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    New Arts Center offers free classes to locals in Panama

    New Arts Center offers free classes to locals in Panama

    The new Center for the Arts at Finca La Maya is offering free courses to local residents in Panama. Currently, most schools cannot afford to hire teachers or provide materials for English or Arts instruction. The new resorts and communities in Panama are developing extremely fast ...

    Corvallis company hired to expand Panama Canal

    Corvallis company hired to expand Panama Canal

       {mosgooglecenter}    Every time Garry Higdem takes a night flight to Panama on business, he gets a graphic reminder of what he’s there to do. Coming in over the Pacific side of the isthmus, he looks down on as many as 95 ships waiting ...

    Why the Dollar is good for Panama

    Why the Dollar is good for Panama

       {mosgooglecenter}    The weak Dollar is not a bad thing for companies and individuals looking to invest or relocate business to Panama. It makes investing here more affordable than ever. Investors, tourists and executives visiting Panama ...

    Urban Composter Design Competition for Panama Casco Viejo

    Urban Composter Design Competition for Panama Casco Viejo

    A urban agriculture program underway in Panama City's old quarter is sponsoring a design competition for the perfect balcony-sized composter. Designs must be compact, simple to build out of local materials, cost less than $25 to construct and fit within the character of the ...

    An Insurance Broker With a Personal Touch

    An Insurance Broker With a Personal Touch

    VIP INSURANCE CORP.- is an independent brokerage, with 10 agents. As a broker, VIP INSURANCE CORP.- is able to shop the best rate and coverage for thier clients from all the insurance companies in Panama. Hernando Vasquez, the Operations Manager,  has been working in the insurance business  ...

    Keeping Your Eye on Coronado Roads

    Keeping Your Eye on Coronado Roads

    *************************************** The Following article was published in Asociación de Residentes de Playa Coronado, Aňo 1. No. 1 Marzo 2008. It has been tranlated from Spanish by Word for Word Language Services ...

    Paragliders Will Make Bid for World Record

    Paragliders Will Make Bid for World Record

       {mosgooglecenter}    PANAMA CITY, April 4, 2008, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- People involved in any sport are always looking for a new challenge. They want to go faster, higher, or farther than anyone before them. An historic charity event is giving Powered ...

    Panama Paragliders Ready to Set World Record for Leukemia

    Panama Paragliders Ready to Set World Record for Leukemia

    In May of 2008, an international group of Powered Paragliders (PPG) will meet in the Republic of Panama to attempt a world record.  Their mission is to cross from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean flying over the Panama Canal.  The fact that authorization has been obtained to fly over ...

    Panama’s Top 6 Overrated

    Panama’s Top 6 Overrated

       {mosgooglecenter}    This is not meant to be a negative article, but to avoid travelers showing up in Panama and being severely disappointed, it might be helpful to forewarn them about the following things that are, in my opinion, ghastly ...

    Top 5 Medical Tourism Destinations

    Top 5 Medical Tourism Destinations

       {mosgooglecenter}    In our previous article, Medical Tourism: Seeking Affordable Healthcare Overseas, NuWire investigated the modern concept of medical tourism—traveling to foreign countries for lower cost of care. Medical tourism destinations have ...

    Mrs. Phyllips Lopez - The Regidora of Playa Coronado

    Mrs. Phyllips Lopez - The Regidora of Playa Coronado

    The Post for the Regidora (Sherriff) of Coronado was created by the Coronado Beach Residents Association in order to facilitate public order as the population of Coronado increased in size.  This post is currently being held by Mrs. Phyllips Lopez. While the Coronado area duties could fall ...

    Old-Fashioned Charm in Panama City

    Old-Fashioned Charm in Panama City

       {mosgooglecenter}    Increased globalization in the world has led to a new way of life; one hinged on the pins of technology, communication, and innovative foresight in the world of business, culture, and overall wellbeing. But one small town in ...

    LifeFlight Panama´s First Helicopter Arrives In Panama

    LifeFlight Panama´s First Helicopter Arrives In Panama

       {mosgooglecenter}   (openPR) - LifeFlight Panama announced the arrival in Panama of their first air ambulance helicopter, "LifeFlight 1". The Bell 206 Long Ranger III aircraft arrived after being flown to Panama from Virginia in the USA by the company´s Senior ...

    Panama Ecologist Awakening Continues

    Panama Ecologist Awakening Continues

       {mosgooglecenter}    Panama, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) Indigenous, farmer, and ecology organizations entered their second week of wakefulness in defense of the environment, denouncing it is affected by private and government ...

    One of Seven: Baha’i Temple in Panama City, Panama

    One of Seven: Baha’i Temple in Panama City, Panama

       {mosgooglecenter}    What is that dome-ish thing up up there on the hill!? There are only 7 Baha’i Temples in the world, one of which is located right here in Panama City, Panama.  After I had that cleared up, I started to wonder, just what is the ...

    El Alcazar Condo Grand Inaguration

    El Alcazar Condo Grand Inaguration

    On Saturday March 22 El Alcazar hosted its official Grand Inauguration and unveiling of its model apartment on the 3rd floor, North Wing.  Residents and buyers on hand for the event were testament to the fact that El Alcazar has been paying attention to what North Americans ...

    Quintessentially Launches in Panama

    Quintessentially Launches in Panama

       {mosgooglecenter}    Global Luxury Brands coming together to create a Summer Extravaganza     PANAMA CITY, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintessentially, the world'sleading private members' club and concierge service, is set to launch in ...

    Panama FM denies alleged links to Colombian drug trafficker

    Panama FM denies alleged links to Colombian drug trafficker

       {mosgooglecenter}   Panama's first Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro on Monday rejected charges of having business contacts with one of Colombia's top drug traffickers. "I have never met nor had any contact with Mr. Nelson Urrego ...

    Panama: Canal carries high hopes

    Panama: Canal carries high hopes

       {mosgooglecenter}   Dressed in military-style fatigues and holding a metal pole for catching snakes, José Luis Ortega hardly looks to be at the vanguard of a $5.25bn project to expand Panama’s canal. But before long, the strip of land near the ...