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PSA to contribute $1.5m to small communities in PanamaPSA to contribute $1.5m to small communities in Panama

PSA-Panama International Terminal and Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) have signed an agreement for social responsibility co-operation with which PSA-Panama will make a $1.5m contribution for social works and development of maritime communities in the western area of Panama.

Michele Labrut, Americas Correspondent

November 19, 2020

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The agreement signed by PSA-Panama general manager Alessandro Cassinelli and the AMP Administrator and Minister of Maritime Affairs. 

It is an example of co-operation between the government and the private sector and the investments made by the companies have a direct impact on all the citizens who are part of the terminal's operating area; as well as on all the communities that depend on the maritime routes to travel and carry out their work.

During the signing of the agreement, Noriel Arauz thanked the terminal managed by PSA-Panama for its involvement with the country, pointing out that, "this collaboration will serve to provide tools to the inhabitants of areas that have been forgotten for years, especially in these times when the economy is affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic".

 

About the Author

Michele Labrut

Americas Correspondent

Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America.

Michèle first came to Panama as a press attaché to the French Embassy and then returned to the isthmus as a foreign correspondent in the 1980s.

Author of Seatrade Maritime's annual Panama Maritime Review magazine and of several books, Michèle also wrote for Time magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News and the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has also collaborated in making several documentaries for the BBC and European and U.S. television networks.

Michèle's profession necessitates a profound knowledge of the country, but her acumen is not from necessity alone, but a genuine passion for Panama.

In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight grade) by the French Government for her services to international journalism and in 2021 the upgrade to Chevalier grade.

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