Panama’s “Festival del Cristo Negro” honours a life-size, dark wooden statue of Jesus, also known as “El Nazaraeno”. Throughout the year, pilgrims come to pay homage to this statue of Christ carrying a cross at its permanent home in the Iglesia de San Felipe, a Roman Catholic parish church located in Portobelo, a city on […]
Fitch Ratings has assigned final ratings to the notes issued by La Hipotecaria Sixteenth Mortgage-Backed Notes Trust as listed below. There were no changes to the structure or to the underlying pool of mortgages backing the transaction since the assignment of the expected rating on Oct. 15, 2021. The Series A notes priced five basis […]
Retiring abroad as a pensioner is truly living a second, more fulfilling life. It’s like your do-over. And I think people need to approach it that way. After figuring out my FIRE number, I realized I’m on track to retire by age 59. If you haven’t heard of FIRE, it stands for financial independence, retire early […]
During the dinosaur era, a crab wandering near a coastal forest was buried alive in tree resin and became fossilized. 100 million years later, Javier Luque, a former predoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and currently a Research Associate at Harvard University, became aware of the crustacean trapped in amber thanks to Lida […]
The presidents of Panama, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic called on the United States on Wednesday to take “concrete measures” to curb the migration of Haitians across Latin America headed for the US border. Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo said the movement of large numbers of Haitians across Central America is an “unsustainable problem.” “This is a regional problem, the solutions must be […]
Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker “Otoniel” has been captured, officials said Saturday, a major victory for the government of the world’s top cocaine exporter. Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country’s largest narco-trafficking gang known as the Gulf Clan, was captured near one of his main outposts in Necocli, near the border with Panama. Images released by […]
Keeon Minors always thought that he would retire to Panama City, Panama. On vacation there, Mr Minors loved the low cost of living and the modern infrastructure of the Central American city. Then, a few years ago, digital nomadism became much more of an option. “I figured I would come here now,” he said. So […]
As the world continues to push through our pandemic era, working from home has become a fact of life. What if working from home meant hanging out on a white-sand beach or in an Old World old town? Folks open to the idea of working from home overseas have become a sought-after commodity among countries […]
Mike came to Boquete looking for a new life but he is a City guy and ended up in Panama City where he operates a very successful restaurant. His story is one of how retirement does not work for everyone and if you have any brains, you can start a business here and be successful. […]
Officials stopped more than 1.7 million migrants on our southern border during the 2021 fiscal year, which ended in September, according to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) data. The Washington Post reports illegal crossings began rising last year but skyrocketed in the months after President Biden took office. Agents with the CBP also arrested the highest […]