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Members of cooperatives and workers celebrated withdrawal of the Banana Transnational company Chiquita Brand from Panama, which has controlled fruit business in the country for the last 80 years. read more »
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The international fair officially opens March 5 with a ceremony at the Anayansi Theater, of Atlapa Convention Center, in the capital of Panama, reported EFE. read more »
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PANAMA CITY, Feb. 19 /CNW/ -- Bellhaven Copper & Gold, Inc. (TSX-Venture: BHV) ("Bellhaven" or the "Company") in conjunction with its joint venture partner Dominion Minerals Corp. (OTC: DMNM) is pleased to report summary copper, gold and silver results from Holes CH-07-01 to CH-07-11 as part of the recently completed diamond drill program at the C read more »
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The yachts taking part in the Blue Water Rally are currently transiting the Panama Canal, which, as anyone who has passed through the canal will testify, is no small undertaking in a small craft. At around 2200 UTC yesterday the first wave of... read more »
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Panama, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis expressed his country's sincere and active commitment to the Association of Caribbean States on Friday, upon inaugurating its 13th Council of Ministers. read more »
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WASHINGTON -- The World Bank's Board of Directors approved yesterday a $75 million loan for Panama to support the Government's public finance management and reform program. This is the first IBRD operation in a proposed programmatic series of two read more »
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The Panama medicine deaths have reflected managerial differences between different countries, a senior official with China's drug watchdog said in Beijing on Monday. read more »
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PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 13, 2007 - After months of public consultations with various stakeholders and a comprehensive study on how to manage and mitigate impact on the environment, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) received a seal of approval f read more »
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OTTAWA, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterACTIVE Nutrition International Inc., a subsidiary of Natural Nutrition Inc. www.naturalnutritioninc.com has made another major breakthrough in the international market by shipping its first nutritional read more »
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HP plans to build a global delivery center in Panama City, Panama, that will provide services to help customers better manage business information and optimize their technology in read more »
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The Country Risk Service (CRS) provides sovereign credit risk analysis for 120 developing and highly indebted countries. read more »
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Panamanian President Martin Torrijos is set to throw the first pitch Saturday in a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays. Torrijos was invited to throw the honorary first pitch at Yankee Stadium in New York as part of read more »
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Anchorage-based Gunderboom Inc. has a contract to recover trees that were submerged during the construction of the Panama Canal in the early 1900s. "For every board foot we extract, that's one less board foot coming out of a green jungle," Dreyer read more »
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Spanish engineering firm Typsa has won a contract for the expansion of the Panama Canal. The firm was selected, along with Dutch company DHV, to collaborate with US company CH2M Hill in the project. read more »
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In a White House push to build congressional support for trade pacts with Peru, Colombia and Panama, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez will lead a congressional delegation to those countries Sept. 12-15. read more »
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We have added a technology section to the PanamaNewsBlog. The republic of Panama has a young but growing technology industry, so I am sure it will not be difficult to report about it! read more »
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Panama blasted away part of a hillside next to the canal on Monday, marking the start of the waterway's biggest expansion since it opened 93 years ago. Here is a nice pic from the AP read more »
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This is a unique program where one invests $40,000 in an approved Panama reforestation program. This allows the investor to obtain a Visa for themselves and their spouse as well as dependent children... read more »
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In an effort to enhance its position in the offshore financial services industry, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda has retained the New York law firm of Rubinstein & Rubinstein, LLP to redraft its asset protection, trust and foundation laws. read more »
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