Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela Tuesday highlighted the newly established diplomatic ties with China as one of the major accomplishments of his past year in office. “2017 was successful for Panama and Panamanians,” Varela said in his state of the nation speech to the National Assembly, adding the establishment of diplomatic ties with China last […]
My friend Duncan McGowan wrote this great article highlighting some of Panama’s achievements last year. Panama was an island in the storm in 2017, as political and economic turmoil gripped North America and Europe. It was a much different story in Panama, where global investments expanded and the economy continued to surge, providing strong drivers […]
Bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago should be designated as endangered say the authors of a new study. Biologists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered that the roughly 80 dolphins in the archipelago do not interbreed with other Caribbean bottlenose dolphins. Their low numbers jeopardize their long-term survival, which is threatened […]
Fred Fleet writes in International Living about life on the beach in Panama. In 2005, when our friend told my wife and me that he had purchased beachfront property in Panama, I thought he was crazy. After several months of research, I decided that not only was he a genius, but I joined him as […]
Solar Steel, a division of Gonvarri Steel Services, will supply 45.6MW of its TracSmart Single-Axis trackers for a PV project located in David, in the state of Chiriquí, Panama. The PV project is divided into four phases of 11.4MW, with each segment tabbed for an expected completion date by mid-2018. TracSmart’s self-powered and wireless trackers […]
On March 10, 1970, when Kurboon Idliev was 23 years old, Soviet helicopters landed in the remote Yaghnob Valley in northwest Tajikistan and forcibly removed every person from their house. “They transferred us to the lower flatlands to work on cotton plantations. Those who resisted were killed,” he recalls now. It would be 47 years […]
Devin Super Tramp is a very good cinema photographer who I follow a lot and this work shows his talent. World’s Best Jump Roper! Hawaii Style in 8K Video features Vivien Vajda. 14 time world champion!
Panamanian authorities seized 84.6 tons of illicit drugs in 2017, setting a record in drug confiscation, government agencies said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Public Security, National Aeronaval Service, the National Border Service and the Police Department unveiled the figure at a press conference, saying international cooperation was key to successfully combating drug trafficking. A […]
Honduran President Orlando Hernandez and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO) Just two days after the president of Guatemala made history as the first Central American leader to announce his decision to relocate his nation’s embassy to Jerusalem, Honduras and Panama are following suit. Israel and Honduras signed a declaration on bilateral […]
Elida Moreno reports for Reuters of the extradition of Roberto Borge, a former state governor for Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to Mexican authorities to face corruption charges. Roberto Borge, who was governor of the state of Quintana Roo from 2010 to 2016, was arrested in Panama City in June as he was preparing to […]