A washed Gesha-variety coffee from the Finca Sophia farm fetched $1,300.50 USD per pound at the Best of Panama green coffee auction yesterday, shattering the previous world record price for a coffee at auction. For many coffee roasters and producers alike, the record-breaking price of $601 paid for a Gesha from Hacienda Le Esmeralda at the 2017 Best of Panama coffee auction landed somewhere between […]
The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) announced the unanimous approval of its Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism 2020-2025 (PMTS for its acronym in Spanish) by the National Tourism Council, the main public-private body for the management of the tourism sector in Panama. The five-year plan outlines ATP’s strategy for the relaunch of the country as a […]
As reported in Newsroom Panama, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reports a “deceleration phase” of coronavirus infections in Panama. So far in September a daily average of 674 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 has been reported , when compared to August, when there were 940 a day. However, PAHO stressed that in the face […]
In 2018, Maya Gabeira set a World Record for the largest wave a female surfer had ever ridden. This year, she not only bested her previous record, but she also topped the entire field of surfers for the 2019-2020 big wave season. On Thursday, the WSL announced the 73.5-foot wave she rode at Nazaré on February 11, 2020 […]
Given the need to understand customer behavior in the digital environment, together with the urgency for companies to promote remote work, an ideal scenario has been created for the demand for cloud services to increase exponentially. The spread of covid-19 caused a considerable change in people’s habits. Remote work has become a daily routine among companies in […]
A report by the United Nations Office for Project Services, which analyzed the contract for the so-called City of Health in 2016, leaves no doubt how poorly conceived this work was, since its inception, which will end up costing hundreds of millions more than expected. And it is so, because its construction was the perfect […]
The Panama Canal authority has put out a call for bids on a $2 billion package of water supply projects aimed at combating a drought that affects the fresh water lakes that supply the canal’s locks The Panama Canal authority has put out a call for bids on a $2 billion package of water supply […]
The Panamanian government and Israel’s Innovation BaseCamp company will collaborate on a high-tech park project aimed at transforming Panama into one of Latin America’s leading countries in terms of innovation. BaseCamp was behind the development of the Gav Yam Negev high-tech park in Beersheva and various projects in other countries. Recently, BaseCamp has taken a role in running Klika […]
Nelson Diaz fries empanadas in his home kitchen to be delivered across Panama City. In Venezuela, he was a pharmacist, but in his new home country, food sales earn him just enough to pay rent and send a little to his mother back home. (Photo by Chloe Jones/Cronkite Borderlands Project) In Venezuela, Nelson Diaz worked […]
More on the subject from Newsroom Panama. In the midst of a social and economic crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vice President, José Gabriel Gaby Carrizo and Presidency Minister, José Gabriel Gaby Carrizo justifies the spending of $10.3 million) in rental of 251 cars for officials of the Presidency. He said the tender was a […]