(Freshplaza.com) In its effort to promote exports of goods, Panama now looks to the Nordic countries and the Caribbean for 2012. Both regions are the spearhead that will follow the Directorate of Export Promotion of the Ministry of Trade and Industry next year, after official figures revealed progress. In August of 2011, the value of exports amounted to 529.2 million dollars … [Read more...]
Magnitude 4.7 – SOUTH OF PANAMA
Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.7 Date-Time Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 01:49:03 UTC Monday, November 14, 2011 at 08:49:03 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 5.560°N, 82.377°W Depth 29.2 km (18.1 miles) Region SOUTH OF PANAMA Distances 317 km … [Read more...]
A small-ship view of a Panama Canal transit
(Miami Herald) They sit there motionless atop the horizon, ships of global commerce in perpetual line. Cloud-slung skies silhouette their bulk as crewmen bide the hours and days, impatient in the wet tropical heat for their turn to enter this grand gateway of the world — the Panama Canal. We wait too, bobbing beneath the arching iron of the Bridge of the Americas, wondering … [Read more...]
Every day is magic for Panamanian bobsled team
(Parkrecord.com) "A dream, a crazy idea." -Chris Zollinger The parallels are irrefutable. So much so that Eduardo Fonseca can't help but laugh when he thinks of how this once-faraway dream became a dazzling reality. "It's inevitable," said the 25-year-old private pilot from Panama. "You have to compare it to 'Cool Runnings'" (The 1993 film loosely based on the 1988 Jamaican … [Read more...]
Panama ends 24 hour bar and nightclubs
(Foxnews) In an effort to help reduce street brawls, car accidents and domestic violence, the Panamanian government has put an end to round-the-clock partying at bars and night clubs. The law that took effect Thursday means bars, cantinas, night clubs and events halls can no longer be open 24 hours a day. Weekend business hours are now 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. of the following day. … [Read more...]