Well folks, it is just around the corner. Our summer season is here in Panama. With it comes the endless holidays and festivals, beginning with the Panama Jazz Festival and International Film Festival. The Jazz and Blues festival is scheduled for March 1-4 and the artist line up this year is incredible. If ever you […]
In a series of great videos, Panama portrays itself to the world as offering a diverse Eco system ready to be explored, a country with tradition and heritage as well as a place to do business and experience great pleasure. And oh yes, the Canal. Click on the picture above and then Visit my website […]
Each time I have family visit from the United States, I contact Tocumen Royal Saloon for VIP meet and greet service. I send them the details of the parties, arrival flight and time as well as the name of the driver that I will have ready to pick them up. Upon arrival and leaving the […]
I just got back from two spectacular days in Boca Chica. This place never ceases to amaze me. You really need to visit and perhaps invest here before the rush that will take place in the future when our nearby International Airport is finished and open for direct flights form overseas. Where else can […]
The hotels on the gold coast of Panama are experiencing very high occupancy rates and with the new International Airport coming to Rio Hato I believe that we are going to see another Punta Cana type explosion of rooms in the future This in from the Panama America Pacific beaches of Panama, specifically the province […]
This very interesting report was sent to me by one of my readers who works for the Inter-America Development Bank. “I found this report interesting, particularly from your “perspective”, as it ranks Panama fairly high: 37th out of 110 countries for which data is available, and in the Americas it ranks only after Canada, USA, […]
After Panama President Ricardo Martinelli visited France and suggested to his counter part that he retract a comment made at a G-20 Summit meeting about Panama being a tax haven, all seemed well and good after veiled apologies. Then a week later comes French Budget Minister Valérie Pécresse, who claimed that Panama was not cooperating […]
This is a great article from the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) about a fish previously tagged in a tournament that showed up over 400 nautical miles away that helps us with the knowledge about the migratory patterns of this pelagic. Thanks to The Panama News for sharing. Four hundred and nineteen nautical miles later, […]
When it comes to thinking about where to go on vacation or a place to move, maybe now or to retire to at a later date, there are many places to choose from. I chose Panama for a number of reasons and all of them have played out positively for me and my family. I […]
Two people have now sent me this article by Bob Sullivan from The Red Tape Chronicles at MSNBC and it puts Panama on the front line when talking about where to retire and how attractive it can be on a limited budget. A lot of people are not be interested in a $400,000 high rise […]