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 […]
These paintings were posted and shared by Eric Jackson at The Panama News. Artist George Scribner has been commissioned by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to execute a series of large scale oil paintings chronicling the various stages of construction up through completion in 2014. The current series focuses on the dry excavation currently underway […]
Welcome to the fourth in this series of Panama road trips for 2011. We have already been back to Pedasi three times this year, meeting with customers and enjoying this incredible place that is still undiscovered by most people, even with many Panamanians who have never ventured out of the City past the gold coast. While the inventory of […]
At first I thought that this might be a hoax but it seems that we are onto something here. I was sent this news yesterday and sure enough, the folks at Fox News just put out the story. Besides being a great figure for the rum company, Captain Morgan lead an interesting life which you […]
Another Prensa.com article came out this week confirming Panama’s explosive growth rate and the good it is doing while on the other hand the warning signals of inflation. With 9.7% growth in the first quarter of 2011 compared to data recorded in the first quarter of 2010, the thrust of the Panamanian economy is surpassing all […]
While a number of “tourists” visiting Panama are transient, the numbers are up again, year after year and that is good news for Panama. I note that a number of them are traveling across the Costa Rica border here in Chiriqui as well. This in from CentralAmericaData.com In the first four months of 2011 […]
I found an excellent resource for knowledge that was right under my nose. The Internet allows us to learn more, faster and expand our knowledge about the world around us. Here, the Universia Knowledge @ Wharton tells how markets change in a split second and knowledge is a source of competitive advantage. In the […]