In December 2018, it was reported that the international price of a pound of coffee fell to $1, which is equivalent to a 12% drop compared to the same month in 2017. Data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) detail that in the last two months of last year also reported a decline in the […]
In Panama, Grupo Rey owners agreed to sell 73% of the company’s shares to Ecuador’s Corporación Favorita. At the beginning of November 2018, Grupo Rey was reported to have disposed of the sale of 60% of the shares to Corporación Favorita, a transaction that at that time was estimated could close at $273 million. However, […]
In Panama, a Government Contact Center is tendered for services, which will provide attention through telephone calls, web chat, e-mail and other means. Panama Government Purchase 2019-1-46-0-08-LP-003549: “The Government Contact Center should have an Interactive Voice Response and Multiple Media Access (IVR) System and computer telephony integration (CTI) that allows agents to synchronously receive the […]
The law approved in the second debate establishes procedures and dates by which taxpayers may assert their tax rights. From the National Assembly of Panama press release: January 21st, 2019. After introducing new modifications, Law 692, by means of which the Tax Procedure Code is adopted, was approved in the second debate. The regulation was […]
In 2018, the number of international tourists who arrived in the countries of the region fell 2% compared to 2017, in contrast to the increases of 4% and 3% recorded in North and South America, respectively. According to the report of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) presented on January 21, the results recorded last […]
The visiting team’s locker room in Clearwater, Florida, was a small, cinder block structure. Inside, from memory, it was dark, with narrow head-high windows, a low bench for sitting and the occasional hook for clothes, meant for getting undressed and re-dressed and that was about all. One afternoon about 20 years ago the New […]
Good morning and welcome to The Panama Perspective. Summer is here in Panama and as rainy season is still a few months away, it is good to get away and visit a beach near our home in the mountains. Just an hour and a half away we go to Las Lajas for a little fun in the […]
As the planet’s movers and shakers travel this week to Davos, Switzerland, one young married couple now living there has left the Alpine country to attend another global gathering in support of a world leader who matters even more to them: Pope Francis. Brazilian-born Leticia Vera and Luca Schafer of Switzerland arrived in Panama over […]
Young people from indigenous communities around the globe share the wealth and diversity of their customs as well as their experience of life and faith. Catholic pilgrims gathered in front of the Los Angeles Basilica before leaving to take part in World Youth Day. (Photo by Ezequiel Becerra/AFP) In a first, the World Meeting of Indigenous Youth, which was […]
Washington State University’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders will hold a fundraising dinner and auction 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in Ensminger Pavilion on the WSU Pullman campus. Speakers will include Celestino Marian Gallardo, international relations minister from Ngäbé-Buglé Comarca in Panama, and Destry Seiler, a WSU alumna who is serving in Panama with […]