The San Jose de Malambo Orphanage has received a $20,000 donation from Minera Panama just in time for the holidays. “Minera Panama’s donation will allow Malambo’s HIV-positive orphans to receive the medical care and nutritional supplements they need to help them survive and thrive,” said orphanage director Sister Lourdes Reiss. The Malambo Orphanage, currently home...
Panama Banking Wires Will Go Underground
In January, Panama’s Public Services Authority will begin burying the visually unattractive electric cables in Panama City’s banking district. This first phase will cost $19.5 million and will be followed by $12 million wire concealment in the Colon Free Zone and $5 million each for the cities of David and Santiago. The authority also...
Copa Aids U.S. Export Initiative, Signs Up for 22 Boeings
Panama’s Copa Airlines will add 22 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its fleet for $1.7 billion with an option to buy 10 additional planes, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. “As we continue to grow our economy in the U.S., sales like these will help us reach President Obama’s National Export Initiative goal of...
Taiwan Harnesses Sun to Power Panama Farms
Taiwan’s Technical Mission is promoting the use of clean energy by installing the first of 15 solar panels in western rural Panama. The sun-generated energy will be used to light fields and animal pens, operate wells and power irrigation systems. Edwin Goty, an engineer with the Ministry of Agriculture, says that there are plans...
Visitors and Neighbors Get Whiff of Chorrera Prison Sewage
La Chorrera prison’s sewage system collapsed earlier this week, its wastewater runoff affecting prison visitors and nearby residents. Most of the sewage runs into the area where inmate relatives wait in line to deliver food and medicine to prisoners. Neighbors were forced into action and opened a trench to divert the course of wastewater...
Wing Zone Drums Up International Expansion Starting With Panama
Seizing on Panama’s love of American brands, chicken, and spice, the Wing Zone is taking its business international with its first overseas location in Panama City. The Atlanta-headquartered restaurant chain was founded in a University of Florida fraternity house in 1991 as a late-night munchie concept and today specializes in deep-fried food products, especially...
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