Hyatt’s Unbound Collection Is Expanding to Panama


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Hyatt’s Unbound Collection, one of the company’s independent hotel collections, is expanding to Panama, Caribbean Journal has learned. The company will be debuting its first Unbound Collection by Hyatt in Panama City with the Hotel La Compañia. The new property is part of the company’s broader hotel pipeline for the Unbound brand. It’s slated for […]

March 9, 2021

Panama sees light at the end of covid tunnel


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Panama registered in the last week the lowest positivity percentages in the Covid-19 pandemic so far. On Friday it was 5.1%; on Thursday, 6.3%, and Wednesday, 7.1%. In July and December 2020, when there were spikes in Covid-19 cases nationwide, the percentages were around 30%. For the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), when the percentage […]

March 9, 2021

Finca Dos Jefes and the Panamanian coffee industry


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Finca Dos Jefes covers about seven acres located in El Salto above the town of Boquete. The mission of the staff–-owners Rich Lipner and Dee Harris (the Dos Jefes in the name), production manager Amy Pescod, and foreman Lazaro Cedeño– is to produce coffee that is sustainable to both the coffee and the workers who […]

March 8, 2021

The Power of The Panama Perspective


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So after coming to Panama in 2006, I decided to retire from over 30 years in commercial real estate in Miami, Florida.  While I had completed over $1 B in transactions, I saw a bubble building rapidly and decided after 3 recessions, I might skip the one coming. So we moved here permanently the following […]

March 7, 2021

Panama- Bureaucracy stalls wildlife sanctuary


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Construction of a veterinary clinic to provide 24-hour care for wildlife by the Ministry of the Environment  (MiAmbiente), could be completed this year but faces the challenge of state paperwork. A wildlife veterinarian from the Biodiversity Department of MiAmbiente explained to TVN2. that the project is in the Administration and Finance Section. The funds for the […]

March 1, 2021

Panama- End of quarantine normalizes Lottery


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The National Charity Lottery  will return to its normal operating schedule on Monday, March 6, 2021, with the lifting of the total quarantine and the mid-week draw will be held on  Wednesday, March 10. Sunday March 14, the will be made in recognition of the Day of the troubadour. Draws will be held at their […]

March 1, 2021

Sea-level changes during the Ice Age affected crocodile evolution


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Researchers have discovered that the genomes of Caribbean and Pacific crocodiles in Panama were impacted due to sea-level changes during the Ice Age. The study conducted by researchers from McGill University was published on Sunday. rocodiles are resilient animals from a lineage that has survived for over 200 million years. Skilled swimmers, crocodiles can travel long […]

March 1, 2021

Ex-Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli’s aircraft seized in Guatemala


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An aircraft belonging to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was detained at Guatemala’s international airport by the local anti-narcotics prosecutor’s office at the request of U.S. authorities, Guatemalan authorities said late on Friday. The reasons for the United States requesting the operation were not immediately clear. Guatemalan authorities said in a statement that the operation […]

March 1, 2021

Panama, a reliable partner


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Misconceptions and misunderstandings around the banking and financial systems in Central America are an everyday reality for countries like Panama. As a result, it is critical that we are constantly communicating the efforts we are undertaking to ensure transparency within our systems and demonstrate our commitment to meet the international standards that preclude money laundering and the […]

March 1, 2021