Oktoberfest arrived again in Boquete last week. The local ladies strutted their stuff and worked hard to make everyone happy along with many other volunteers. Here is a thank you message from the organizers and sponsors: We are very happy and proud, we were able to bring this new and unique experience to our community. […]
David Wren writes in The Post and Courier about the increased transits and cargo in Charleston and elsewhere. The State Ports Authority’s bet that billions of dollars invested in improvements at the Port of Charleston will lure bigger ships carrying more freight appears to be paying off in the roughly 15 months since the Panama […]
“Americas Now” had a chance to sit down with the President of Panama at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Juan Carlos Varela has been Panama’s president since 2014. In June 2017, Panama opened a new chapter in its international relations by establishing diplomatic ties with China. It was an historic moment for […]
So, I woke up Wednesday morning finding that at 2 AM, the President of Panama called off all work on Wednesday to celebrate the 2 to 1 win against Costa Rica Tuesday night! While the US has already forgotten about it’s loss to Trinidad this week and it’s elimination from the World Cup games next […]
We are fast approaching our high season and if you have any interest in coming to Panama, do not wait too much longer to make plans. This coming February, we have two exciting events. We also have some exciting discounts like 20% off COPA Airlines coming from any destination in North America! Book a room at […]
Tax-News.Com published this well written in depth editorial on the historic point in international tax enforcement. September 2017 could be said to mark a historic point in international tax enforcement, as it is the month that around 50 jurisdictions have committed to making their first automatic exchanges of information under the OECD Common Reporting Standard […]
For those of you who still stand for your national anthem and the flag of your country, you will appreciate this video. Thanks for the link Gilberto and watch this to the very end please.
It’s a very small cup: blue dotted with yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. But for Yelena, it holds a lot of history. It’s a reminder of almost thirty years’ labor, and of the day they ended in summer 2014, when an artillery shell landed on the bread factory where she’d worked all her […]
A proposal has been made to criminalize tax evasion in Panama, where, unlike other countries, it is only considered an administrative defect. In order to avoid going back on the gray list and improving compliance with international standards against money laundering and fiscal transparency, the Panamanian government has presented a comparative study on tax offenses […]
In Panama, $13 million were approved to sign lease agreements with landowners where Del Monte will reactivate banana production in Barú, Chiriquí. With the disbursement approved by the Cabinet Council, part of the contracts to lease farms may be signed so that Banapiña, a subsidiary of Del Monte, can start the process reactivating banana production […]