(NewsroomPanama) Panama’s battered image world will get a big boost this week as as the 8th Jazz Panama Festival, brain child and inspiration of renowned Jazz artist Danilo Perez gets into its stride. The turn of the year has not been kind to the country, with WikiLeaks revelations of presidential dealings with the American embassy, scandals in the Attorney General’s … [Read more...]
What happens if it does not stop raining in Panama
(ellasvirtual) Decrease the production of some fruits, increase the arrival of some insect house, and the flu could arrive earlier. The summer sun has finally reclaimed some space, but despite the dry season should have come, still raining, and according to weather experts, it will rain until April. This marks the lives of Panamanians, … [Read more...]
Panama water is rationed and still unsafe to drink
(LAHT) After the worst downpours Panama has seen in the last 200 years, close to a million inhabitants of the capital have their water rationed and, for the first time in decades, cannot drink it directly because of contamination. The complicated situation has no short-term solution, Panamanian Health Minister Franklin Vergara told reporters Saturday, adding that the … [Read more...]
Panama orders Quetzales Trail closed
(prensa.com) Following a meeting with the mayors of Bugaba and Boquete, Joaquín Castillo y Manolo Ruiz, respectively, authorities of the national tourism, environment, and civil protection entities, informed that, in order to safeguard the lives of tourists and residents of the sector, it was necessary to prohibit the transit through the trail until it is … [Read more...]
Panama Sponsors European Race Car
(PanamaDigest) Panama’s Tourism Authority has spent around $500,000 dollars to sponsor a race car on the European circuits, Panama America reports. Driven by Colombian Steven Goldstein, the Ferrari 430 is painted with the red, white and blue of the Panamanian flag, the visitpanama.com website and tourism authority logo. Goldstein’s uniform also has a Panamanian flag on … [Read more...]