On Tuesday 15 May, Westminster Kingsway College in London’s Victoria hosted a visit by HE Juan Carlos Varela, the President of Panama, together with Ministers of his Government and Panamanian business leaders. The Government of Panama is improving the quality and relevance of its technical education, and is building a new vocational institute called ITSE, […]
To avoid the company leaving Panama, Tocumen has proposed Viva Colombia to move its operation to Colón airport and to reduce to $10 the airport fee. Arguing that this would benefit the airline company, authorities at Tocumen reported that they sent a proposal to executives of the airline Viva Colombia, to move their operations to […]
Adam Leposa of Travel Agent Central previews the schedule for 2019-2020. Princess Cruises has released its itineraries in South America and the Panama Canal for the fall 2019 through spring 2020 cruise season. In South America, travel agents can expect 14 departures, including itineraries in Antarctica and a 58-day circumnavigation of South America with highlights including […]
Eric Moya covers the story of the the sixth Central/South American property under Marriott’s Luxury Collection and the first in Panama. Located near the myriad corporate offices of Panama City’s Santa Maria and Costa del Este areas, the Santa Maria, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort is ideally situated to cater to the […]
Carnival Cruise Line has announced plans for its three longer-length Carnival Journeys itineraries in 2019, with a transpacific crossing, a Panama Canal transit and a cruise to Hawaii on tap. The 24-day transpacific crossing will take place aboard Carnival Splendor and sail from Long Beach to Singapore. Two of the itineraries will be operated by […]
Due to the delay in approval of the environmental permit, in the first stage of the project, the subsidiary of Del Monte will cultivate 650 hectares of banana, instead of the 970 hectares originally planned. Prensa.com reports that “… The company Banapiña de Panamá, a subsidiary of Del Monte, imported 1.2 million meristems from Costa Rica, of […]
The international airport of Panama has issued on the international market a 30-year debt issuance, at an interest rate of 6%. The decision to issue the bonds is in accordance with Tocumen’s plans to modernize the air terminal’s electrical system, and to build a third runway and the first phase of the logistics area. Prensa.com […]
The husband came across the program from my father-in-law’s high school graduation, 90 years ago. It was the Class of 1928 and their class motto was “Build for Character, Not for Fame.” No words are better said and very true. I’m pretty sure we’ve done a full reverse on that one. We put an exceedingly […]
Work has started on the first phase of the Toabré wind power generation project in Panama, with an investment of over $150 million. From a statement issued by Audax Renovables: Badalona, May 9, 2018.- Audax Renewables, subsidiary of renewable energy generation in the Audax group, which is participating together with local partners in the project […]
Andrea Vaucher writes of her visit in April where she was captivated by Casco. Casco is one of Susie’s and also my favorite places to stay and eat. For a tiny country, Panama packs a punch. One sixth the size of California, with about as many people as the city of Los Angeles, Panama is known […]