Boquete Country Club Condo For Sale – $235,000


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Click on the above picture for a aerial tour of Boquete Club Boquete Country Club is a truly inspirational master planned gated community located just five minutes from the town of Boquete. The design of Boquete Country Club, promises a different and special lifestyle. Combining a myriad of leisure facilities and world-class infrastructure including a […]

January 9, 2018

Cuban Tobacco, Rum among Attractions at Trade Fair in Panama


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Prensa Latina reports on the upcoming International Trade Fair Expocomer 2017. Cuban Tobacco, Rum among Attractions at Trade Fair in Panama <p><img src=”http://piwik.prensa-latina.cu/piwik.php?idsite=3″ style=”border:0″ alt=”” /></p> The presentation of the new purito Cohíba Short and the tasting of the best Cuban rums stands out today among Cuba”s main attractions at the upcoming International Trade Fair […]

March 21, 2017

A New Industrial Law for Panama


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A new bill, agreed between the government and the private sector, expands tax incentives granted to companies in the sector through the Certificate of Industrial Promotion. The text was drafted after the government and the private sector reached consensus on how to define tax incentives to which companies in the sector are entitled to. The project […]

March 21, 2017

Panama Revisited: Wow!


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Barney Brantingham of Independent News revists Panama after decades to find huge changes to the City.   When I first laid eyes on Panama City many decades ago, it was basically a sleepy, low-profile town. Its only claim to fame was the famed canal. Today, it’s the skyscraper boom town of the hemisphere, boasting a skyline of […]

March 21, 2017

Complex Outlook for Panamanian Industry


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In 2016 the GDP of the industrial sector shrank by almost 3%, affected by a 12% drop in sugar production and 11% in beverage production. In the last two years, the contribution of the industrial sector to the economy has shrunk by $80 million, according to estimates made by entrepreneurs who are members of the […]

March 21, 2017

ABS Issues Approval in Principle for LNG-Fueled Bulker Design


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International classification society ABS has granted Approval in Principle (AIP) for the Seatransporter-DF, a dual-fuel design concept vessel developed by Algoship Designers Ltd. of Nassau, Bahamas. The design has the capability to accommodate multiple engine types as well as Type-C or membrane containment systems for LNG fuel. Algoship worked with CleanShips LLC, based in Stamford, […]

March 14, 2017

Residential Project for $12 million in Panama


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Nice project, one day I will do this. An Environmental Impact Study has been presented to build, in the district of Panama, a horizontal residential complex with 363 housing units in an area of 11  hectares. According to the identification system “Construction Projects in Central America”, complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, the Environmental Impact […]

March 14, 2017

What would it take to permit the Panama Canal in 2017?


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MURRAY WALSH writes in Must Read Alaska about what it might take today to permit the Panama Canal. was with 49 Alaska Republicans transiting the Panama Canal in February aboard the 780-foot M/S Rotterdam. We enjoyed many great events together and at one dinner, a fellow diner who I knew was in the government-authorization-seeking business, asked a question: What […]

March 14, 2017

Panama: Tax Exemptions for Forestry


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The bill presented by the government includes exemption from income tax and property taxes and for transfers of companies engaged in reforestation activities. From a statement issued by from the National Assembly: Environment Minister, Mirei Endara, presented on Wednesday, to the plenary of the National Assembly, a draft law establishing an incentive program to restore […]

March 14, 2017

Five myths about prices that destroy businesses


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Believing that you can only sell more by having the lowest price or offering the best discounts is one of the myths about pricing that can cause companies to fail. Some practices used in setting prices which are still considered the most suitable by some, are actually are harmful to long-term management of the company. […]

March 14, 2017