Tender for $7 Million in School Construction in Panama


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Panama’s Ministry of Education requires studies, designs, development of plans and construction of the Republica de Venezuela School and Bolivar Commercial Institute. <stron< a=””>”The Republica de Venezuela School to be built will be three levels, with some of the following specifications: – First Floor: 1,822.06 m2, including 12 theoretical classrooms, stairs, a support classroom, Psychopedagogical office, infirmary, […]

August 24, 2021

Registration Opens for Panama Travel Mart


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Registration is now open for next month’s Panama Travel Mart. The event will be held in-person at the Sheraton Grand Panama in Panama City from September 28-30, 2021, allowing participants to attend face-to-face meetings with key players, tour some of the top sites and attractions in Panama City and be present for the opening ceremony of […]

August 24, 2021

Red Cross ships 37 tons of aid to Haiti from Panama


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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) shipped 37 tons of humanitarian aid to Haiti from Panama on Thursday, five days after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake left nearly 2,000 dead and tens of thousands of families homeless in that impoverished Caribbean nation. The plane transporting emergency supplies from the federation’s humanitarian warehouse […]

August 24, 2021

Surge in migrants seeking the U.S. alarms Panama


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The number of migrants trekking through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles to reach the U.S. has surged nearly twentyfold since the start of the year, overwhelming towns along the route and threatening to aggravate the crisis at the U.S. southern border. More than 19,000 migrants walked to Panama from Colombia last month, compared […]

August 17, 2021