Sunday Night at the Metropolis 26th November 2006.

What a busy week! As has been promised we have the full interview with Pana-Health on Medical Tourism in Panama, we talk to Natacha Borgeo; Executive Director, Dr Richard Ford (pictured); Medical Coordinator and Dr Luis Picard-Ami Jr a Plastic Surgeon working with the program.
As usual our local news headlines and in the second half of the program our lead up to Christmas starts with David Young giving us some of the history behind the Christmas we know today, David will be with us each week up to and including our special "Christmas at the Metropolis" being broadcast on Christmas Eve. John McKendrick in London has been looking at "Bush House" (click on image for larger view) home of the BBC World Service and surmising on its future. Want to send greetings to friends and family on our program.... especially our Christmas program on 24th December, drop us a line metro@on-the-radio.com

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Sunday Night at the Metropolis 19th November 2006

In our health segment this week we pass on some good advice received as to how you or I could help identify someone suffering from a stroke, (click here for more information on recognising strokes) as well as a preview of a full interview to be aired in our next program covering Medical Tourism in Panama.

Our man in London John McKendrick finds himself invited to a function at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, where he endures a talk on Iran and is a witness to the "Pinch". (pic: Royal Geographical Society London)

One of the ex-pats groups is getting ready for a New Years Cruise around Panama Bay (Pic: Bridge of Americas looking back from the bay, click pic for larger view) and we look for help with the clothes drive for the Elks to go towards helping the Children of the Hellen Keller Institute for the Blind. Are you working on a Children's charity this Christmas? Let us know so we can pass it on.
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Sunday Night at the Metropolis 12th November 2006

In this weeks program: Well one thing was obvious after our laid back program last week, was that you prefer it more up beat! Your wish is our command. Our usual gambit of goodies, in our health snippet we look at a few statistics and recommend shopping around for your health insurance, as well as our popular aerobics spot. John McKendrick's Letter from London this week gives us colorful descriptions of commuting on the Underground and the Costswold market town of Woodstock.
An hour in to the program we have our local news headlines for the last week with John Mac and in the second half we take our roving microphone "Out and About" to Cafe Pomodoro where we met up with Panama's Chef Willy Diggelmann, we talk about the Club Vino as well as his restaurant "1985" one of Panama top eateries as well as having won many awards for best wine cellar (find out the cost of the most expensive bottle in the cellar!).
News on upcoming events, including an interesting talk to be given by the Smithsonian institute on the threat to amphibians due to loss of habitat etc.
Coming up in future programs, interviews on Health insurance, Health Tourism (interviews with doctors working in this field), and much more. For more information and general contact metro@on-the-radio.com

Sunday Night at the Metropolis 5th November 2006.

This is the month where Panama celebrates its origins with Parades, buildings proudly flying the National Flag and adorned with Red White and Blue. This last weekend being the "Main Event" celebrating Independence from Colombia in 1903, there were Parades on Friday and Saturday with school bands as well as bands from national units such as the Nautical school and the Fire department. Also a lot of people leave the city to enjoy the beaches and the countryside. So we took the tranquility of the city as an excuse to slow the program down a bit. Our interview with a doctor on the subject of Medical Tourism has been put back by request a week or so due to the holidays, but we still touch on the subject from the incoming patients perspective. Check out more details at www.pana-health.com. This week we introduce a "Letter from London" a small snippet in the life of the City and England in general as perceived by our man on the spot John McKendrick.
As usual the local news headlines and in the second half we chat with David Young, broadcaster, author and general font of knowledge, from the 26th of November on our lead up to Christmas David will be giving us morsels of trivia to get us ready for the festive season. And remember Christmas is about giving, we want to know about your charitable events especially if they are involving Children. LET US KNOW...... METRO@ON-THE-RADIO.COM