Geisha coffee, a speciality coffee grown in the northern Panama region of Boquete, is considered to be the most expensive in the world — in 2019, the bean broke all records by selling for over $1,000 a pound at auction — and every year it attracts coffee-loving buyers from as far as South Korea. “We’re […]
Donna Janke at Travel Awaits magazine offers her insights into this year’s Carnaval. Public celebrations mark the days before the somber Christian season of Lent in many countries. Each culture puts its own spin on carnival season. Carnaval in Panama takes place over the four days preceding Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, and features […]
Boquete hosted an International Dog Show this week and it was well received in the community. John Hampton provided some excellent video footage of the event.
In December of last year, Mission Blue announced its selection of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago as its newest addition to the Hope Spot family. Mission Blue is an organization that inspires action to explore and protect the ocean. Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue is uniting a global coalition […]
WALTER T. MOLANO writes in Latinvex that cobbling together a coalition to push through political reforms will be difficult. Peru is the fourth largest country in Latin America, with the fifth-largest population and the sixth-largest GDP. Often dismissed by some regional neighbors, it is a well-managed and diversified economy. However, this was not always the […]
Of the Sea is a female-driven surf film that follows a mother and her entrepreneurial efforts to raise awareness of the world’s plastic consumption. As seen at: NFFTY – Audience Award, Jury Award Nomination Surfalorous Film Festival – Emerging Filmmaker Award Santa Fe Independent Film Festival – Best NM documentary short Huntington Beach Film Festival […]
The impact of the coronavirus is affecting business everywhere, including Panama. Because of the crisis that has been generated in several Asian countries by the presence of the coronavirus, the organizers of ExpoTrend Summer 2020 reported that the international event is suspended. The event was to take place from February 10-12 at the Atlapa Convention […]
Businessmen dedicated to the commercialization of machines and heavy equipment expect that between the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 sales will begin to recover, derived from the mega-projects that will be executed in the country. The public infrastructure projects that are close to being developed and that have generated expectations among the […]
The Ministry of Public Works of Panama tenders the study, design, construction and financing for the rehabilitation and expansion of the highway Autopista – Puerto Vacamonte, in Panama West. Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-09-0-15-LV-006304: “The project consists of 5 (five) kilometers, however, the Tendering Entity may determine works that within the execution of the work in […]
Seton Hall University alumna Rachel McCarthy is no stranger to travel. As a Seton Hall student, she spent time in Spain and the south of France. Her majors in diplomacy and international relations and modern languages, Spanish and French, lent themselves well to exploring the globe. But now she is in for a different kind […]