of its land, sea and river borders with Colombia. “The National Government has determined to temporarily suspend the entry into the national territory, by land, sea and river, of any person coming from the border with the Republic of Colombia, as of May 20th, 2021,” says a statement […]
Senior Living is the name of the new concept that Insignia is bringing to the country to change the paradigm of how older adults live in Panama. With this innovative approach, Insignia seeks to provide a better alternative to what we are used to as senior caregivers at home, to nursing homes and nursing homes in […]
EFE news agency photographer Bienvenido Velasco was on Thursday recognized at Panama’s National Journalism Awards 2021 for an image he took of two migrants of thousands that transit the country on their way to North America. “The Path of Immigration in Darien” won the Best Journalistic Photography category in the Forum of Journalists’ virtual award […]
They came from all over, hoping to get rich, 300,000 of them between 1848 and 1855, changing California forever. Word of the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in January of 1848 (“The Gold Bug,” Dec. 3, 2020) got out slowly, and most of the prospectors that first year — a few thousand at most […]
UK Government The British Embassy Panama is now accepting applications from not-for-profit, civil society and multilateral organisations for project proposals that directly support the following thematic areas: open societies (democracy, human rights, media freedom) COVID-19, vaccines, recovery and health security climate and biodiversity Background The International Programme (IP) of the United Kingdom was launched in […]
One down, one to go. Pfizer Vax now in Chiriqui!! Dr. Eduardo Ortega, advisor for the Vaccine Research Center in Panama, ruled out the use of Chinese and Russian vaccines against Covid-19 due to shortage of immediate availability. In statements to the television news Telemetro Reporta, Dr. Ortega said that China and Russia on […]
The Key Biscayne real estate market is hyperactive, which has some island residents considering cashing out and retiring. But where to go beside island paradise? If you have considered retiring to an international city, Panama might make sense. The Central America country offers lovely beaches, rain forests, and a warm tropical climate that resembles South […]