Arco Properties
In Panama, the acronym «PH» (short for Propiedad Horizontal — the local term for «Horizontal Property») refers to condominiums or apartment buildings whose use may be residential, commercial, or tourist-oriented. Tourist Horizontal Properties (Tourist PHs) refer to developments made up…
Read moreBeatlemania tomorrow in Danilo Perez Jazz Club, just like the love craze born in 1963 for everything Beatles related. Dust off your memories and sharpen up your knowledge because there won’t only be music, there will be trivia.
Read moreThe Committee of Friends of Churches of the Casco Antiguo have put together a list of times and dates for the Litrugical Celebrations during Holy Week. This year Palm Sunday falls on March 20.
Read moreI just got the last issue of THE VISITOR/ EL VISITANTE ( http://www.thevisitorpanama.com/) and to my great suprise it features Avenida Central, one of my favorite places in Casco Antiguo. The issue is printed, they take a few days to…
Read moreFor those who thought it would never happen, or that it would take ages… it is real and going forward at full speed. The cinta costera project is a huge park along the coast that involves new lanes to deal…
Read moreYou can download full reports for each country at: http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/prensa/noticias/comunicados/5/32025/P32025.xml&xsl=/prensa/tpl/p6f.xsl&base=/tpl/top-bottom.xsl For Panama, here is the summary: In 2007, Panamanian economy grew 9.5%. This is Panama´s 4th year of sustained growth where the GNP per person has incremented 7.7%. For 2008…
Read moreLast night I was sitting in a beautifully restored 300 year old church listening to sacred and Christmas music in a concert given by Musica Viva, a very well known Panamanian choir. It took me 6 minutes to walk from…
Read moreI often comment on my clients that Casco Antiguo is like Woody Allen: either you hate it or you love it, there is no “in between”. It is definatly not for everyone. For the right person, it is very easy…
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