The Panama Canal administration expects to receive approximately 234 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax locks during the upcoming 2018-2019 cruise season. The first transit will occur on October 5 with Seven Seas Mariner on a northbound transit travelling from the US West Coast to the US East Coast. ‘As the second full cruise […]
Jessica Ramesch at International Living tells the story of Fred and Renee Proctor who made Panama their forever dream home. Before Panama was a blip on their radar, Fred and Renee Proctor, originally from New York and Boston, lived a dream life. They spent 11 years sailing their charter boat, the Pepper, around St. John […]
The LA Galaxy took on the Seattle Sounders but before the match began #GalaxySocial National Anthem Contest winner 7-year-old Malea Emma sang the national anthem. #Zlatan #Galaxy
In Panama, the study, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the Chiriquí Grande water treatment plant and supply networks are being put out to tender in the province of Bocas del Toro. Panama Government Purchase 2018-2-66-0-01-LV-014594: “The purpose of the tender is to select and contract a company that will carry out the project called […]
In Panama, the Varela administration has submitted a bill that aims to raise the limit of public debt by $900 million more than the limit currently established. The Minister of Economy and Finance, Eyda Varela de Chinchilla, presented a bill to the National Assembly to amend Law 34 on Fiscal Social Responsibility and Law 38 […]
Panama recently joined the club of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, buyers, becoming the forty-second country to import the cryogenic resource that is reshaping global industries. The isthmus was already a long-time conduit for international commerce and energy flows, and that role is bound to grow following the 2016 expansion of the Canal to accommodate […]
The Ministry of Health in Panama is putting out to tender studies, designs and development of a preliminary plan and final plan, for replacement of the regional Metropolitan Health Office. Panama Government Purchase 2018-0-12-0-08-LV-025260: “The project includes construction of new buildings for the Regional Metropolitan Health Headquarters of the Ministry of Health, demolition of existing […]
President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela spoke at the Kennedy School’s Institue of Politics and met with Harvard faculty and students from Central America — as well as University President Lawrence S. Bacow — Thursday. Before the Forum event, President Varela met in “a closed door session” moderated by History of Science Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga with […]
The United Nations says 90% of the world’s fisheries have collapsed, and the Chinese are the biggest culprits. By a long way, China has the world’s largest deep sea fishing fleet including 2,600 mega trawlers stripping the ocean floor. They’re helping satisfy China’s insatiable appetite for seafood. The Chinese eat more than a third of […]
You can run but you will only die tired – saying at sniper school!! Caught ya in Panama!! A Louisiana sheriff says a slaying suspect who fled the country has been arrested in Panama. The New Orleans Advocate reported Saturday that Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto says 40-year-old Saleh Omar, of Terrytown, has been charged […]