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August 2007 - Posts
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PR Newswire Panama Canal Begins Process to Select Firm That Will Design and Build New Locks ACP Releases Prequalification RFQ; Chooses Design-Build Route PANAMA CITY, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In another sign that Panama Canal expansion is moving Read More...
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New York Times New American Airlines service brings DFW's total international destinations up to 38 cities DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Aug 28, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- DFW International Airport will serve two more international destinations Read More...
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Availability of affordable health insurance coverage is one of the advantages living in Panama offers its citizenery. Because of the existence in the country of a number of successful local insurance companies, and a few very strong international competitors, Read More...
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By Chris Kraul for the LA Times - PANAMA CITY — It bothers former Pittsburgh Pirates star Omar Moreno that his native country lags far behind other Caribbean countries as an incubator of major league baseball talent. Panama currently has only five Read More...
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BY MINHAJ HASSAN for the Daily Record - MORRISTOWN -- Daniel Humberto Morales seems to have a permanent smile on his face. The 9-month-old Panamanian boy's smile is especially poignant as he was born with a congenital heart condition marked by a large Read More...
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I recently picked up a slightly used Street Pilot III GPS and had a detailed GPS map of Panama map from Steve Magaric's Panama-Zone.com loaded. This is simply the best GPS mapping product currently available for Read More...
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By Glenn Gamboa for Panama-Guide.com - Jonesing for some really good Thai, Mexican, or Italian food? How about some sauerbraten or a big bowl of hot and sour soup? Ever wonder how they do that? Well now you can answer all those questions and learn to Read More...
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By Roberto E. Quelne for La Estrella - Panama will lead economic growth in all of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2007 at a rate of 8.5%, according to an economic study of the region conducted. José Luis Machinea, the Executive Secretary of Read More...
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By Eric Montenegro for La Critica - Adrián Alvarado shows part of the injuries to his right shoulder caused by a crocodile attack. You can still see the teeth marks on his skin left behind by the crocodile that wanted to eat him. The sharp teeth Read More...
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By Massiel Arosemena for the Panama America - Death returned to visit a construction site again yesterday when the walls of a 3+ meter deep excavation pit collapsed, claiming the life of three construction workers. Four workers were trapped in the excavation Read More...
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By Brian Harris for the Jewish News Weekly - Colon Free Zone, Panama - While conflicts in the Middle East make the prospect of peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs seem distant, a walk along the crowded streets of this trading zone shows Jews and Read More...
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Water Power Magazine.com - Vattenfall Power Consultant has been awarded a US$8.6M contract for detailed engineering of civil works at the Changuinola I hydroelectric power project in the Republic of Panama. The new plant will be located on the Changuinola Read More...
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( cstv.com ) - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The United States fell to Panama 75-67 in pool play at the 2007 Pan American Games Thursday. Team USA is 0-2 in its pool and faces Argentina at 5:45 p.m. (CT) on Friday. University of Memphis' Joey Dorsey grabbed Read More...
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( AP/iht.com ) TALLAHASSEE, Florida: A rare gold coin once thought to be lost was reunited Thursday with the family of Panama's first president, who is believed to have received the $20 piece from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Florida Read More...
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By Tom Brown MIAMI ( Reuters ) - Former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega appeared on Thursday in the same Miami courtroom where he was convicted on drug charges in 1992, this time to fight extradition to France after his upcoming release from a Florida Read More...
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By Gloria Leiva Gaitán for El Siglo - Ex DEA informant David Viteri and bank robber Abilio "Pili" González live like kings in the La Joyita Penitentiary Center. Inspectors from the Public Ministry made an inspection of the maximum Read More...
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Last night strong storms damaged thirteen homes in the Darién province leaving some sixty people homeless. According Juan B. Murillo, the provincial Director of Panama's National Civil Protection System Read More...
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By Jessica Tasón for La Critica - Manuel Noriega will appear today in Miami before judge William Hooveler, who will decide on Noriega's extradition to France. Panama's Second Vice President Rubén Arosemena said the political opposition Read More...
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By Arnulfo Barroso Watson for the Panama America - Ex-General Manuel Noriega will have a cell in France that's very different from the one he has occupied for the past 17 years in Miami. His cubicle that is like a small apartment with a telephone, Read More...
