After the Cortizo administration announced that Panama will limit itself to signing a partial scope agreement, Chinese authorities reported that they are still interested in negotiating a high-level free trade agreement. Although five rounds of negotiations had already taken place, in late August representatives of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (Mici) explained that they seek […]
Patrick Appleton writes in Airlines magazine about how IATA analysis warns that proposed taxes could see aviation’s economic contribution fall by $6 billion with the loss of 170,000 jobs. Panama’s government must work with the air transport industry to address the challenges facing the sector in the country, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. […]
Earlier this month, on Sept. 5, a very distinguished alum of Villanova University was sworn in as the new administrator of the Panama Canal. Ricaurte Vasquez Morales, Ph.D. will serve a seven-year term which includes the celebration of the Canal’s 20th anniversary under Panamanian administration in December of this year. “Just a few months short […]
Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera — a five-time World Series champ and the first man unanimously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame – received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony with President Trump on Monday. Trump, a Yankees fan, praised Rivera, a Panama native who became a U.S. citizen, on Monday as […]
It is estimated that in the country about 400 thousand people regularly attend fitness centers, a trend that could go up in the coming years, so some chains project investments for 2020 and 2021. The business has boosted in recent years, because the population in the country demands healthy and holistic lifestyles, so it seeks […]
This is a sight that draws the breath out of your lungs!! Mom and baby enjoying life in the open ocean. Susie and I stayed last weekend in Boca Chica at the Bocas del Mar Resort The weather was beautiful and the whales were everywhere!! If you want to go, you have only about a […]
NEW LISTING Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath Penthouse Condo in Boquete Country Club for only $950 per month Boquete Country Club Condo 3A in the Blue Mountain View Building Area consists of 1,345 SF in 2 bedrooms and 2 baths with 2 balconies and views out to the Pacific. With Views out to the Pacific […]
Perhaps one of my favorite songs is brought to life in the music video compilation sent to me by a friend Gilberto Young. Watch it and turn up your volumn!!
After a decade led by two globalist and establishment presidents, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, Panama has a new leader who brings a nationalist flare to political discourse. Despite a career in business and politics, President Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo has never seen eye to eye with Panama City elites. Earlier this year, Cortizo was propelled to […]
My friend Joseph Brodsky just smashed all the records fr coffee in the world and it came from our province of Chiriqui. Ninety Plus founder Joseph Brodsky, foreground, The Espresso Lab founder Ibrahim Al Mallouhi, middle, and Ninety Plus partner Guillermo de Saint Malo Eleta, far right, present prototype Panama coffee that sold for USD$10,000 […]