This week we wind down from the Holy Week holidays and the Orchid Expo, Boquete Flower and Coffee Festival.  Watch John Hampton’s great video.

Ana Isabel Bustamante’s “La Asfixia” has won IFF Panama’s 1st Fipresci prize for fest film in the “Stories from Central America and the Caribbean” section. The jury, constituted by Joel del Río, from Cuba, José Teodoro, from Canada, and Daniel Domínguez, from Panama, said that they were impressed by the film’s “exploration of the language […]

Local producers in partnership with Nestlé are working on the installation of seven new grade C milk cooling centers, to be in the central provinces and Chiriqui. The first of the centers, which plans to collect 2,500 liters of milk per day, was installed in El Cañafístulo, in Los Santos. It was also reported that […]

GPGC is currently in the process of finalizing the financing for this project through Polaris Capital Power Inc. The initial cost of the biomass energy plant is estimated at $13 million USD; it is expected to provide gross annual revenues of $3.5 million with operating expenses of $1.1 million. With an initial capacity of 5 […]

Central Holidays is launching a fabulous Panama Flash Sale, featuring amazing rates on their six-day “Panama’s Sloths and Sandcastles” package for travel from May 1 – December 19, 2019. This Panama travel package showcases the diversity of Panama, a travel destination whose popularity continues growing by leaps and bounds! Starting from just $569 per person, […]

Focusing on segments looking for SUVs is one of the strategies Panama’s new car dealers are using to boost sales. Focusing on segments that seek vehicles such as Data of the General Comptroller of the Republic of Panama specify that between 2016 and 2017 the number of new vehicles registered in the country fell 15%, […]

The Panama Canal Authority said the El Niño weather phenomenon is forcing draft restrictions in the waterway, but the impact of those restrictions on ship transits has been limited. A pinch will come within three weeks, however, if there isn’t enough rainfall, its chief warned. “Right now there is a 45-foot draft restriction on the […]

For Costa Rican businessmen, the neighboring country is a very important market, since it is dedicated to logistics, trade and financial intermediation, and demands different types of goods produced by Costa Rica. In 2018 Costa Rican exports to the Panamanian market totaled US$606 million, which positioned Panama as the fourth most important destination for foreign […]

The Panama Maritime Authority tenders the operation and maintenance of the cruise terminal on Perico Island. Panama Government Purchase 2019-2-03-0-08-LV-007211: “The Contractor awarded this Public Act will be in charge of carrying out all the Services that allow the efficient and satisfactory performance of the Base Port and Transit Regime operations, from the arrival or […]