Cover Story
Andrés lópez Piñeiro fishing tournament
For the third consecutive year Flamenco Marina is organizing an international fishing tournament. It will take place on September 18 and 19 in the Las Perlas Islands Archipelago, with weigh-ins and festivities held at the new Isla Viveros resort community. The event is organized in honour of Andres López Piñero (ALP) – an architect, visionary and founder of Flamenco Marina.
Organizers expect on participation of 60 boats with five fishermen each bringing the number of participating fishing fans and pros to 350. Lots of excitement is in the air, and winners are eyeing some $120,000 in prizes. Women and children have their own prize categories. As is standard procedure for the tournament, Flamenco Marina will have rescue boats and medical personnel on stand by. More [+]
Features
Panamanian horse wins the Prince of Wales Stakes in Canada
The Prince of Wales Stakes horse race is is considered the “second jewel in Canada´s Triple Crown horse racing” the Queen´Plate and the Breeders. So when this year, a “Panamanian mystery horse” named Golden Moka won the big race at Fort Erie near Toronto and across the border from Buffalo, NY, all eyes were fixed on the horse and his home country of Panama.
Golden Moka went off at 10-1 with apprentice jockey Anthony Stephen in the stirrups. Stephen kept the horse on task and came through on the rail to win going away by 23/4 lengths. Queen’s Plate winner A horse named Big Red Mike, who won the recent Queen’s Plate race was sent to post as the 4-5 favourite, and jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva were quick out of the gate to take a front-running position along the rail. More [+]
Property matchmaking
The Panama Property Exchange is soon to be launched by former US commercial real estate professional Tom Brymer. He is also the founder of the Panama Advisory International Group, his marketing platform, “still in its infancy,” he says, that “has attracted attention from investors from around the world who want to learn more about Panama and potentially invest here.”
The property exchange will be its own blog format website, aimed at people looking to get out of their investment here and slip into another one anywhere in there world through a sort of match-maker brokerage where trade is at the center of the game instead of cash. More [+]
Fiesta Alrededor del Mundo
It’s happening at the ATLAPA Convention Center on Thursday, September 2 from noon to 7:00 p.m. It’s called the Fiesta Alrededor del Mundo (Party Around the World) and it’s a much-awaited gastronomic event that happens once a year. The Caravana de Asistencia Social, made up of the wives of Panama’s most highly respected diplomats, is commissioning between 30 and 40 food and drink stands so that attendees of this event can eat their hearts out around the world. More [+]
For wine lovers
Cavas Wine Tasting Café is a new bar and restaurant in the Banking District. It is a one-of-a-kind wine bar that offers an ideal new way to sample wines all night or try them out until you find the one that suits your palate just right. A wine dispensing machine gives the option to sample a shot, taste a half of a glass or savor a full glass of over 80 different varieties of wines from all over the world.
Here’s how it works: Guests are given a debit-style card to keep track of the bill. Insert it into slot for the wine to be tried, select amount and viola – vino! The price is added to a running bill on the card. Another 200 wine selections are available by the bottle. More [+]
