A little more than a month after the Panamanian government decided to raise import tariffs on various products as a measure of retaliation against the South American country, representatives from both governments reaffirmed their positions at a WTO hearing. The outcome of the hearing will be announced by the WTO between August and September, according […]
In the first nine months of 2017, countries in the region exported $1.166 billion worth of sugar, 41% more than was sold during the same period in 2016. Figures from the information system on the Raw Sugar Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Click to interact with graph Explore […]
From May 7 to May 11, 2018 companies working in the international maritime industry will be gathering together in Panama City to discuss technical, economic and environmental issues related to water transport infrastructure. The congress will be held at the RIU Plaza Panama Hotel with the attendance of more than 500 participants and will have […]
José Azel, a scholar and author writes in the Panam Post about his view of the evolution of the US over time. Democratic despotism “…does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flow […]
Jeff Horwitz and Lawrence Neumeister write for AP on thew ongoing saga. The owners of a formerly Trump-branded hotel in Panama scored a victory over the U.S. president’s companies Thursday when a New York judge blocked a Trump firm from pursuing arbitration claims aimed at restoring their control over the luxury hotel. Separately, Panamanian court […]
Wow, 6800 passenger and 2,000 crew, that’s a lot of bodies on this boat! While Susie and I prefer smaller boat cruising this ship offers a lot of fun. Click on the Picture above to see the promo video. The world’s largest cruise ship was delivered to Royal Caribbean International on Friday by STX France […]
Ariande Barrios, Deal Expert in Miami writes about this new wonder ship. In the name of research, naturally, we’ve just sailed aboard the fabled new MSC Seaside to see what all the buzz was about. And the answer is … quite a lot. True to its rep as a Caribbean cruise game changer, the ship dished out […]
Welcome to “Wish You Were Here,” a new Surfer YouTube series. Each episode will be an in-depth look into the very best surf zones at their most ideal conditions-filmed by the best cinematographers in our industry and scored to tunes taken straight off the crew’s playlist. Our goal is to get you psyched on planning […]
Panama Dreams featured gripping reenactments of Prince Collymore, played by Green, a relative of Saunders who left Barbados in 1907 to journey to Panama to work on the construction of the Canal. It also featured the likes of Marcus Myers, Patrick Foster and Dy Browne. It included interviews with Panamians who were of Barbadian descent as well as persons living in […]
On April 5, Air China will launch a new route from Beijing to Panama City via Houston. The new route is expected to greatly facilitate exchanges between both countries as well as neighboring regions, while providing passengers with a greater range of options. In June 2017, China and Panama signed the Joint Communique on […]