Patrick Montgomery, an apprentice with Ironworkers Shopmen’s Local 516 employed at Fought & Company, volunteered to travel to El Macho, Panama, March 16-30, to help build a pedestrian bridge under a program organized by Bridges to Prosperity. B2P is a U.S. nonprofit that partners with local governments around the world to connect impoverished rural populations […]
S&P Global adjusted their ranking on Panamanian infrastructure, including the Panama Canal Authority, from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ Panama City, Panama – Two years after the inauguration of the Expanded Panama Canal, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings revised its outlook on the Panama Canal from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ – demonstrating the global impact of the […]
It was a stifling spring morning in northern Bolivia and the Rio Negro, a narrow river in the Amazon, threaded its way sluggishly between tall stands of trees. Clouds of butterflies—orange, green, and white—lifted off from the riverbanks to float like confetti around our ten-foot canoe. The sound of the outboard motor echoed off the […]
Six months ahead of World Youth Day 2019 in Panama, organizers have released an official music video for the anthem. The catchy melody can be sung in the encounter’s five official languages: Spanish, English, Italian, French and Portuguese. Pope Francis will be here from January 23 to the 27th next year along with hundreds of […]
The Trump International Hotel & Tower Panama is soon becoming a JW Marriott hotel. The change has come after an extensive legal battle in the court systems of both the United States and Panama. The hotel will be officially branded as JW Marriott property. The owner of the hotel wanted to distance itself from the […]
Donson Jeryco Allen Cook Gallardo is a real Renaissance man. The Moscow High School graduate, who was known to his classmates as Jack Cook, is a classical pianist, all-star track athlete with goals of competing in the 2020 Olympics for Panama and a recent bachelor’s recipient in biology. He will depart Sunday for Miami, where […]
Ala Michalka writes for Conde Nast Traveler. The sun was about to set, and my fingers were sticky with pineapple and mango as I boarded a Zodiac to return to our yacht, moored a few hundred yards off the Costa Rican coast. I’d been smuggling fruit from the cooler all day during our expedition into […]
The Chinese certainly know how to build among many things bridges, and I am glad to see that Panama has awarded more contracts to them. After two proposals were disqualified and another participant withdrew, the consortium formed by two Chinese state construction companies won the tender to design and build the fourth bridge over the Panama […]
While Panama City has been flourishing into an affluent metropolis, schools in the countryside still suffer from severe lack of funding. Cut off from the capital, with poor infrastructure, these are often dark, rundown and without an outdoor space for kids to play. Surfer Bastian Barnbeck has taken things into his own hands. Founder of […]
Ever wonder why Panama cannot continue its high rate of growth after all the spending on the canal ran out. 35% of companies in Panama reported having difficulties filling job positions, mainly intermediate positions with a high level of training required. After our trip to Santiago Chile, I am really concerned for Panama if things […]