From January to November 2018, Panama reported purchases abroad for $12.1 billion, recording a 5% increase over the same period in 2017, a rise explained by imports of consumer goods. The most recent report of the General Comptroller of the Republic details that between the first nine eleven months of 2017 and the same period […]
Last year’s Christmas was one like no other. My family and friends ventured into the tropical rain forests of Chagres in Panama to share Christ’s birthday with the indigenous and enchanting Emberá Indian tribe. They have for more than 500 years defied modern living and influences choosing instead to live a simple, humble and dignified […]
Eight college students began a trip Friday in which they’ll trek through Central American rainforests, rivers, caves, and other habitats while photographing animals that some have never seen. The group, led by Victor Valley College biology professor Dr. Hinrich Kaiser, will travel to Panama and Costa Rica as part of a class offered at the […]
Agents from Panama’s National Border Service wait to load slings onto a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook headed to the Darien Province in the Republic of Panama, Jan. 11, 2019. The agents loaded construction supplies such as cinderblocks, concrete and rebar onto the aircraft which then carried the supplies into the jungle. (U.S. Air Force photo […]
President Juan Carlos Varela agreed today to send a mission of Panamanian scientists to Cuba to exchange with specialists from the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB). The announcement was made during the presentation of Credentials of the new ambassador of the Caribbean nation to Panama, Lydia Margarita Gonzalez, during which the president […]
Aiming to settle outstanding debts and finance part of the Electric Expansion Plan, in Panama Etesa will issue rotating bonds in the local market for up to $300 million, with a term of no more than ten years. The issue has already been approved by the Board of Directors of Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. […]
International medicine is an extremely gratifying experience, though it also comes with great challenges: language barriers, infection risks, operating facilities, supply logistics and geography. None of that seems to matter when we are rewarded with the smiles and gratitude of our patients. Robert E. Booth, Jr., M.D. is the medical director of 3B Orthopaedics at […]
Winiford Phillips was only 17 when he decided to join the United States Air Force on Dec. 17, 1952 in Montgomery. He was living on a farm near Florala, and, without telling his parents, signed up to serve. “I grew up on the farm, and I just decided that I wanted to go into the […]
The President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez, inspected the banana crops of the Jobito farm in the company of executives of the Banapiña company and state ministers 30 days after the first banana harvest for export in the banana plantations in the village of Puerto Armuelles, district of Baru, province of Chiriqui. Varela said […]
In statements to the press, the archbishop of the capital archdiocese, Jose Domingo Ulloa, said that so far there are reports of the arrival of a large number of young people from more than 40 countries. After five months of crossing, the French university students between 20 and 28 years of age arrived aboard the […]