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By David J. Lynch, USA TODAY - Pending trade deals with Peru and Panama could open the door to an increase in imports of unhealthy seafood, according to the watchdog group Public Citizen. The warning comes amid repeated episodes in recent months of poor-quality Read More...
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By Nadia Damouni in New York for FT.com - Teck Cominco could mull a play for JV partner Inmet Mining by the end of the year. The two currently share stakes in Canada-based Petaquilla Copper, with mineral reserve assets in Panama, said two sources familiar Read More...
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( Xinhua ) Two cargo vessels collided in the Panama Canal, causing no casualties or economic losses, Panama Canal's administration confirmed Wednesday. The two vessels, "White Mist" from Panama and "Miltiades" from Jamaica, crashed Read More...
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Panama, Jul 26 ( Prensa Latina ) Attorneys from Latin America and Europe are sharing their experience on terror prevention at a workshop sponsored by the government of Panama. In his opening address, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro noted the fact Read More...
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Panama-Guide.com is now operating out of a new, secret location deep in the heart of El Cangrejo in the middle of Panama City. Our new office numbers are 399-4750 and fax 399-4751 so please update your contact lists. Everything else remains the same, Read More...
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By Anuradha Shukla - TMCnet Contributing Editor - Navini Networks has announced what it said is the first commercial implementation of its 802.16e Mobile WiMAX software. The solution’s first deployment is in Panama City, Panama, where operator Liberty Read More...
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Our blues / rock band, which is comprised of a combination of expats and Panamanians, will debut at LUMs on the 18th of August starting at 9:30 pm. The band, "Bitches Ghost", includes Rod Richards as lead guitar. Rod was the original lead guitar Read More...
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I am working with a small group of individuals in Panama City to bring legendary Blues Guitarist John Mooney to play in early December. I would truly appreciate any contact information for individuals who might be able to assist in putting together a Read More...
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By José González Pinilla and Rafael Pérez G. for La Prensa - Jose Gomez, the Director of the Institutional Protection Service (SPI), was suspended yesterday after the confrontations between SPI officers and protesters from the Committee Read More...
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( East Side Boxing.com ) - COLON, Panama (July 24, 2007) – With the sun nearly set and the temperature still a warm and humid 85 degrees Fahrenheit, Celestino “The Towering Inferno” Caballero finds himself leaning on a rail outside a Read More...
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By Leonel Nodal for Prensa Latina - The Panama hearing to try former officials of the Moscoso government who released Luis Posada Carriles, was put off until August 14, a lawyer of the process revealed on Tuesday. The hearing was to be held today in the Read More...
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Hugh Bromma of The Entrust Group for Forbes - We recently found that 30% of our roughly 30,000 clients who invest in real estate through self-directed IRAs were interested in investing in offshore real estate. While that might seem like a surprisingly Read More...
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El Siglo - Panama's President Martin Torrijos and Labor Minister Reynaldo Rivera signed Executive Decree No. 17 of 20 July 2007, which names a new National Minimum Salary Commission. The principal members of the commission are: President of the Commission, Read More...
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By Jerónimo Ramírez U. for La Estrella - Panama's Ground Transportation and Transit Authority (ATTT) started to distribute the new digital driver's licenses today which contains new safety measures to prevent forgeries. Drivers from Read More...
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By Grisel Bethancourt for the Panama America - Police units from the Direction of Investigation and Information (DIIP) and the anti-drug prosecutor's office seized more than a ton of cocaine found hidden in the bottom of a truck with a false bottom Read More...
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 19, 2007 – The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) took one step closer to breaking ground for the expansion of the Panama Canal Tuesday, when it officially awarded the first expansion construction project contract to Constructora Read More...
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By Madeline Baró Diaz for Sun-Sentinel.com - Attorneys for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega on Monday filed papers in Miami federal court requesting that the U.S. government return him to Panama when he completes his federal prison sentence Read More...
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BEIJING ( AP ) — China is investigating a state-owned trading company's role in tainted medicine that killed at least 94 people in Panama, an official said Monday, as the European Union urged Beijing to be more vigilant about product safety. Read More...
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Residents near Panama's Pacific beaches will soon be closer to primary health care. The Clinica Hospital San Fernando held a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, 14 July 2007, for their new 750 square meter Clinica San Fernando Coronado. The clinic Read More...
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By Honey Dodge - ExPatsWest meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month. We have grown from less than 40 at our first social, to more than 150. We will be gathering on the 25th of July 2007, starting at 5:00pm or whenever you get there. Our get-together Read More...
