Robots fight weeds in challenge to agrochemical giants


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In a field of sugar beet in Switzerland, a solar-powered robot that looks like a table on wheels scans the rows of crops with its camera, identifies weeds and zaps them with jets of blue liquid from its mechanical tentacles. Undergoing final tests before the liquid is replaced with weedkiller, the Swiss robot is one […]

May 29, 2018

Plan to Build Three Agricultural Centers


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Construction is planned for next year, on a plot of land measuring between 7 and 10 hectares in the province of Los Santos, Panama, of the first of the three centers of agricultural excellence. After the signing of a memorandum between the agricultural authorities of Israel and Panama, it was agreed to build three agricultural […]

May 29, 2018

Panama Metro Extension: 15 Companies Interested


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Meco, China Railway Group and Construcciones Civiles Generales are three of the companies that took part in a preview visit to the Line 2 Branch project, which will connect the Higher Technical Institute of the East with the Tocumen airport. Metro de Panamá reported that the companies that participated in the preview visit were the […]

May 29, 2018

Panama’s Tejada confirms retirement after Russia


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Panama striker Luis Tejada confirmed prior to a national team training session that he would retire from international play after the Canaleros’ (Canal Men’s) maiden World Cup appearance. The player for Peruvian club Sport Boys told reporters on Friday that he had made the decision because there are a lot of young players waiting in […]

May 29, 2018

Talks over Panama-China free trade pact to start in July


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Negotiations over a free trade agreement between Panama and China will begin in July, Panama’s trade and industry minister said on Friday, just a year after the two nations established diplomatic relations. The first round of talks will take place in Panama City, and negotiators are expected to name technical teams that will be charged […]

May 29, 2018

Ex-Panama president Martinelli to drop extradition fight


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A spokesman for former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli says the ex-leader is dropping his legal efforts to fight extradition from the United States to Panama. Luis Eduardo Camacho confirms that Martinelli shared his decision through a handwritten note from jail in Miami. Panamanian authorities want to prosecute the 66-year-old Martinelli for embezzlement and espionage he […]

May 29, 2018

Fantasy Island Revisited Again


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Susie and I revisited Isla Palenque last week and we got to see the newly opened casitas just down from the Las Rocas Bar which now has a hugely expanded lounging deck, swimming pool,  dining area and full commercial kitchen to serve 30 plus people .  The developer, Ben Loomis has added these amenities on […]

May 27, 2018

$30 million in Deals at Real Estate Fair


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In the first two days of Expo Mivi, a fair dedicated to the sale of affordable housing in Panama, $29.7 million was negotiated in the approval of 566 housing units. inShare From a statement issued by the Ministry of Housing and Land Management Expo Mivi 2018, a real estate fair designed by the Ministry of […]

May 23, 2018