Hi friends!

Welcome to the 24th issue of the Panama Forum Newsletter!

What’s been going on at Panama Forum this week? Insightful discussions, exciting photos and interesting news have popped up! We’ll share some below:

TOP PANAMA THREADS:

  • Dating people who speak a different language
    Have you dated or are you dating someone who speaks a different language? Share your experiences and read others’ too!
  • Renting apartments in Panama City
    How much rent do you pay on a comfortable apartment per month? Which zone in Panama City is the best to live in? What do you need to know when renting an apartment in Panama City? Find out in this thread.
  • Cheap calls from the Uk to Panama
    Calling using Skype or Gizmo? Cheap calls from the UK to Panama? It’s in this thread and it’s great stuff!
  • Trustworthy lawyer
    Can you ever trust a lawyer? And if yes, whom would you recommend? Find out what others wrote and share your opinions too.
  • Stock Brokerage Firms In Panama (COMPLETE LIST)
    A big thank you to BEL-AIR for sharing this list! Do you have any experience investing on the stock market through Panama brokerage firms? Tell us on this thread.

PANAMA NEWS:

  • Fire Still Buring at Cerro Patacón Landfill in Panama City
    lthough Abraham Goti of the Municipal Direction of Urban and Domiciliary Cleanliness of the Municipality of Panama (Dimaud) said yesterday that the fire causing smoke at the Cerro Patacón dump had been controlled, this newspaper can confirm that dense smoke continues to come from this sector.
  • Biologists turn to captivity to try to save Panama’s golden frog from deadly fungus
    The golden frog is a symbol of Panama — revered by indigenous cultures in the past and the lucky emblem on lottery tickets today. Now threatened by a lethal fungus that has killed other species, the national treasure may be facing life in captivity. A pair of biologists have decided that plucking the frogs from the cloud forests and putting them in quarantine is the only way to save them. Their goal is to eventually return the frogs to the wild, but these scientists cannot predict if or when the fungus will disappear.
  • Roaring Bats: New Scientific Results Show Bats Emitting More Decibels Than A Rock Concert
    Annemarie Surlykke from the Institute of Biology, SDU, Denmark, and her colleague, Elisabeth Kalko, from the University of Ulm, Germany, studied the echolocation behavior in 11 species of insect-eating tropical bats from Panamá, the findings of which are reported in this weeks’ PLoS ONE.
  • PREVIEW: Central America, Venezuela seek solutions to food crisis
    The presidents of Venezuela and Central American countries are set to meet Wednesday in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua to seek government solutions to the current food scarcity in the region.