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By Alexis Charris Palacios for La Estrella - Panama's Security Council has decided to take control of Panama's Office of Immigration due to the events of the past two years. The vulnerability of the entrances to the country has the Security Council Read More...
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By Elena Valdez for La Critica - Panama's National Environmental Authority (ANAM) retained close to 3,000 wood beams in a surprise operation in Coclesito de Donoso, in the Colon province. Juan Jaén, who is in charge of the Integrated Department Read More...
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By Xenia De León for the Panama America - According to Paul McBride, the CEO of Prima Panama S.A., apartment prices could fall due to lack of demand and ample supply, who said that if there are not sufficient buyers then real estate prices will Read More...
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( AP - NY Times ) - Panama said it still wanted to try the former dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega on homicide charges despite efforts to send him to France. Federal prosecutors in Miami filed papers to have Mr. Noriega extradited to France — where Read More...
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By Lourdes Garcia Navarro - All Things Considered , July 19, 2007 · The former strong-man of Panama, Manuel Antonio Noriega, is set to be released from a Miami prison in September. He was captured after the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and imprisoned Read More...
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BBC News - Manuel Noriega has served 17 years in prison in the US. Panama will seek the extradition of ex-leader Manuel Noriega when he is freed from a US jail in September, President Martin Torrijos has said. Noriega should serve a sentence imposed for Read More...
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Reuters - Panama President Martin Torrijos says he wants former military leader Manuel Noriega returned to serve jail time for murder when he is released from a US prison in September. He denied a secret deal to have Noriega extradited to France. Captured Read More...
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Calcutta News.Net - Former leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega, may have to go back to his own country to face further court charges. Captured by US forces in a 1989 invasion of Panama, Noriega was later convicted in a Miami court on multiple charges of Read More...
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Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has again selected Sepura SRH3500 sGPS(tm) hand-held TETRA radios for one of the world's busiest commercial waterways. After an initial order a year ago and with the network coverage infrastructure now fully in place, Read More...
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By Gail Swainson for The Star.com - Hal and Donna Grabowski – perched just this side of retirement – are busy, busy these days. Both run successful businesses; Hal is an accountant and Donna owns an insurance agency. But what really has the Read More...
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Written by Matt Landau Buying real estate in Panama can be frustrating, there’s no doubt about it, and everyone, whether they’re a smart investor or not, thinks they want something "special". In reality though, with more and more Read More...
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Article from Amerlamb The real estate investment potential in Panama has been growing directly in line with international interest in Panama; and the interest from tourists and retirees in this Caribbean country has surged in recent years with tourism Read More...
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PANAMA CITY, Panama , August 01, 2007 - The Republic of Panama is honored to receive the prestigious Samoter 2008 "Best Construction Project in the World" award for the Panama Canal expansion. The Samoter International Award honors those that Read More...
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Article from Amberlamb Panama is a strategically important, stunning, tropical Central American country growing increasingly popular with real estate investors particularly from Northern America and Western Europe. International property investors are Read More...
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Article from Amerlamb The general consensus of opinion in the property investor world right now would seem to be that you can’t go wrong with investment real estate in Panama – i.e., apparently you can buy anything and it’ll turn to Read More...
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Article from Amerlamb The Panama property market is receiving intense international interest from property developers and investors alike. All are trying to position themselves in the market as it booms ahead of the proposed expansion plans for the Panama Read More...
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Article from Amerlamb Panama is an emerging nation rapidly progressing; the canal is expanding, international tourism appeal is increasing, the mortgage and financial markets are maturing, public safety is improving and activity in Panama’s property Read More...
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Article from Aberlamb Among international real estate investors Panama is currently one of the most considered and researched locations with many investors considering when exactly to time their real estate market entry Among international real estate Read More...
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Article from Amberlamb There are no two ways about it – property in Panama is ripe for investment especially if you’re an investor working in a currency other than the US dollar right at the moment! As the dollar languishes in its miserably Read More...
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More money being loaned to Panama for the expansion according to the Peoples Daily (how do the Chinese get these stories first?). Here is an offer from the European Investment Bank. Long term, low rates, who could ask for more? How about some similar Read More...
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Panama continues to make the headlines in Latin News with increased GDP this year and expected larger one for next. As this article points out, much of this growth can be attributed to the real estate market because the canal expansion has not yet begun. Read More...
