New Brazil-Panama Flights


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Copa Airlines is launching new flights between Panama and both Salvador and Fortaleza in Brazil. The carrier will fly to Fortaleza and Salvador beginning July 18 and 24, respectively, adding up to a new total of nine destinations in Brazil for Copa. It also means two more cities to connect to Panama’s large hub in […]

March 6, 2018

Rise in Poultry Production in Panama


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The poultry producers’ association estimates that production of chicken meat has grown by almost 40% in the last nine years, while annual per capita consumption went from 68 pounds in 2007 to 92 pounds at present. inShare The figures are estimates from the National Association of Poultry Farmers (Anavip), whose data indicates that in 2008 […]

February 26, 2018

$12 million Tender for Urbanization Works


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Tocumen Panama is putting out to tender the adaptation of access roads, subdivision and urbanization of 13 hectares of land that will be used for the first phase of a free zone to be built on the airport’s premises. Panama Government Purchase 2018-2-02-0-08-LV-007334: “According to the guidelines established in the 2015 Master Plan, Tocumen International […]

February 26, 2018

Frozen Shrimp Trade


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Between January and September of 2017, Central American countries exported $275 million worth of frozen shrimp and langoustine, 22% more than in the same period in 2016. Figures from the information system on the Market for Shrimp and Frozen Langoustine in Central America compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: Click to interact with graph […]

February 26, 2018

Panama Needs More Electricity


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Construction projects for water treatment plants, and extensions to the Metro and the airport, are works that will considerably increase demand for electricity in the coming years. According to the National Interconnected System Plan 2017-2031, construction of several water purification plants in different areas around the country will increase demand for electricity, as they are […]

February 26, 2018

Panama: Financing for the Livestock Sector


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The Agricultural Development Bank has $14 million to use for financing the purchase of livestock and bulls created through artificial insemination, with an interest rate of 2%, a term of 15 years and with collateral. The Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) reported that the goal of this financing is to repopulate male and female livestocks, […]

February 25, 2018

Israel EMS team awarded for lifesaving aid in Panama


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United Hatzalah received an award from the Panama Homefront Command on February 5, 2018, honoring the lifesaving aid the Israeli voluntary first-response organization has helped provide to the small Central American country in recent years. President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer accepted the award, presented by José Donderis, chief of SINAPROC, Panama’s response […]

February 25, 2018