The Panamanian government has submitted an environmental impact study to build and equip a comprehensive educational and cultural center in the city of Chitré, in the province of Herrera.
The Ministry of the Presidency of Panama plans to design, build and equip an integral educational center, which will have a convention center, an amphitheater, exhibition hall, restaurants and 300 parking spaces.
The Ministry of the Presidency will be allocating funds to the development of construction in the district of Chitre and Azuero, and renovation of roads in Parita - Los Castillos.
From a statement issued by the National Assembly of Panama:
A total of $21,767,834 was approved in transfers of items by the Budget Committee,chaired by Deputy Jorge Ivan Arrocha, on behalf of the Ministry of the Presidency.
Empresa Prointec S.A., Consorcio PM ITSE and Consorcio Gestión Integral del ITSE presented three identical amounts, of $4.7 million, in the tender for the project management of the Higher Technical Institute of the East, in Panama.
The consortium PM ITSE is made up of Proyectos, Ejecución y Control de Obras S.A. and Sondeo, Estructuras y Geotecnia S.A., and its bid was $4,797,000.The other bidder is Consorcio Gestión Integral del ITSE, which submitted a bid for the same amount, as did Empresa Prointec S.A.
In addition to the lands belonging to the former employees of Coosemupar, the North American company Del Monte may also be able to use 4,000 hectares in the area that are owned by the state.
Depending on what is negotiated in the agreement between the government and Del Monte, the bill for which will be submitted to the Assembly in January, 4,043 hectares in the Baru area suitable for growing bananas could be used, land which is owned by the Panamanian government.These would be in addition to those leased by company, through the State, by the former employees of Coosemupar.
The draft contract with Del Monte establishes a period of 20 years, which is "extendable" and a minimum investment of $100 million over 7 years.
The Minister of the Presidency, Alvaro German, said that the contract being negotiated with the multinational Del Monte also establishes a performance bond of 5% of the total value of the investment.
A tender has been launched in Panama for studies, design and construction of interconnections with communities surrounding the treatment plant at Chorro Blanco, Chiriquí.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-03-0-04-LV-023 203:
"Study, design and construction for the interconnection of communities near Boqueron and Alanje, to the drinking water treatment plant in Chorro Blanco, in several districts in the province of Chiriqui, it includes all civil works, supplies and facilities for hydraulic structures, and components required to build the interconnection to the existing water system in that region.
The Ministry of the Presidency is putting out to tender construction of 2,740 sanitation units and 500 affordable housing units in Veraguas, Cocle and Panama West.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-03-0-15-LP-022905:
"Construction of 1,212 sanitation units (including 16 special units) in the districts of Las Uvas, Los Llanitos, El Espino and San Jose in the district of San Carlos, Panama Province West."
Regardless of who is right about the motives, the resignations from an international committee set up to review practices in Panama's financial industry, and the ensuing squabbling, has only aggravated the bad perception of these practices.
EDITORIAL
The presence of the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the notorious Swiss criminologist Mark Pieth along with Panamanian and regional personalities, in a commission to review the practices of the local financial industry, had the obvious good intention of communicating to the world Panama's also good intentions of reversing the country's image as a tax haven.
The Ministry of the Presidency of Panama is inviting bids for the construction of 1,904 sanitation units in the provinces of Veraguas and Colon.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-03-0-03-LP-022299:
"Construction of 1037 sanitation units (includes 4 special units) in the districts of La Encantada, Nuevo Chagres, Salud, and Palmas Bellas and Piña, in the district of Chagres, province of Colon."
Tender for the supply, transportation and delivery of materials and equipment for the installation of electricity distribution lines in different communities in the province of Veraguas, Panama.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-03-0-09-LV-021 970:
"This tender aims to contract the services for the supply, transportation, delivery of materials and equipment for the design and installation of electrical distribution lines, transformers, walls, electrical connections, internal installations and streetlights, as per the specifications established and detailed in the tender documents, to benefit inhabitants and residents in different communities in the province of Veraguas.
A tender is being launched in Panama for the construction of 1,500 social housing units and 969 sanitation units in the provinces of West Panama, Veraguas and Chiriqui.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-14-0-15-LV-010 382:
"Supply of materials, labor, equipment and management for construction of five hundred (500) social housing units under the 'Roofs of Hope' program in the province of Panama Oeste, districts of Chame and San Carlos."
The Ministry of the Presidency of Panama is putting out to tender the construction of 4,308 sanitation units in the provinces of Veraguas and Cocle.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-03-0-09-LP-021790:
"Construction of 776 sanitation units (including 22 special units) in the districts of La Raya de Santa Maria and Carlos Santana, in the district of Santiago, province of Veraguas ."
The Ministry of the Presidency of Panama is inviting bids for the repair of rural roads in the district of Baru, Chiriqui province.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-03-0-04-LV-021 719:
"The scope of the contract relates to the improvement of production roads in the district of Baru, village of Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, specifically in the following sections:
Panama is inviting bids for the construction of 500 social housing units and 755 health units in the province of Los Santos.
Panama Government Purchase 2016-0-14-0-07-LV-010 242:
"Supply of materials, labor, equipment and management for the construction of five hundred (500) social housing units in the 'Roofs of Hope program' in the province of Los Santos, Los Santos District."