(prensa.com) The Old Town is a warrior who survives by its authenticity and historical. Located in the village of San Felipe, the site listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site (1997) Received in 2009, 5 800 Thousand Tourists, According To statistics from the tours of the Office of Casco Antiguo (OCA). Located in the village of San Felipe, the site listed by UNESCO as a … [Read more...]
Panama’s Centennial Bridge access ready by September
(Newsroom Panama) Work on the revamping of the access road to the Centennial Bridge which collapsed in December 2010 will be completed in August or September. The Ministry of Public Works says that work has finished on 84 of 140 pylons that will support the new access road. The repair work has reduced the traffic flow across the bridge to one direction at limited times, … [Read more...]
Billboard dispute heats up in Panama
(prensa.com) The row over the billboards in the streets and roads of Panama has just begun. The Ministry of Public Works (MOP) is moving expeditiously to remove the structures with their own staff who are on public land in violation of Resolution AL-002-11 Jan. 5, which requires all companies with billboards in servitude to remove them. The rule allowed 15 days to … [Read more...]
Martinelli announces construction of new water treatment
(prensa.com) President of the Republic, Ricardo Martinelli, announced it will construct a new water treatment in the area east of Panama City. The president's statements come after the water supply crisis which occurred in the capital since last December. Ricardo Martinelli "We will do another water treatment plant in Panama City, near the river Bayano for giving water … [Read more...]
Casco Aintguo Maintenance plan continues
(PrnoticiasPanama) Former convents, and buildings of San Felipe are maintained by specialized teams of the Office of the Casco Antiguo (OCA), which are responsible for providing proper treatment to remove the vegetation that grows on them and for conducting assessments in looking for structural defects and other abnormalities. Dario Cadavid engineer, technical director … [Read more...]