(Today's Chicago Woman) For some tourists, food is merely sustenance and eating something they do in between treks to a city’s or region’s famous sites. But for other curious travelers, it’s a lens through which they experience a place’s unique culture. During my first trip to Panama City, capital of the strategically located land bridge that connects North and South … [Read more...]
Panama Police seize drugs in Coronado and Paso Canoas
(Midiaro.com) The narco traffickers received blows yesterday in Coronado and Paso Canoas, Chiriqui, respectively. In Chame, the National Police seized 207 kilos of cocaine and arrested two Guatemalans, and Chiriqui, two bags of suspected drugs and arrested a Mexican. in Chame Drugs seized in Chame was inside a home in Coronado. The house had been rented to Guatemalans, … [Read more...]
Panama home to Latin America’s first Baha’i temple
(Newsroom Panama) If you have driven north of Panama City on the Transistmica Highway and noticed in the distance, high on a hill what might be taken for the upturned top of an egg you might have wondered what it is, and why it is there. In a city celebrated for its many centers of worship embracing Christianity, Buddhism and Islam you might be forgiven for not … [Read more...]
Panama burns 3 tons of confiscated Drugs
(Yahoo News) A police officer stands guard as smoke rises during the burning of narcotics in Panama City, Friday Aug. 26, 2011. Officials said they burned about three tons of drugs, including cocaine, marijuana and heroin, seized within the last two months. … [Read more...]
With the expanded Canal, Panama seeking to become the logistics hub of the Americas
(Prensa.com) German Alberto Zubieta and Jorge L. Quijano, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Engineering and Management of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), respectively, are clear that the channel widened further positioned the country in world trade, and also give you the capacity of ACP provide advice worldwide on project management. "We already have the … [Read more...]