DISCLAIMER: This article was published on January 20, 2021. We will update it as much as we can and with the most accurate information possible, but it is always best to confirm travel guidelines, testing requirements and boarding procedures…
“If you don’t have a cultural identity, you don’t know who you are. You don’t know where you are going, or why you came to this world. We have come to stay; to create a legacy within the history…
On January 4, the Minister of External Relations Erika Mouynes announced that some time between January 18 and 25, 2021, Panama will be receiving its first 40,000 doses of the Pfizer manufactured COVID-19 vaccine. Health care professionals and senior…
The Ministry of Health announced earlier in December a series of measures to be implemented over the holiday season and into January 2021 in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19; particularly in the Panama City metropolitan area,…
COVID-19 Epidemiological Report in Bocas del Toro and Panama – December 28, 2020 Featured image courtesy of Alfredo Jurado Photography In the islands of Bocas del Toro, as of December 28, 2020, there are currently…
Panama Health Minister Luis Francisco Sucre held a press conference on December 27th, 2020 announcing new restrictions for the first two weeks of January 2021. Most of the announcements were specific to the provinces of Panama and Panama Oeste,…
Another year passes, and it’s another Caribbean Christmas in the record books for Bocas del Toro. This year there were no boat parades or traditional public holiday parties; as the community stands in solidarity in the…
Bocas del Toro has been a quite a pleasant place to quarantine; with curfews, lockdowns and all. Though Panama had been opening up gradually for international tourism since October, the Ministry of Health announced some unexpected new restrictions for…
