(Panama America) On Monday 26 March, Panama's Seafood Market (Mercado de Mariscos) will be closed from 6:00 am until 6:00 pm for cleanup day in the 160 stalls on the premises, said the Municipality of Panama. The cleanup day is to wash, sweep floors, walls, tubs, waste shipments, internal and external drainage, garbage collection and fumigation of green areas that make … [Read more...]
Panama Carnival 2012 day two draws large crowds
(Prensa.com) The increase in the number of visitors to the coastal strip was what characterized the day on Carnival Sunday in the capital. From 10:00 am they arrived children, youth and adults to the area of "culecódromo" to enjoy the sun, water and music, that never missed. IN ORDER During a tour of the coastal strip, the manager of the Tourism Authority of Panama, … [Read more...]
Panama City’s Hotel Market Enjoying Strong Growth
(World Property Channel) According to STR Global, the Panama City hotel market reached total inventory of 10,180 daily available rooms in 2011, following another strong year of new hotel openings. In the last seven years, Panama City rose as a strategic business hub between North and South America. Panama's growing economy, boosted by the Panama Canal and free trade zone at … [Read more...]
Artists decorate Garbage cans in Casco Viejo
(Arco Properties) A project that started small is growing day by day. On Sunday, Casco Viejo`s Friends and Neighborhood Association (AVACA) along with Sembrarte carried out the fifth painting event for garbage tanks. The fourth event was donated by Hotel Herrera and this one by Estrella Azul. Each event brings an even better quality of concepts, the tanks are coming out … [Read more...]
Panama’s 2011 GDP up 10 percent
(Prensa Latina)Panama will close 2011 with a growth in the Gross Domestic Product of over 10 percent, as announced by Panamanian Economy and Finance Minister Frank de Lima in a meeting with foreign reporters. De Lima said this growth, well above the seven-percent expected, is due to the mega-projects developed by the government, the work developed by the Free Trade Zone in … [Read more...]