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The Ten Top Things Do and See Nearby Panama City 1.Embera Indian Village Tour 2.Monkey Island 3.Golf at Summit Golf Club 4.Gamboa Rainforest Resort at the Panama Canal 5.Canopy Tower 6.Portobello Day Trip 7.Barro Col 1.Embera Indian Village Tour One of Read More...
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Our correspondent is entranced by the country's charms, but his mother refuses to budge By Chris Wilson Read this artice in the Times THE WET winters of the West Country are not doing my mother any good, what with the fogs and the bogs and her ailments. Read More...
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What To Look Out For ~ By Matthew Atlee It would be very hard for anyone today to imagine what the Panama Canal Zone was like in its heyday, which would have been in the 1940s and 50s. It was after the Suez Crisis of 1956 when Egypt took control of its Read More...
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By Robert Bauman Panama continues as one of the world’s best tax and asset protection havens, and it also offers several options for tax-advantaged residency. That’s a considered opinion The Sovereign Society has espoused for several years, Read More...
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By MyFinances.co.uk Yesterday the British pound reached a 15-year high against the US dollar - and while this might give the economists headaches it is great news for overseas property investors. Whether you are looking for a place in the sun for the Read More...
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By JEFF COLLINS The Orange County Register International development is incredibly hot right now. Places like Dubai, Turkey and the Dominican Republic all have lucrative opportunities, and U.S. companies are getting involved in a big way. But before investors Read More...
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by Jennifer Stevens I got off the plane in David, Panama (well west of the capital, in the province of Chiriqui), and drovea n hour inland and up about 4,000 feet to the town of Boquete. There, I was pleasantly surprised. I hadn’t expected to like Read More...
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By Mona Sutherland April 2007 Most of us have already read the myriad of articles about Panama, not to mention the “About Panama” section on the websites of every real estate agency promoting property in the region. There is no doubt that Read More...
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A Special Report from Latin Business Chronical According to the latest Capital Access Index compiled by the Milken Institute, Panama ranks second only to Chile as the best place in Latin America to access capital. In three subcategories, Panama scored Read More...
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by William Hemingway Many of you may have read my article “Hemingway Hideaway” that I submitted to Escape from America Magazine about two years ago. I did retire to those same beautiful Chiriqui highlands a year and a half ago and love every Read More...
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By William Hemingway Why Panama? We all hypothesize what a retirement paradise should be. Realistically of course what we fancy and what we can afford is rather discouraging. Do not feel alone. A few years ago, It all of a sudden dawned on me that I was Read More...
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Written by Claire Saylor Saturday, May 19 2007 Many people who invest in Panamanian real estate choose to register their land or property under the name of a Panamanian corporation instead of directly under their own name. This process is also common Read More...
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Written by Claire Saylor Friday, May 18 2007 So you want to take part in the Panama real estate boom while profits are still inevitable – but you don't currently have the money to pay for it? In our world of credit purchasing where money can Read More...
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With its teeming rainforests, hidden beaches, and rich history and culture, the tiny isthmus that was once only known for a Canal is now making sound waves as perhaps the most authentic travel destination in Central America. Features in the New York Times Read More...
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Panama’s Free Trade Agreement with the United States is expected to be signed this month following consensus on labor stipulations, say US government officials, with subsequent approval by Congress. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said the Read More...
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By GUILLERMO I. MARTINEZ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT My passport says I'm writing this column from Panama, the country, not the city in the Florida panhandle. A quick auto trip to the old Panama Canal Zone to see the boats crossing the isthmus confirms Read More...
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BY CECI CONNOLLY. The Washington Post It was sticky hot, and I was grungy after a morning exploring the cobblestone passageways of Panama City's Casco Viejo , a 300-year-old cross between the crumbling charm of Old Havana and the restored glow of Read More...
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Knightsbridge Investment Group are proud to launch there new website dedicated to Panama Real Estate You will find 100’s of new and resale Panama Real Estate listed at www.knightsbridgeinvest-panama.com We have Panama Property from Panama City to Read More...
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Royal Caribbean Picks Up Panama Homeport Moving away from the Caribbean homeporting concept, Royal Caribbean plans to become the first cruise line to base a ship in Panama . The cruise line has announced that its 80,700-ton, 2,252-passenger Enchantment Read More...
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