A community portal about Panama with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is the southernmost country of Central America. A transcontinental country, its isthmus constitutes...
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A community portal about Panama with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is the southernmost country of Central America. A transcontinental country, its isthmus constitutes the southernmost part of a natural land bridge between the continents of North America and South America. It borders Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
By Mabel Cruz R. for the Panama America
The departure tax from Tocumen International Airport will increase from $ 20.00 to $ 40.00 per person on 1 January 2010, according to Javier Martinez, the Director of Plans and Programs of Tocumen S.A. Martinez told the Panama America this increase responds to modernization projects, including the construction of the Northern Concourse, which will cost more than $100 million dollars. He added that this option was approved by the Board of Directors... Read Full Story
By Mabel Cruz Rodriguez for the Panama America
Cruise ships.
It is considered by the Panama Tourism Authority to be the most profitable activity in the tourism sector of Panama. Despite the overall decline in the number of tourist arriving coming to Panama, those who did arrive spent $50 million dollars more, according to the Director of the ATP, Solomon Shamah. He told the Panama America that in 2009 (through November) there was an overall 1.9% decrease in the number of tourists, and... Read Full Story
Panama offshore companies have been a concept that has been generating a lot of interest in the international business community in the past few months. Most companies based in the US have found offshore corporations to be a valuable resource in cutting costs on taxes and other allied expenses. By registering the company in Panama, most businesses are able to take advantage of the Panamanian government’s liberal trade policies. Panama offshore has numerous advantages... Read Full Story
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Strict Control Measures at Tocumen International Airport
By Yaritza Gricel Mojica for the Panama America - In less than 24 hours, the Santo Tomás hospital reported seven new cases suspected to possibly be influenza A (H1N1); and, this time it has been reported an 18 month old baby could be affected. As of Tuesday evening health officials were studying three... Read Full Story
By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Received the following this morning via email: "I just received this email from a friend in Bocas. I thought that since this forum is read by so many people in P.C that some of you might be able to help. You can contact Allene at the Bocas Breeze bocasbreeze @ yahoo.com, or Kelley at the address below. Thanks,Marilyn - Hi, I am trying to figure out how to accomplish getting blood donations needed and hoping to get some help from you. You may or may not... Read Full Story
By ANA TERESA BENJAMÍN for La Prensa - The Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday the detection of a 32 year-old American citizen who is suspected of having influenza type A. Panama's Health Minister Rosario Turner said the man "escaped" from the Santo Tomas hospital after the first tests came back positive for Influenza type A, but the man was found again and placed under medical observation in order to conduct additional testing. She explained that the Gorgas Institute will be conducting... Read Full Story
By Chris Kraul Reporting from El Real, Panama for the Los Angeles Times -- The heavily armed rebels usually show up in groups of 20 or more, dressed in green fatigues and seeking food. "Of course you have to give it to them," said one resident of this isolated village 35 miles west of the Colombian border. "People don't like that they're here, but with few police and many informants around, they keep quiet." Then just as suddenly, the rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia... Read Full Story
Imagine the delicious possibilies... Taboga Lime and Ice Cold Beer, Taboga Limade, Taboga Lime Pie, Taboga Corvina Sea Bass with Lime
My mouth waters at the thought of a fresh glass of Taboga Island icy cold limeade. I first became addicted many years back in the Caribbean to what they called Awa Limunchi. Now in Taboga Island we have a property beside our B&B Inn Cerrito Tropical with our own lime tree… A tree which I have been feeding and trimming, waiting and salivating for this years... Read Full Story
http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/06/03/panama-graffiti-on-wheels/ A local, slice-of-life story from a Monitor correspondent. PANAMA CITY – Liriola Miranda, a college statistics professor, steps aboard Mr. Chiriqui, an old school bus blazing with splashes of red and green that give homage to the owner’s home province, Chiriqui, in Panama. “The buses are an expression of identity,” she says of Panama City’s main transport system – a fleet of US hand-me-downs known affectionately... Read Full Story
By Massiel Arosemena and Georgina Damián for the Panama America - Guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are not only in the border towns of Panama, but they also have armed camps they use as rear guard positions to escape their enemies. This, according to an intelligence report obtained by the Panama America. The information affirms the guerrilla camps are located less than two hours from the community of Anachucuna, in the Kuna Yala Comarca, where there is a camp... Read Full Story
