Island-hop through paradise in the Las Perlas archipelago, a chain of more than 250 mostly uninhabited islands in the Gulf of Panama. Located about 30 miles from the mainland, Isla Contadora serves as the jumping off point for snorkeling the idyllic castaway cays on nearby Chapera, Boyarena and Mogo Mogo. June through October brings migrating […]
The company Celsia installed the first electric station in Panama, which has a capacity of 7.2 kilowatts of power and is compatible with any electric model. The company that opened the electric station in Alta Plaza Mall aims to meet the energy demand of more than 100 electric vehicles in circulation in the country, and […]
The Panama Canal completed a trial transit of Evergreen’s Triton, the largest vessel in dimension and container cargo capacity to pass through the Expanded Canal on Wednesday. The Neopanamax container ship has a total TEU Allowance (TTA) of 15,313, a 20-row beam of 51.2 meters (168 feet) and a length of 369 meters (1,211 feet), […]
In this May 10, 2019, photo, a group of migrants wait for buses to take them north, in Peñitas, Darien province, Panama. Panamanian authorities are struggling to contend with a spike in the number of migrants risking the journey through what’s known as the Darien Gap, a roadless, lawless stretch of tropical isthmus that’s one […]
The Panama Canal was constructed in the beginning of the XX century, connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific Oceans. The first journey through was conducted in 1914. Although it is not an easy one, roughly 14,000 ships yearly transit through the canal today. If you have chosen to transit your own private yacht […]
The smoke is clearing from a competitive presidential election in Panama, leaving a clearer view of the potential impacts on the economy and property market. New President Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo is a cattle rancher and former agricultural minister, who is generally considered a “centrist” and pro-business. He’s vowing to boost foreign investment in Panama and […]
Coffee beans rest in a bin as Tony Tausch, owner of Coffee Emporium, works in his coffee roasting space, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. Small business operators like Tausch have helped usher in a neighborhood renaissance through community engagement and entrepreneurship, developing once abandoned storefronts and attracting new residents in […]
Under the microscope, sea water reveals the larval stages of little-known marine creatures called phoronids (horseshoe worms), but finding their parents is another story. Although such fanciful larvae caught the eye of scientists studying plankton—the tiny, drifting plants and animals in the world’s oceans—as long ago as the 1800s, there are only about 15 species […]
Compromised information includes full names, birth dates, national ID numbers, medical insurance numbers, and other personal data. An unprotected Elasticsearch server was found publicly exposing personally identifiable information belonging to nearly 90% of Panama citizens, a security researcher found last week. Bob Diachenko, cyber threat intelligence director at Security Discovery, found the data sitting in […]
A five-month drought in Panama has reduced freight carrying capacity of the country’s canal of ocean carriers by nearly one-fifth. It’s also giving an unseasonal boost to shipping rates for U.S. East Coast-bound cargo. Starting next week, the Panama Canal Authority will reduce the maximum allowable draft for the largest of ships that use the […]