The construction of the Horticultural Excellence Center for Agricultural Innovation Panama-Israel will turn the country into an agricultural hub for Latin America. This was confirmed by the Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, during his tour of the experimental station of El Ejido, in Los Santos, headquarters of this project. In his visit, Valderrama commented […]
With 800 units in 36 points in the country, the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) begins Easter operation together with security and emergency entities, he reported in an official statement. The Sinaproc will deploy specialists in operations, first aid, medical emergency technicians, lifeguards, rescuers, search, rescue, logistics, risk management, canine unit and communications to provide […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Panama’s government approved a 20-year loan deal worth nearly $626 million with the Japanese government aimed at continuing work on a second phase of a major public transit line southwest of the capital, officials announced on Thursday. The Line 3 metro system covers 14 train stations stretching across 17 miles (27 km) and the work […]
The idea had been bandied about for decades, but in January 1880 a bold French team finally embarked on one of the most ambitious projects of all time: building a shipping canal through the Panamanian jungle to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But in less than a decade the French canal company had gone […]
Panama’s economy grew 13.5% last year compared to the previous year, the Central American country’s comptroller general said on Thursday, reporting a gross domestic product (GDP) landing at 76.52 billion Panamanian balboas ($76.5 billion). “Economic activities continued to recover during the year, thanks to the pandemic coming under control, allowing for the total opening of […]