In Costa Rica a hotel entrepreneur is confronting the Solis government, after it warned that companies carrying out commercial promotions in alliance with Uber will be penalized. WOW, what stupidity! Here is an editorial on the subject. Can it be that businesspeople in Costa Rica now have to consult the government to validate their marketing plans […]
The mayoral office of the capital has announced that the World Bank will be financing a feasibility study to expand the coastal strip to the east of the city. The goal of Mayor Jose Isabel Blandon is to complete the feasibility analysis process and leave the technical reports to the next administration, in order to […]
Looks like our road to Bocas is going to be fixed at last. The Ministry of Public Works in Panama is putting out to tender renovation of 98 kilometers of roads in the provinces of Chiriqu and Bocas del Toro. Panama Government Purchase 2017-0-09-0-99-LV-005150: “The project consists of a 98 kilometer length of the […]
The US company Duty Free America has been awarded two of the three blocks of the commercial area in Terminal 1 of the Panamanian airport, and the third went to Attenza Duty Free, linked to Motta International. At the beginning of August four companies presented their proposals in the tender to operate duty free commercial […]
Ithaca Capital Partners, which has a Miami office, acquired 202 of the 369 units for an undisclosed price. Bondholders with delinquent debt on the 70-story Trump International Hotel, Panama, sold most of the units at the condo hotel, a high-rise landmark in Panamas capital city. Investment firm Ithaca Capital Partners paid an undisclosed price for […]
Recently the photographer Rose Marie Cromwell went to Panama City to photograph vendors, shoppers and people passing time on Avenida Central, a busy street near Panama old town, Casco Viejo. For years, Avenida Central has been a place for the average resident to run errands. Pausing there to observe the place and its people, you […]
Vivian Marino writes for International Living about house hunting in Panama in this NY Times article. Pedasi is one of my favorite little towns in Panama and it has grown up fast over the last 15 years. So, let the house hunt begin. A SIX-BEDROOM BEACH HOUSE IN PEDASÍ $4.5 MILLION This sprawling Mediterranean-style […]
A friend of mine sent me his family history here in Panama and it made me reflect on my Place Of Birth in the Panama Canal Zone. While the hospital is no longer there and Panama converted it’s use to a government facility, I was able to locate the home where my parents raised me […]
Companies from the industrial and agricultural sectors are being called on to participate in business rounds with international buyers from September 13 to 15 in Panama City. The second version of the National Congress of Exporters (Conexport), organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI), will be held at the Sheraton Hotel from September […]
Between January 2015 and June 2017 the average price per square meter of homes and apartments for sale in Panama City increased by $350. Data from the Panamanian Chamber of Construction (Capac) indicates that the average price per square meter of homes for sale in the capital increased from $1,700 in January 2015 to $2,050. See also “Central America: $1.6 billion in […]