The world’s first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power is set to head out from northern Norway on its maiden voyage, cruise operator Hurtigruten said on Monday. The hybrid expedition cruise ship, the Roald Amundsen, can take 500 passengers and is designed to sail in harsh climate waters. Named after the Norwegian explorer who […]
This short video (< 5 minutes) has been viewed more than 40 million times. It’s an incredible visual portrait of how wolves can help—literally—change the course of rivers. Though highly simplified, this video showcases a beautiful, critically important, and woefully underappreciated phenomenon called trophic cascade. I have just one edit suggestion for the video owner, […]
By analyzing the behavior of the global market, it is established that Holland, Switzerland and Germany are willing to pay a higher price for a distinctive cup of coffee. Between the Committee of Distinguished Coffees of the guild of exporters of Guatemala and the European Union, they carried out the study called “Trends and Opportunities […]
The latest report of the General Comptroller of the Republic, details that only in March the daily average of occupied rooms registered an 8% increase over the same month last year, growing from 4,644 to 5,017. You may be interested in “Tourism and air connectivity” During the first three months of 2016, 2017 and 2018, […]
From July 1, the second increase in the minimum hourly wage for construction workers in Panama comes into effect, which occurs in a context of considerable decline in the sector’s activity. The increase is part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement CAPAC-Suntracs, whose negotiation ended a strike that in 2018 lasted more than 30 days. According […]
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On June 26, 2016, the Expanded Canal welcomed its first transit, marking the culmination of the largest enhancement project since the waterway’s opening in 1914. Based off a decade’s worth of planning, the Expansion stood as a tremendous feat of engineering. It also represented the Canal’s commitment to a new era of global shipping. Three […]
Panama has inaugurated a visitors’ center to improve access to a colonial-era fort that due to neglect came to be placed on a UNESCO list of sites at risk. San Lorenzo Fort on the country’s northern coast was built in the late 16th century to defend the mouth of the Chagres River at a time […]
Cirsa and Codere groups have included the firm’s progressive multi-game bank to the offerings in their Panamanian Casinos. “Panama is a very important market for us and we are very pleased to see that such important players in the global gaming industry, such as Codere and Cirsa,” CEO Sebastián Salat explained. After a successful deployment […]
Bolivian President, Evo Morales, attended this Monday the swearing-in of the elected President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, an opportunity to strengthen bilateral relations, reported Sunday the Deputy FM, Carmen Almendras. Cortizo, representing the Democratic Revolutionary Party, won the elections on May 5 with 33.33 percent of valid ballots, followed by Romulo Roux, candidate for Cambio […]