The impact of the coronavirus is affecting business everywhere, including Panama. Because of the crisis that has been generated in several Asian countries by the presence of the coronavirus, the organizers of ExpoTrend Summer 2020 reported that the international event is suspended. The event was to take place from February 10-12 at the Atlapa Convention […]
Businessmen dedicated to the commercialization of machines and heavy equipment expect that between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 sales will begin to recover, derived from the mega-projects that will be executed in the country. The public infrastructure projects that are close to being developed and that have generated expectations among the […]
The Ministry of Public Works of Panama tenders the study, design, construction and financing for the rehabilitation and expansion of the highway Autopista – Puerto Vacamonte, in Panama West. Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-09-0-15-LV-006304: “The project consists of 5 (five) kilometers, however, the Tendering Entity may determine works that within the execution of the work in […]
Seton Hall University alumna Rachel McCarthy is no stranger to travel. As a Seton Hall student, she spent time in Spain and the south of France. Her majors in diplomacy and international relations and modern languages, Spanish and French, lent themselves well to exploring the globe. But now she is in for a different kind […]
The award of the contract to the HPH Joint Venture Consortium became final, after several claims submitted in the tender process for the design and construction of Metro Line 3 were resolved. Héctor Ortega, director of Metro de Panamá, S.A., announced that on February 4 the resolution confirming the award to the HPH Joint Venture […]
Patrick A. Heller writes of his trip to Panama. Last week, I returned from a brief vacation in Panama. I did not have to change my U.S. dollars for local currency since the U.S. dollar is the legal tender currency there. Since Panama (with the backing of the U.S. government—almost certainly prompted by President Theodore […]
Travis and Koa Smith drop everything and jump on the next plane to Panama! Swinging peaks and sick action at Silverbacks.
A must read if you are coming to Panama is David McCullough’s 1977 book “The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914” is the story of larger-than-life characters pursuing the largest, most costly single effort ever before mounted by humankind, outside of war. Available at Amazon It is told in three […]
Production on The Suicide Squad has resumed following an extended break, and it has now moved to the country of Panama. It has long been known that James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad would film some of its scenes in Panama, but it was unclear when that would occur or with which cast members. Thanks to […]
After the Preferential Interest Act was modified and the maximum limit for applying preferential interest to the purchase of homes was raised to $180,000, an 11% decrease in the inventory of available homes was reported. In September 2019, a bill was approved which establishes that for the purchase of homes for a value of between […]