Panama exported $16 million in beef to China in 2022


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The Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, in the company of Deputy Minister Alexis Pineda, met with Wei Quiang, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, to continue strengthening agricultural trade relations and the authorization of export plants for both pig and poultry slaughter in the country. The meeting where Erya Villarreal, Secretary General, Anaris […]

March 25, 2023

Panama promotes its National Green Hydrogen Strategy


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The National Secretariat of Energy (SNE) finalized an intense agenda of meetings for the promotion of renewable energies and green hydrogen as a sustainable fuel for the maritime industry in the sphere of the blue economy. During the recent Our Ocean 2023 convention, together with the Panamanian Foreign Minister, Janaina Tawaney, Energy Secretary Jorge Rivera […]

March 24, 2023

Two companies interested in maintenance of the Centennial bridge


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Two companies presented proposals for the public tender for the best value of the maintenance and rehabilitation project of the Centenario bridge. The fixed reference price reaches $5.6 million and the proposing companies were the CAA Centennial Bridge Rehabilitation Consortium (Centroequipos S.A., ARD Engineering INC., ATP Electronics, S.A.) with the sum of $ $6.2 million and […]

March 17, 2023

The Utah Public Radio newsroom goes to Panama


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Utah Public Radio is partnering with Utah State University’s Biology Department and Ecology Center to gather and share stories about research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama. UPR News Director Sheri Quinn and science reporter Colleen Meidt are meeting with Jerry Schneider, PhD postdoctoral fellow in the Beckman Lab. They […]

March 17, 2023

Group SURA posts 82% jump in Q4 net profit


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et profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia’s largest investment company, rose by 81.9% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the year earlier period, the firm said in a statement late on Tuesday. The company posted a net profit of 688 billion pesos ($142 million) for the October to December period. Total revenues in the […]

March 17, 2023

President Cortizo inaugurates the International David Fair


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The President of the Republic of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo, inaugurated this Thursday the David International Fair, in the province of Chiriquí, which will be held until next March 26. During the event, the president authorized the investment of $3.3 million so that this year, through the “A Better Stallion” program, 1,200 milk and meat bulls […]

March 17, 2023