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Government closes agricultural  market

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The Government ordered the immediate closure and suspension of all operations and of the Central Agricultural Market, adjacent to the Electoral Tribunal on Monday, December 31.

The decision was taken after it received reports, from the l Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) and the Fire Department, which said that the market facilities represent a danger for tenants and customers.

mercado-a.jpgIn the resolution, Panama Governor Deyanira Murgas said that Sinaproc carried out an inspection of the market on December 28. And officials determined that the facilities could “collapse.”

Sinaproc recommended closing the site, as it did not have a good distribution of the areas and circulation routes sufficient for the number of people who arrive at the site.

On November 15, a group of vendors blocked, the entrance to the market, in rejection of the planned move to Merca Panama on the Centennial road.

After several hours of tension and negotiation,  reports La Prensa, the authorities decided to suspend the move scheduled for November 16. The new transfer date was for the first week of 2019.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/government-closes-agricultural-market

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Vendors protest market closing

Posted on January 2, 2019 in Panama

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The wrecking cranes are moving in but a group of longtime vendors from the Central Agricultural Market next to the Electoral Tribunal is refusing to move following the government ordered shut down on December 31 after safety reports from the Fire Service and Sinaproc.

On Wednesday, January 2, a group of vendors remained outside the premises, in open opposition to the measure which will move them to Merca Panama on Ave Centenario where wholesalers and some vendors are already installed.

The site remains closed and there and wrecking crews are on the perimeter to proceed with the demolition. The site belongs to the Electoral Tribunal which wants the space for parking and for a station for Metro Line 1.

The group rejects the move and argues that more accessible peripheral markets must be built

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/vendors-defy-market-closing

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New agricultural market operating

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The cleanliness of the facilities is the first thing that jumps out at “Merca Panama” the new central agricultural market says a TVN report

merca-1.jpgThe market on  Via Centenario already has more than 150 tenants and now the floor is clean, with no vegetable waste and dirty water.

Some of the wholesale tenants point out that they now have cold rooms and the products last longer.

Facilities have also been provided for retail sellers however, some users said that while lower prices are maintained,  access is difficult for those who do not have a car. MiBus is providing  a route Cadena de Frío-Vía Centenario “

 

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/new-agricultural-market-operating

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Police clash with metal  scavengers at old market site

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A group of Curundú residents who entered the old Mercado de Abastos, (Agricultural  Market) to grab the metal from the old structures awaiting demolition, clashed with  National Police crowd control units on Monday, December 7.

curundu-768x512.jpgThe company in charge of the demolition of the market the work on December 2, the day after over 150 of the vendors from the old location opened their stalls in the new market on Via Centenario where a special Metro bus service is operating.  However,  on the weekend dozens of people from Curundú moved in to strip the site of copper and iron.

Two police officers on duty at the site were injured by stone throwers;

On Monday, five trucks filled with police arrived at the scene to prevent the theft and provide security to the personnel in charge of dismantling the structures.

The Curundú locals responded by throwing stones, bottles and other objects at police officers.

 

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/police-clash-with-metal-scavengers-at-old-market-site

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