(Prensa.com) More than 2 million passengers used Tocumen International Airport during the first half of 2011, Immigration officials said Friday. Another 184,093 visitors entered the country from Costa Rica through the checkpoint at Paso Canoas in Chiriquí, officials said. The nationalities using the border crossing are mainly Costa Ricans, Panamanians and Nicaraguans, … [Read more...]
Panama Police shakedowns on driver licenses
(Newsroom Panama) This report just received from a reader, is a sample of many stories recently circulating about police shakedowns. If you have a similar story we will be happy to publish it and include it in a growing file for forwarding to the authorities. To the Editor: It would be very nice, if some one could report on Panama's newest trick on eliciting bribes … [Read more...]
Panama’s 2011-2012 cruise ship season is taking shape,
(Prensa.com) Panama's 2011-2012 cruise ship season is taking shape, with one line cutting back on its departures next year. Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas will return for dates starting in October, while Pullmantur will use a new ship, Horizon, that has a slightly larger capacity (1,828 passengers) than the ship it used last year, Ocean Dream, (1,422 … [Read more...]
Panama moving to electronic vehicle registration
(Newsroom Panama) Panama is heading towards another big step in the computerization age by installing a $16 million electronic registration system for vehicles. Jorge Ricardo Fábrega, the director the transit authority (ATTT), said Tuesday, that the authority is in the process of selecting a contractor for the implementation of the system. Fábrega said that the new … [Read more...]
Finding a job Teaching English in Panama is NOT as Difficult as it Seems!
(Panama Gringo) In all honestly I scoured the internet for weeks looking for an article with this title. I knew I wanted to go to Panama but there seemed to be so little information about jobs on the net I nearly gave up and considered heading to South Korea for the top dollars and plentiful job offers on the net. How does one find a job teaching English in a country of their … [Read more...]