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Mayor to Change Carrot Law

May 24, 2013
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Panama Mayor Roxana Mendez will reform the decree popularly known as the Carrot Law, which regulates alcohol sales in the district of Panama. Former Mayor Bosco Vallarino introduced the law in 2011 to ban alcohol sales in bars, hotels, casinos, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, cantinas and night clubs after 2 a.m. weekdays and 3 a.m. weekends. The…

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Meat Prices are Up

May 16, 2013
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Meat Prices are Up

Meat costs more now in Panama. This is not unusual. Beef prices for one usually experience an increase following the dry season due to the lack of pasture and overabundance skinny cows. In fact, 128 cows were reported dead in Maracas, Los Santos just last week, and cows are estimated to have lost 250 pounds…

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Ironman is Best Panama Geisha

May 10, 2013
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Ironman is Best Panama Geisha

The Ironman geisha coffee came in first at the 17th annual Best of Panama tasting competition. Produced by the Roberto Brenes farm, Ironman took best with a score of 91.7031, followed by Alpes Janson of Carl Janson with 90.7500 and Esmeralda Special Cañas Verdes of Price Peterson with 90.4219. Pacamara Don Julian Heakyung Kang Burneskis and Esmeralda Special…

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Best of Panama Coffee is Coming

April 27, 2013
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Best of Panama Coffee is Coming

Coffee cuppers from around the world will gather in Boquete to select Panama’s best coffees for the much anticipated annual online auction. From May 6 to 8, a group of 16 international judges will choose 24 of 78 coffee samples from three categories: natural, traditional and geisha – evaluating aroma, acidity, body, fragrance, uniformity, sweetness,…

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Panama Launches Milk Institute

March 24, 2013
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Panama Launches Milk Institute

Panama launched an Institute of Milk Production this week to increase efficiency in the industry and meet the national demand. Panama currently supplies 195 million gallons of milk, or 105 million gallons short of that demand. The initiative is supported by the National Bank of Panama, the Ministry of Agricultural Development, the Institute of Agricultural Research,…

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