“Fuego! Fuego! Fuego!” Sgt. 1st Class Russell Planer shouts through a bullhorn, and four-person teams of Panamanian security forces dash off with their stretchers to locate their “injured” compadre. The teams are participating in an exercise. It’s part of the medical training that Planer runs to improve the agents’ response times and steel them for […]
The National Naval Air Service is preparing tenders for $13 million in 2017 for the purchase of new vessels and aircraft. The amount has already been approved by the Cabinet Council and included in the budget for the Naval Air Service (Senan) 2017. Prensa.com reports that “…For example, as part of the continuity of the improvement […]
To get a really good perspective on Panama History I highly recommend readying Path Between the Seas. I did that 3 months before coming to Panama and is was if I stepped back in history when I first visited the canal. US politics and future foreign policy is currently under intense international scrutiny. Anthony Delano […]
Andrew Glass writes for Politico about Teddy’s first visit to Panama. On November 9th in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt, the nation’s 26th president, became the first chief executive to travel abroad while in office. Accompanied by his wife, Edith, Roosevelt embarked for Panama from Chesapeake Bay aboard the U.S.S. Louisiana, a 16,000-ton battleship commissioned in June […]
Ian Allen writes for Travel and Leisure about his recent trip to Panama and Nicaragua. Ian Allen always has his bags packed. This past year, he spent 11 months on the road, shooting in places as far afield as Bhutan, Brazil, and Australia—so it’s rare for him to experience something entirely new. But recently, during […]
Kathleen Peddicord contributed this article to USNews and she is well versed on places in Panama. Panama is often recommended as a good choice for American retirees looking for a place that is accessible, comfortable, sunny and cheap. But the town you choose to live in plays a bigger role in your retirement lifestyle than […]
The Ministry of Health in Panama is inviting bids for the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment plant in East Arraiján, the trunk system and its interconnections. Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-12-0-15-LP-020185: “Design, construction, operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant in East Arraiján, the trunk system and its interconnections and operation and maintenance […]
Panama needs to focus on this industry as it is still growing rapidly in Costa Rica and limping along in Panama. With the arrival of new airlines a further increase is expected in the flow of tourists from Europe, after having grown by 41% between 2010 and 2015. European tourists stay on average 17 days […]
The Guatemalan company Castillo Hermanos has acquired 100% of the equity interest of Sociedad Alimentos de Primera, a manufacturer of the Bonlac brand of dairy products in Panama. Corporación Castillo Hermanos will now participate in the dairy market in Panama, through Sociedad Alimentos de Primera S.A., which until recently was owned by the Panamanian company […]
The Panama Maritime Authority has published a tender to hire a company for the technical management of construction of the new cruise port in Isla Perico. The aim of the abbreviated best value tender is to hire a company to perform the “technical assistance to the the Maritime Authority of Panama and project management of […]