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Wing Zone Drums Up International Expansion Starting With Panama

November 29, 2010
By fu.di.
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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Panama Grants Scotch Protection

November 24, 2010
By fu.di.
Panama Grants Scotch Protection

Panama has agreed to protect Scotch against any imitations by registering and protecting the aqua vitae as a “geographical indication of origin” on Tuesday. This means that for a whisky to be labelled Scotch it has to be produced in a distillery in Scotland from water and malted barley to which only whole grains...
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Panama to Host 2011 World Rice Conference

November 20, 2010
By fu.di.
Panama to Host 2011 World Rice Conference

Although Panama recently lost the rights to the 2013 Bolivarian Games, it will host the International Rice Conference in June 2011. ”President Martinelli’s in-depth understanding of rice farming and the world market brings a great level of excitement to our conference, and we greatly appreciate his accepting our invitation to participate in the opening...
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New Love Apple Varieties Certified

November 9, 2010
By fu.di.
New Love Apple Varieties Certified

Four new tomato varieties, recommended and certified by the National Seed Committee, have been approved by the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama. This means that the tomatoes – known as  T7-T8-T9 and large integer - are being planted during the November to December agricultural cycles in the provinces of Herrera and Los Santos on the...
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Four Cattle Die in Truck Accident

October 27, 2010
By fu.di.

Wednesday afternoon, a cattle truck flipped over near Vacamonte, west of Panama City, leaving four cattle dead and the others running wild. It was not known at the time of publication whether the surviving cattle were recaptured, only that the owner must removed the deceased cattle from the road.  The driver was unharmed. In...
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