Balboa Avenue Prices up 12% since March 2013

Wednesday, November 19 2014 @ 08:45 AM EST
Contributed by: Don Winner
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Real EstatePrices are up nearly 12% on residential high-rise apartments for sale in Panama’s waterfront district, Balboa Avenue compared to March 2013, the last time Panama Equity Real Estate conducted our pricing survey. These findings coincide with overall real estate trends for Panama City in the last 16 months, although prices are up in other areas of the city by even higher amounts (namely Costa del Este which has seen increases of closer to 20% during the same period). Read the rest of this entry »

Too Many Jobs, Not Enough Employees in Panama…

Saturday, August 16 2014 @ 01:52 PM EDT
Contributed by: Don Winner
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Employment & JobsPanama’s economy, which grew 8.4% in 2013, spurred the generation of 50,000 new jobs, but the country does not have the skilled labor necessary to meet the demand.
It is estimated in the next five years 250,000 new jobs will be created in different activities of the national economy. Read the rest of this entry »

New Low Cost Colombian Airline Starts Service To Panama

Friday, August 01 2014 @ 02:28 PM EDT
Contributed by: Don Winner
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Travel & TourismThe Colombian discount airline “VivaColombia” which has been in business for two years opened its first international route, targeting Panama City.
“The airline has six aircraft and starting today they will make ​​eleven international flights per week, seven between Bogota and Panama and four between Medellin and Panama,” said company president Juan Emilio Posada, shortly before the departure of the maiden flight to Panama City, from the El Dorado airport in Bogota. Read the rest of this entry »

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CorruptionThe mayor of the district of Portobelo, Carlos Chavarria, said the dentist Reinaldo Della Togna Martinelli – a cousin of the former President Ricardo Martinelli – demanded $80,000 to lobby the then Minister of Economy and Finance, Frank De Lima, in order to attend to the company A2Z Strategy Construction Panamá, S.A. Read the rest of this entry »

New Low Cost Colombian Airline Starts Service To Panama

Travel & TourismThe Colombian discount airline “VivaColombia” which has been in business for two years opened its first international route, targeting Panama City. Read the rest of this entry »