I love this Commencement Address given by Admiral William H. McRaven which he gave in UT Austin in 2014. It is truly inspirational and I dust it off and watch it now and then for a boost. Remarks by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, BJ ’77, ninth commander of U.S.Special Operations Command, Texas Exes Life Member, […]
The road to the rink was short but slow going. We had just left the remote village of Tangtse, which you can find on Google Maps, for the even remoter village of Chibra Kargyam, which you can’t. It was the last leg of our long journey into northern India near the country’s disputed border with […]
The Santa Maria, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Golf Resort operated by Bristol Hospitality Group, has opened in Panama City, following the recent inauguration of the brand’s first ski destination in North America. The five-star hotel represents The Luxury Collection’s sixth property in South America. The resort is located near the Corredor Sur highway, allowing […]
These petite and impossibly slow sloths have found that the ocean offers a quick and safe way to get around. It’s not easy being the slowest mammal in the world. While a cheetah can go from 0 to 60 miles an hour in only three seconds, it takes a sloth all day to cover 41 […]
Two more unexploded abandoned bombs have been found by Panamanian sappers on Isla Iguana, a place used by the United States to target practice, in southwestern this capital, where the search continues today, the Ministry of the Environment (MiAmbiente) reported. So far, they only explored the fourth part of the El Cirial Beach, on […]
In Panama, Acodeco will be able to decide on warranty complaints without going to court, when dealing with products worth up to $5,000 and in the case of vehicles, up to $30,000. The Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco), reported that on February 22 a law came into force which is “… Law […]
Manufacturing, fishery and aquaculture exports accounted for most of the 60% increase in sales from Chile to Panama between 2016 and 2017. Exports in the fishing sector include salmon and trout, which grew by 46% in the period in question, going from $6.2 million in 2016 to $9 million in 2017, according to figures from […]
The Panama Transit and Land Transportation Authority is once again putting out to tender services to issue driver’s licenses, for a term of 10 years. Due to non compliance with the requirements established in the contest by the three companies that submitted bids, last January the hiring process to provide a service to issue driver’s licenses and […]
President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama wants to boost UAE sovereign wealth investment in real estate and infrastructure and presented proposals to funds this week while visiting Dubai, the leader said. “We had a meeting with the main sovereign wealth funds here and we presented to them alternatives in infrastructure, energy and property, land, buildings, […]
In one of the regions that receives the least amount of taxes in the world, the tax burden remained relatively stable in 2017. From the section Fiscal Outlook for Central America, from the report “Macro-fiscal Profiles: 9th edition”, by the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies (Icefi): In 2017, the fiscal trajectory of countries in […]