Sabrina Martin reports in PanAm Post about the current situation with the stranded Cubans here in Panama. After Panama President Juan Carlos Varela threatened to close a shelter assisting Cuban immigrants, his administration announced it will be instead transferring them to a center on the Costa Rican border. According to the Panamanian Ministry of Security (Minseg), the […]
More good news as price controls seem to be working here in Panama. Reuters reports the latest numbers. Annual inflation in Panama cooled in March compared with February, as prices for transportation, food and beverages slid, official data showed on Wednesday. Inflation reached 1.5 percent in March, compared with a 1.9 percent annual rate in […]
We have sold Villa 137 and now present Villa 138 to the market. Villa 138 is even nicer with a loft upstairs that has a huge credenza and wide screen TV and comfortable furniture for viewing. It also has extra windows and faces easterly for the morning sun. You can lay in bed and watch […]
There are places all over the world that might be considered paradise for paddlers. Picturesque environs of awe-inspiring nature to paddle through across the world. Unfortunately, often times those places also have issues with waste disposal; undeveloped infrastructure, lack of awareness and proximity from the grid can cause plastic and other trash to lap at […]
AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters operated by Panama’s Servicio Nacional Aeronaval have achieved a 5,000-hour operational milestone. Leonardo of Italy, of which AW is a part, said the 5,000-flight-hour milestone was reached less than four years after the aircraft entered service with the country. “This milestone further reinforces the strength of the relationship between Leonardo and the […]
When IFF Panama launched in 2012, the Panamanian film industry was slowly ticking over and the link between Panama and the world of cinema was limited to the occasional U.S. or international feature film shot in the country. But over the past 5 years, under fest director, Pituka Ortega Heilbron and artistic director, Diana Sanchez, IFF Panama […]
“Cocote,” by Dominican Republic director Nelson Carlo dos Santos and Panama music documentary “Una Noche de Calypso,” from Argentine director Fernando Munoz topped the 3rd Primera Mirada, announced as its joint winners during the closing ceremony of IFF Panama, that wrapped Wednesday. Each film will receive a $7,500 award – a 50/50 split of the sidebar’s […]
This image upsets me for the damage that oil companies have routinely done throughout the Americas. We have huge gold and copper deposits here and we do not need a fragile old world forest ruined if this takes place. VOTE NO TO OIL EXPLORATION IN PANAMA!! The companies GX Technology Corporation, Spectrum Geo Inc. and Geoex […]
Grow Panama Grow!! 34 thousand new companies started operations in 2016, recording an 8% increase over 2015. The sector in which the most Operating Notices were recorded is retail and tourism, which includes restaurants, bars, beauty salons and supermarkets, among others. Anpanama.com reports that “…According to the statistics, from January 1 to March 22, 8,267 Operating Notices were […]
The Comptroller has confirmed the contract for Del Monte to invest $100 million in a maximum period of seven years, projecting an average productivity of 2,725 fruit boxes per hectare per year. The contract was endorsed by the Comptroller’s Office, but requires the approval of the Cabinet and the approval of the National Assembly to become contract-law. […]