Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.5 Date-Time Monday, April 25, 2011 at 00:49:23 UTC Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 07:49:23 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 8.317°N, 82.877°W Depth 28.5 km (17.7 miles) Region PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER … [Read more...]
Panama will have to import coffee
(Panama Digest) For the first time in its history, Panama will have to import coffee to supply local demand during the last four months of the year. There is enough coffee to last until August, but Panama will have to import 32,000 quintals since the local market consumes 8,000 quintals a month. Production was down 40 percent this year due to heavy rains, the flight … [Read more...]
Three possible sites for new Panama convention center
(Prensa.com) The government has identified three possible locations for its new convention center, all of them on the Amador Causeway. Two of the sites are controlled by public agencies. The first is near the Museum of Biodiversity on a 7.8-hectare site that the government deeded to the Amador Foundation to help pay for the museum. That land is valued at $70 million. The … [Read more...]
Hard to resist the colour, the music, or mood of Panama
(Vancouver Sun) What tiny nation (just 29,762 square miles) is the site of the Free Zone — the second largest import and redistribution centre in the world — boasts an international banking centre with more than 100 banks, the highest per capita income of its region, has a literacy rate of more than 90 per cent and an inflation rate of only 1.2 per cent? It has some of … [Read more...]
Panama Exposed and Uncensored
If you think that International Living paints only rosy pictures or only tells you about the opportunities and goody-goody side of expat life, you haven’t been paying attention…and you surely haven’t attended an International Living live event. Like the just-ended 2011 International Living Live and Invest in Panama Seminar. You might have thought it was “Panama Exposed … [Read more...]