Price per gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.64, Nicaragua $3.31, Honduras $3.17, El Salvador $2.78, Guatemala $2.73 and Panama $2.56. The upward trend of the reference prices for the present fortnight, follows the agreement to reduce production by 1.2 million barrels per day by the member countries and non-members of the Organization of Petroleum […]
Pope Francis said an open-air Mass before a huge crowd on Sunday to wrap up a jamboree of Catholic youth, the last big event before he returns to Rome to prepare for a historic trip to the Arabian Peninsula in one week. Organizers said about 700,000 people attended the closing Mass of World Youth Day, […]
The latest on Pope Francis’ visit to Panama and World Youth Day (all times local): 6:35 p.m. Pope Francis has left Panama, concluding his visit to the Central American nation for World Youth Day 2019. President Juan Carlos Varela and first lady Lorena Castillo were on hand to bid the pontiff farewell at Tocumen International […]
While I am not sure about war in Europe, it is a possibility and one thing I am sure about is Argentina which is very affordable and has a lot of classy places like Buenos Aires where housing is a bargain now. Panama also gets a nod from Doug as the most interesting country in […]
In December 2018, it was reported that the international price of a pound of coffee fell to $1, which is equivalent to a 12% drop compared to the same month in 2017. Data from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) detail that in the last two months of last year also reported a decline in the […]
In Panama, Grupo Rey owners agreed to sell 73% of the company’s shares to Ecuador’s Corporación Favorita. At the beginning of November 2018, Grupo Rey was reported to have disposed of the sale of 60% of the shares to Corporación Favorita, a transaction that at that time was estimated could close at $273 million. However, […]
In Panama, a Government Contact Center is tendered for services, which will provide attention through telephone calls, web chat, e-mail and other means. Panama Government Purchase 2019-1-46-0-08-LP-003549: “The Government Contact Center should have an Interactive Voice Response and Multiple Media Access (IVR) System and computer telephony integration (CTI) that allows agents to synchronously receive the […]
The law approved in the second debate establishes procedures and dates by which taxpayers may assert their tax rights. From the National Assembly of Panama press release: January 21st, 2019. After introducing new modifications, Law 692, by means of which the Tax Procedure Code is adopted, was approved in the second debate. The regulation was […]
In 2018, the number of international tourists who arrived in the countries of the region fell 2% compared to 2017, in contrast to the increases of 4% and 3% recorded in North and South America, respectively. According to the report of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) presented on January 21, the results recorded last […]
The visiting team’s locker room in Clearwater, Florida, was a small, cinder block structure. Inside, from memory, it was dark, with narrow head-high windows, a low bench for sitting and the occasional hook for clothes, meant for getting undressed and re-dressed and that was about all. One afternoon about 20 years ago the New […]