Ohhhh that looks good but gotta wait some more before we can buy alcohol. Given the crisis in the region, businessmen in Guatemala report that smuggling of Mexican products has increased, while in Panama, beer producers attribute the rise in illegal trade in alcoholic beverages to the dry law. With the spread of Covid-19, governments […]
Between February 2020 and Easter Week, visits to shops decreased between 40% and 90% in Central American countries, but since April 13 a change in the trend has been observed, reflecting a greater movement of people to shops and other businesses. Panama saw a 83% drop but that was due to very strict quarantine regulations. […]
Luckily Panama never reach anywhere near our Health care system capacity. As of Tuesday, we had 6,021 confirmed cases with only 266 hospitalizations of which only 89 in ICU and over 5,000 in self quarantine. We have lost 167 souls but that number and the confirmed daily positive tests cases has slowed, thank God! Here is […]
Last week my friend BT Corwin started a Go Fund Me campaign to raise funds to help the needy during this tie of extra stress. I just donated and this is the second time since last month and I will continue to until these people can get back to work. So now the Extranjero community […]
The first part of this post is a video interview that I found very interesting and the second part, a perspective from my friend John Wolff. First, click on the above picture to hear Dr. David Katz. Preventive medicine and public health specialist Dr. David Katz joins Bill to discuss whether the fight against coronavirus […]
This is a great presentation by Jose Manuel Bern, one of Panama’s largest developers. Hosted by Jose and a friend of mine, Liz Larroquete they held a webinar this week and I am glad to say I participated. Jose speaks from the heart as his father, Mother and Brother were all exposed to the virus. […]
Given the crisis generated by the covid-19 virus, the authorities decided to extend the suspension of international commercial air passenger transport frequencies until 23 May. The measure was announced by Resolution 053-DG-DJ-AAC, published in the edition of the Official Digital Journal on April 20, 2020. See full document. See “Tourism, Business and the New Commercial […]
Capt. Kostas Andreou of M/Y Global took the 220-foot (67m) shadow boat through the Panama Canal this week en route to the Philippines. The vessel has been sold and the new owner is in Hong Kong. “I’m heading to Tahiti for fueling and then to Subic Bay,” he wrote. Glad to see the crew and […]
A Smithsonian Institute scientific mission discovered some of the country’s largest trees in the Darien Forest while seeking to establish an Ancestral Forest Observatory In collaboration with international scientists, the Emberá communities of the Balsa River and the National Border Service (Seafront) The latest technology light aircraft capable of taking three-dimensional aerial photos were used […]
Carnival Corp. is raising billions of dollars to weather the pandemic, and the near-total shutdown of its business—but it’s not giving up Panama. The world’s largest cruise company and its main competitors have long maintained headquarters in Miami but legal incorporation elsewhere, largely for tax reasons. That foreign allegiance backfired on the industry last month, […]