Panama is now finally starting to build a real tourism business including bringing back the medical insurance program. Granting insurance for a period of 15 days and limiting the scope to medical care are some of the changes that are being prepared to re-offer free medical insurance for tourists. Previously the insurance covered up to 30 days […]
Panama is about to make a huge mistake unless it is careful. A few greedy companies involved in industrial fishing are trying to open up long line industrial fishing, even within sensitive park areas. Someone needs to wake up! The government and the private sector are discussing the possibility of eliminating the ban on industrial […]
I want one of these!! Watch this all-electric ‘flying car’ take its first test flight.
Researchers at UCL Energy Institute together with London-based data visualization and digital journalism studio Kiln have released this amazing interactive map that plots 250 million data points to show the movements of the world’s commercial shipping fleet during the year 2012. (Hit the play button above to learn more about what is being displayed) The map was created based on […]
This is a lesson we all could learn.
FedEx Express has inaugurated a new logistics centre in Panama. The new Panama Pacifico facility will offer regional coverage for Central American clients, with transportation services such as less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping and full-truck-load (FTL) shipping needs. It also offers specialized logistics operations services for warehouses capable of optimizing receiving, storage, product and customer care, and […]
Grylls has always been coy about where the islands are – probably because they’re not that remote after all. They’re two of the 200 islands and islets that make up the archipelago of Las Perlas, which lies about 30 miles off the coast of Panama in Central America. Las Perlas means “the pearls” because that’s what […]
We are proud to announce that the owners of Lot 22 have given us an exclusive listing to sell the last lot available in Panamonte Estates. We live in a home that we built on Lot 11 and we are currently undertaking the project management for the home being built on another lot here. Lot […]
The purpose of the multimodal logistics center now under construction is to connect the primary customs zone with the Colon area under the same tax regime, and the commercial areas of Coco Solo and Coco Solito. The construction, being carried out by Constructora Urbana (Cusa SA) must be completed in 18 months. The project consists of […]
After suspending two power supply contracts with Bocas del Toro Energía and Coal Power, Etesa has announced that before the end of the year it will hire other generators to supply the 300 MW. The contract with Bocas del Toro Energía, which included the Brazilian company Odebrecht, was canceled by mutual agreement, after the revelation […]