Coronado rose up as Panama’s first developed beach town. It is located about forty five minutes to the West of Panama city, via the InterAmercian Highway which is one of the best in Central America when it comes to quality.

Coronado’s entrance is marked by several shopping malls with a subway sandwich shop, various stores and an unusual grocery read more »
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Panama’s migratory laws have created two types of visas, easily available to pensioned or retired foreigners, to enjoy life in this country, after retirement.

Both visas grant the status of Resident and some tax exemption benefits. One is called Pensioned Tourist’s Visa, and the other is called Retired Pensioner’s Visa. read more »
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The yachts taking part in the Blue Water Rally are currently transiting the Panama Canal, which, as anyone who has passed through the canal will testify, is no small undertaking in a small craft. At around 2200 UTC yesterday the first wave of... read more »
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Learn Spanish Fast with this huge resource for the best learn spanish courses. Learn spanish in the best way possible - by enjoying yourself. read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Thank you very much. read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - It's sweeps week! Ah yes, those last few days of every month when I shamelessly beg my regular readers to tell their friends and relatives about www.panama-guide.com. read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Welcome aboard to our latest link swapper - Brico Offshore Services. From their website: "BRICO Offshore Services - Is a Panamanian company established since 2000, speci read more »
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PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) -- Voters overwhelmingly approved the largest modernization plan in the 92-year history of the Panama Canal on Sunday, backing a multi-billion dollar expansion that will allow the world's largest ships to squeeze th read more »
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On Monday, a ceremony on the outskirts of Panama City marked the beginning of a $5.2 billion Panama Canal expansion project, which aims to double the canal's capacity. Below a YouTube Video covers the ceremony. read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - If you watch this video closely it looks like the design will end up adding four lanes of one-way traffic heading from the fish market toward Paitilla. Also, there will be surface level returns (no bridges) to re read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Because it makes them easier to email. I'm putting together a collection of everything I can find about this case and then it's all going into one of those "send this to everyone you know" emails. I will pers read more »
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By John Lindsay-Poland for the Fellowship of Reconciliation - (December 1997)) Negotiations between Panama and Washington on the possible presence of US troops in Panama after 1999 have been plagued with conflict. In April Panama's concessio read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - This comes from the Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1997, Department of State Publication 10535, Office of the Secretary of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Released April 1998 - "The Unit read more »
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El Universal - Panamanian customs authorities seized an undeclared amount of USD 44,000 from a Venezuelan citizen who landed in Tocumen international airport, government sources told Efe. The Venezuelan tourist arrived Monday from Santo Domingo, Dom read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Just remember, this is Panama. The PRD members of Panama's National Assembly voted unanimously to put Pedro Miguel Gonzalez forward as the official candidate of the party for the upcoming election for Preside read more »
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Panama, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) In an open challenge to US pressure to prevent Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez from being elected as president of the Panamanian Parliament, most of his colleagues will guarantee his election for that post. Political opp read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I can't tell you how many calls and emails I got this morning about the tourist visa thing (again.) Last week Dixa Castillo de Mendez, the Chief of the Legal Office of Panama's Department of Immigration issue read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I was just notified by the guys running the trip that was going to be a full northbound transit of the Panama Canal that they are going to be forced to cancel the trip due to unspecified reasons. All those wh read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Yesterday while driving back from a toad-trip to the "Costa Abajo" of the Colon province I heard on the radio that the members of opposition political parties in Panama's National Assembly are not goin read more »
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By CURT ANDERSON (AP) - MIAMI - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega can be extradited to France once he completes his U.S. prison sentence for a 1992 drug trafficking conviction, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Noriega, 73, is due to be releas read more »
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