The Panama Intl. Film Festival, (IFF Panama) the highest-profile film event in Central America, is using online tools to develop existing and new initiatives. In one move, it has just completed its pix-in-post competition Primera Mirada, its new Su Mirada sidebar for women filmmakers from the region, and is now launching a new Virtual Co-Production […]

Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo announced yesterday that domestic economic revival could begin in May with the lifting of restrictions on some businesses and industries in an attempt to ease a wave of popular protests.   On an intervention via the radio and television chain, the president also explained that there are protocols to resume normality […]

The Panama Canal said on Wednesday it would make a temporary change to the payment system for ships booking passage through the waterway in order to offer more flexibility to customers affected by the coronavirus outbreak. “As of May 4, 2020, the interoceanic highway will implement temporary changes to the requirements for making reservations and […]

Figures as of May 2, 2020 Moves towards reopening the Panama economy could be delayed  if  Panamanians and foreigners continue to flout the quarantine regulation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic said deputy health minister Luis Francisco Sucre. Sucre on Saturday. May 2. The warning came  as the accumulated cases of the virus in Panama surged […]

Control of the Covid-19 pandemic in Panama has receded in the last three days and the contagion rate and the average number of positives detected has increased, while new restrictions are to come.   Of the possible mathematical scenarios expected for May 12th, projected a week ago, the reality could approximate the worst of the […]

God, I can’t wait to get back on the ocean and go to Coiba Island, the largest pacific island south of Vancouver and just a couple of hours by boat from Boca Chica, our favorite coastal town near home. Crossing a 23-kilometer stretch of ocean from mainland Panama to Coiba, the largest offshore island in […]

Ranching in Panama dates back to the 1500s, when Spanish settlers decided that cattle were the agricultural commodity that grew best in the tropical climate. However, this tradition has severely deforested the tropical nation and depleted its soil resources too, twin problems that are worsening in tandem with the effects of climate change. However, the […]

Increased demand for cleaning products, the use of e-commerce as a purchasing channel and the preference for functional foods are some of the new trends that will prevail in the medium and long term, once the pandemic is overcome. According to a study prepared by the Foreign Trade Promoter of Costa Rica (Procomer), the outbreak […]

I have been getting calls from people eager to come to Panama once the airlines are back in business here.  COPA is scheduled to begin flying the first week of June so that is a target we are looking at to open up a number of businesses here in Panama.  Funny, the calls that I am […]