Grant Wandling had never left the U.S. before an April trip that had him sleeping in hammocks, making due with no running water and providing medical care to the indigenous Ngabe people of Panama. He was one of 20 first-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine who completed their primary care preceptorship on […]
He was 16 years old when he migrated alone to the United States, after the Cuban Communist regime expropriated his family’s wood factory. His story of overcoming adversity forged the necessary values ??for his son, Jeff Bezos, who has created the largest fortune in the world with his Seattle-based company, Amazon. The political left commonly […]
In Panama, the first $5 million was given to the International Tourism Promotion Fund, which is part of the $20 million that each year corresponds to the fund by law. From the ATP statement: May 24, 2019. The administrator of the Panama Tourism Authority, Gustavo Him, delivered this morning the first 5 million dollars to […]
The Canal’s leadership and industry representatives in Singapore, Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan renewed their commitment to boost regional and global trade A Panama Canal delegation led by Administrator Jorge L. Quijano recently returned from Asia following meetings with customers and maritime, commerce, energy and infrastructure organizations to discuss the waterway´s operations and further […]
Vessels transiting the Panama Canal can now take advantage of HullWiper Ltd’s innovative and eco-friendly hull cleaning solution, with the establishment of the first HullWiper operations base in the Americas, in partnership with leading provider of subsea services Talleres Industriales, S.A. The agreement forms part of HullWiper’s global leasing program introduced in 2017, which works […]
At the end of last year, the Panama Canal had a problem: too much water. Torrential rains had swollen its main water source, the artificial Lake Gatún, beyond capacity, forcing the canal authority to open the floodgates to evacuate the excess out into the Atlantic. But in a twist of meteorological fate, amplified by climate […]
Open Blue is an example of the progress here in Panama in the aquaculture industry. A fishery improvement project (FIP) is driving the Panama small pelagic fishery toward full certification to the IFFO RS standard, according to a press release. The fishery has transitioned onto the new IFFO RS improver program (IFFO RS IP) procedures against V2.0 of […]
The New York Times associates, Ben Protess and Steve Eder report on the never ending Trump story in Panama. The owners of a luxury hotel in Panama City that ousted the Trump Organization as property managers last year accused it on Monday of evading taxes in Panama and creating a “false light” around the hotel’s […]
It is time to start planning for the next Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival. Tickets go on sale June 15, and it looks like we are back in Valle Escondido again this next year. Check out the great line up for next year.
OMG!!! It’s Chris’s famous Jalapeno Popper Burger!! Chris Young and team are in a race with David Care, another wonderful chef here in Boquete to see who can open more dining venues. We now have a dozen fine dining places and another dozen casual dining venues to choose from. People ask me about the cost […]