Tender for $48 Million in Railway System


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Panama Metro tenders engineering services for the design, supply, assembly and installation, testing and commissioning of the integrated railway system for the extension to Villa Zaita and integration with the existing Line 1. Panama Government Purchase 2021-2-80-0-08-LP-003842: “As per the scope of each line item the Contractor shall design, supply and install all required Integrated Rail System elements […]

June 8, 2021

Panama to reduce electricity prices by using renewable energies


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Panama will reduce electricity prices with the transformation of the energy matrix supported by clean energy and policies for the sector, local media reported.   President Laurentino Cortizo presented the ‘Strategy for the comprehensive development of the electricity sector’ during a visit he made to an electrical substation in the northern Panamanian province of Colon. […]

June 8, 2021

Congressman, Journalists: Historic Surge of ‘Extra-Continental’ Immigrants Now Pouring Through Panama to US Border


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By Todd Bensman as published June 2, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies A record 10,000 so-called ‘extra-continental’ migrants from around the world poured through the notoriously untamed Darian Gap jungle passage between Colombia and Panama, bound for the American border, during just in the single month of May, according to two journalists and a US […]

June 8, 2021

Energy: Billion Dollar Mega-Project Announced in Panama


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Local authorities announced plans to build in the province of Colon the Gatun Generating Station, an energy complex that will operate with liquefied natural gas and will require a $1 billion investment. The morning of June 1, President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen explained that this project will require a foreign investment from Group Energy Gas Panama, a consortium formed by InterEnergy […]

June 8, 2021

Panama Celebrates U.S., Holds Memorial Day Parade


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Memorial Day is a day set apart for America to remember the fallen soldiers who have fought for the country’s freedom. In the village, the day is celebrated with an annual parade. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no parade held last year. With the world slowly working to open itself back […]

June 8, 2021

Copa Airlines creates new classes for travel from Panama to four destinations


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Panama’s flag carrier Copa Airlines announced Wednesday the creation of the Dreams Executive and Economy Extra classes, which “raise the level of comfort and convenience” for passengers traveling from Panama to four destinations in South America and the United States. Copa Airlines passengers traveling between Panama and Montevideo (Uruguay), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Sao Paulo (Brazil), […]

June 8, 2021