Hundreds ‘devils’ dance around Panama’s Old Town


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Around 300 “devils” toured the colonial Casco Antiguo of Panama’s capital dancing to the rhythm of rattles and drums on Sunday. Dressed in colorful costumes and terrifying masks, the devils danced through the main streets of Panama City’s Casco Viejo, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1997, while they “scared” those present, within […]

April 21, 2023

MUPA Festival, alternative music event


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verything is ready for the eighth edition of the MUPA Festival, where the names of the bands that will be participating this 2023 were announced. This festival is an alternative music event that represents a musical-artistic showcase in the search to generate messages of social awareness, promote emerging artists and provide an interactive space for family coexistence. Its […]

April 21, 2023

Expansion of Via España is in an administrative limbo


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Seven months have passed since the Administrative Court of Public Contracts revoked a decision of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) and awarded the extension of the Vía España to the C&T Vía España consortium and nothing is known about when the order to proceed with the work will be given. In the face of the expansion, […]

April 21, 2023

Panama has advanced technology in fish aquaculture


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The professor and director of Aquaculture at the University of Miami, the Brazilian Daniel Benetti, panelist of the Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Aquaculture of the Regional Chapter ofThe World Aquaculture Society LACQUA23, which takes place in this capital from April 18 to 21, highlighted that in Panama there is the most advanced technology in the world […]

April 21, 2023

Panama will become an agricultural hub for Latin America


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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 […]

April 14, 2023

after 40 years of attempts by Panama, national meat products will finally be able to have access to the North American market.


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This morning, the Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre and the regional director of Quarantine Services of the International Regional Agency for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), Raúl Rodas, signed an agreement to expedite payment through the regional agency of the inspectors of coil cattle slaughter plants in Panama. It should be noted that after 40 years of […]

April 14, 2023