“The Good Times Music Review” just finished it’s second week run and was completely sold out!! Boquete Community Players is doing good stuff for our community, and it appears that the community likes and supports what BCP is doing. Thank you to the BCP management, and the producers, the performers, and the support staff for this show. […]
Very cool, a must watch. Commencement Speech to Kenyon College class of 2005 written by David Foster Wallace.
In the first half of last year, imports of vehicle parts into Panama totaled about $127 million, representing a 14% increase over the same period in 2018. Variation in Imports According to CentralAmericaData’s estimates, between January and June 2018 and the same period in 2019 the value of imported vehicle parts and replacements in Panama […]
During the first six months of 2019, coffee exports from Central American countries totaled $1.782 million, 8% less than what was reported for the same period in 2018. Honduras, Main Seller In the first half of 2019, the main coffee exporter in Central America was Honduras with $708 million, followed by Guatemala with $454 million, […]
In the first half of 2019 the country reported $59 million in purchases of home and office furniture, an amount that exceeds in 13% compared to the same period in 2018. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Click to interact with graphicsClick to interact with graphics Variation in Imports Between the first half […]
I met Kurt Muse on several occasions and his story shakes you to the bone. I would highly advise reading this book. I know several families that fled Panama when his wife did and it was a harrowing adventure On January 30, the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation will host Kurt and Anne Muse, […]
Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that Jamaica and the Republic of Panama have signed a multi-destination arrangement, as part of efforts to strengthen tourism relations between both countries. The agreement was signed today during FITUR, the largest International Tourism Trade Fair for inbound and outbound Ibero-American markets, currently underway in Spain. Jamaica […]
During November 2019, the Monthly Index of Economic Activity reported a 3.6% year-on-year change, which was largely determined by commercial activities and financial intermediation. Among the categories of economic activity showing positive behavior were: commerce, transportation, storage and communications, public administration, financial intermediation, agriculture, electricity and water, mining and quarrying, and domestic services, reported the […]
In order to increase hotel occupancy in Panama, business people believe that the country should focus on attracting clients in the segment of meetings, conferences, exhibitions and congresses, events that could become the lifeline of the sector. According to reports from the General Comptroller of the Republic, in October 2019, hotels in Panama City reported […]
The Panamanian government has authorized Forever Oceans Panama, S.A. to invest $50 million in a fish farming project in Charco Azul Bay, Puerto Armuelles. Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP) administrator Flor Torrijos handed over the resolution authorizing the fish farming operation in an area of more than 58,000 hectares to company representatives, the Presidency reported. You […]