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 […]
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 […]
Committed to protecting the present and future of the environment, the financial institution BAC will launch its BIO card in Panama on March 10. It is of natural origin, made of inedible corn, which at the end of its useful life and is returned to the established points of BAC, will be composted, returning to […]
The National Population and Housing Census 2020 has completed the census stage of registration and will now enter the post-censal phase, after 53 days of data collection. The National Institute of Statistics and Census (Inec) confirmed this Thursday that the enumerators visited 1,537,183 homes and censused 4 million Panamanians, which represents 90% of the estimated […]
The restoration of the Forts of San Jerónimo and San Lorenzo, in addition to the construction of a visitor center, are some of the projects under development to underpin “the great cultural and tourist potential” of the Fortifications of the Caribbean Coast of Panama, a World Heritage Site since 1980. These strong, magnificent prototypes of […]
Irregular migration is one of the great challenges of the region and as such, it requires coordinated solutions between our countries. Authorities from the governments of Panama, Colombia and the United States met to coordinate efforts to address irregular migration in the Darién area. In this meeting, “it was agreed to strengthen intelligence work with […]
The National Ministry of Energy announced the new maximum sales prices for liquid fuel in Panama, which reflect an increase and begin to take effect from Friday, February 10. That is, 95-octane gasoline will decrease by 2 cents per liter, 91-octane gasoline will decrease by 2 cents per liter and Diesel will decrease by 8 cents […]
Within the framework of the Acobir 2023 Real Estate Expo and in order to continue looking for growth opportunities for the sector at the international level, the Panamanian Association of Brokers and Real Estate Promoters (ACOBIR) organized the Panama Real Estate Trade Mission 2023 with great success. More than 65 Real Estate Brokers and investors […]
An association of Panamanian professionals has renewed its efforts to stop the only open-pit mining by a subsidiary of a Canadian-listed company that has breached more than 200 environmental regulations in Panama. If national authorities do not react, the association will consider taking the case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the head […]