Latest Editorials and News in Coronado Panama

Warsaw Woman Teaches In Peace Corps In Panama

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The Explosion of Panama's Property Market - Who Lit the Fuse?

    {mosgooglecenter}   Simply incredible. That's the only way to describe the property boom in Panama.   About 30,000 units were built between July 2006 and July ...

Maiden Voyage Update!

Hi to all Cruisers,  The count down continues to December 7th, 2007 when we will be crusising the ocean on the maiden voyage of Royal Caribbean's "Enchantment of the Sea", leaving from Colon, Panama.  The response ...

Egypt to give incentives for U.S.-bound ships to use the Suez Canal

  {mosgooglecenter}   CAIRO: Egypt, seeking to profit from growing Asian exports to the United States, plans to provide incentives for ships to use the Suez Canal instead of sending goods to West Coast ports or through the Panama Canal. "We want to lure ...

American girl rescued from Panama plane crash that killed 3

  {mosgooglecenter}   DAVID, Panama: The sole survivor of a plane crash was reunited with her family Wednesday after rescue workers trekked for five hours to carry the 12-year-old American girl out of a remote mountain area, then airlifted her to a hospital. ...

Coronado Social Association donates food hampers

December 22, 2007. The San Carlos district covers a number of neighborhoods located all around the town of San Carlos. Each year for the last 4 years a local woman, Maribel Gonzales, who is the representative of the San Carlos District, has been hosting a Christmas party for needy families in ...

Bird Watch: Frigatebird

Frigatebird   This majestic bird can be seen soaring over most of the Coronado shores throughout the year. It has a narrow but long wing which with ...

Louis Eschenaur 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon

Louis Eschenaur is a well known name in French wine and this cabernet Savignon comes from Pays D’Oc which is that area close to the Mediterranean and is at the south end of the Rhone Valley. This is a true Cab made 100% from Sauvignon grapes and has the expected blackberry flavor.  This ...

Amigos de los Ninos

 On Thursday, December 13th over 25 people met at the home of Randy & Ellen to assemble food hampers.  There were people from Panama, USA, Canada, UK, Greece and probably several other countries. Our ...

Panama schools to teach Chinese

{mosgooglecenter}  Panama is moving to make the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools, in recognition of China's growing importance in the world economy. The Panamanian National Assembly has given conditional approval to the bill in the first of three debates. ...

Coronado and Area Social Association Updates - December 2007

The Social Association meets once per month in the back room at Rincon del Chef. The meeting is an opportunity to meet new residents, catch up with old friends, hear from local organizations ...

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Opens First Hotel in Panama

{mosgooglecenter}  The Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand will fly its first flag in Panama with the conversion of the five-star, 301-room Veneto Hotel & Casino in Panama City to The Veneto, A Wyndham® Grand Hotel.   Peter Strebel, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts ...

Canoeist's wife 'missing' after leaving Panama

  {mosgooglecenter}   By Tom Leonard and Andrew Beatty in Panama and Richard Edwards Last Updated: 2:54am GMT 07/12/2007 The wife of "back from the dead" canoeist John Darwin has flown out of Panama but police were left waiting at Heathrow airport not ...

Raffle Winners Announced!

Games Night, Dec 6th, 2007 It was a great evening with just over thirty people joining in the fun. The raffle Grand Prize of Anna Liebig’s quilt was won by Jody Hessler! Congratulations, Jody! Tickets had been sold ...

Casting for Bond 22 extras in Panama took place yesterday, locations confirmed

      {mosgooglecenter} Panama has yet to be officially confirmed as a shooting location for the 22nd James Bond film (Daniel Craig came closest ...

Q&A: why Panama attracts wealthy foreigners

Panama's generous tax laws have long made it a haven for wealthy investers from overseas {mosgooglecenter}     Has Panama got a long history as a tax haven? Yes. It was regarded as the western hemisphere’s primary tax haven for ...

'Missing' canoeist arrested for fraud

{mosgooglecenter}  The wife of a British man missing, presumed dead, for five years has reportedly confessed that she and her husband were involved in a plot, but says her sons were not part of it.   When Anne Darwin was tracked down at her Panama City flat she ...

Mahjong Club Updates

Location Change for Friday's Mahjong Meet This friday, Dec 7th Mahjong group will meet at Don Chacos grill for lunch at 12pm. Games begin at 1pm. Chachos has offered us thier air conditioned room! See you there! ...

Games Night and Christmas Raffle

Hi Folks; I hope you are ready for one more games night before 2007 escapes us.  This games night will be special. We will be having the draw for a lovely handmade picnic quilt donated by Anna Liebig.  ...

Annual Christmas Parade

Led by Mary on a donkey and Joseph in toe, brought up in the rear, by Santa and Missus Claus pulled in a cart by two large oxen, the annual Coronado Christmas parade made a slow rhythmic  walk to the Coronado Hotel lobby. The parade is an opportunity for the ...

Panama's jails hold 7,000 untried prisoners

{mosgooglecenter}  PANAMA CITY, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Panama's jails host nearly 7,000 prisoners who have not been duly tried and convicted, due to slow judicial process, the country's Interior and Justice Ministry said ...