Calañas: cultural mixture, civilization encounter
Madrid, September of 2011
The foundation La Castilla del Oro, disembarks with a new project in Spain, more precisely in Huelva (Hill of Andevalo). Therefore we invite you to meet the history, customs and life in general; of this place in Old Europe, in which the Foundation La Castilla del Oro takes on a new challenge. It develops what is denominated by its driver, the engineer Richard Fifer- Carles; Social responsibility of the Second Generation.
REAL CONFLICTS AND CONCESSIONS
After a hard and bloody process of re-conquest, not exempt to changes of power and control derived from conflicts and real concessions, Calañas passed to become part of the Niebla County , under the power of the Count of Niebla and Duke of Medina Sidonia, Don Juan Alonso de Guzman.
In 1369, Don Juan Alonso Perez de Guzman, Lord of Sanlucar de Barrameda, that had been in combat in the previous civil war in defense of Enrique of Trastamara, he formed marriage with the niece of the king, Doña Juana de Castilla.
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Jaime Ruiz Peña: “La Castilla del Oro tourism development is a great bet, present and future”
July 2011
Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, President of La Castilla del Oro Foundation in Spain, accompanied by international tourism experts, visited La Castilla del Oro, promoting tourism in the region (an idea conceived by Panamanian businessman Richard Fifer – Carles).
Jaime Ruiz Peña, world expert on tourism, commented: “The Castilla del Oro, has much to say to the world in terms of tourism. Its potential is very important from every point of view: nature, history, people, among many others. Spiritual tourism is engineer Fifer – Carles’s vision which can be applied to perfection in these areas, given their conditions.”
PORTOBELO A PRIVILEDGED PLACE
In 1980, the ruins of the Portobelo fortifications along the nearby St. Laurence Fort were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the set called Fortifications on the Panamanian Caribbean coast. “Portobelo is the example of nature, history and religion that permit top-level tourism development,” Ruiz Peña added.
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Medical attention in Molejon mining Project
With the purpose of providing medical attention to employees that work at the Molejon mining Project, Petaquilla Gold. S. A. company, under the leadership of engineer Richard Fifer Carles, has set out a clinic which offers an integral service to the employees, stated doctor Carlos Gomez.
Gomez, one of the two doctors in charge of the clinic, explained that the clinic operates with three paramedics that attend the employees of the company, in the sense of occupational attention regarding the periodic check-ups, to watch over their good health condition for a normal performance of their labor.
He expressed that in this clinic, basic attention is provided, attending from a cold or any sickness typical of the tropical weather, up to emergencies, when it is needed, jointly with the people responsible of the industrial security and risk prevention area of the mining company.
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There is no point in having a valuable resource if you are not taking advantage of it, but it has to be exploited responsibly, Quijano
Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ricardo Quijano, said that it is not worthed to have a valuable resource if you don’t exploit it, therefore not exploited is not wealth, and if you want to enjoy such property, then it must be exploited responsibly.
Ricardo Quijano, who’s now the Minister of Commerce and Industry, pointed out that he is not in favor or against any of the groups who have expressed their opinion on this issue, but “in favor of the environment, the communities and of things well done”.
Quijano said that the aim in changing the Mining Code is to lay the groundwork needed to a Department of Mineral Resources strong, independent that can do inspections, audits and which links to the environment, which was not in the Mining Code before” he explained.
He said that to get to that, there has to be a great effort to sort out the mess that was in all non-metal and metal mining in Panama and that has created differences of all kinds, but we are seeking what’s best for the country” he said.
In Panama, the Petaquilla Gold S.A Company, directed by entrepreneur Richard Fifer Carles fully complies with the requirements and standards of both national and international organizations that oversee these activities worldwide in order to maintain a constant monitoring to certify that things are done well.
Pascual Montanes: We created a parallel sector with a longer lifespan
Richard Fifer-Carles, entrepreneur from Petaquilla (Petaquilla mining project) and the Castilla del Oro Foundation, and Pascual Montanes, the Foundation’s president in Panama, have thought about how to contribute with society once the mining project has come to its end.
Montanes stated, “we feel the responsibility to ask ourselves, when the mine is over, what will happen? Will the infant mortality rate -which we lowered 25%- go back to where it was before the mine? From that thought came the idea to develop a parallel economical sector that has a longer lifespan than the mine. Then, tourism came up. For many people and many economies of the world, tourism is gold, is an economical sector that quickly generates a lot of wealth, and in that sense, it can be considered a golden sector as well”.
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Thousands of people receive a formal salary and are protected by the social security
Now a days, thousands of people receive a formal salary and are protected by the social security, they and their families, besides the important infrastructure projects and programs of social development that are made by the Petaquilla Gold S.A. company, located in the municipality of San Jose del General, district of Donoso, province of Cocle.
Under the vision of the businessman Richard Fifer Carles and under his policy of Corporate Social Responsibility, Petaquilla Gold, S.A. has created the Petaquilla foundation and the Castilla del Oro Foundation, which run school feeding programs, health, agriculture, scholarships and sport programs.
Also, through the Castilla del Oro foundation, they have been implementing and working on projects that look to boost the development of tourism of rural communities located in the provinces of Colon, Cocle. Herrara, Los Santos and Veraguas.
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Not only sun and beach tourism, for an area rich in religion and values
The town of Nata de los caballeros moving towards the procession of Santiago Apostol.
Agust 2011
“There are two ways to develop tourism. The tourism is always developed with foreign investment. We all know about big chains that have arrived to a place and in a short amount of time have installed. But that tourism usually qualifies for sun and beaches. It’s a purely vocational tourism in which you just rest your body and in a very indirect way the mind rests”, said the president of the Foundation La Castilla del Oro in Panama.
Richard Fifer- Carles (Promotor of the Foundation Castilla del Oro) aims to promote the sustainable development in Panamanians regions with the objective of generating wealth and prosperity to its inhabitants, now and in the future. For this, he is turning this region into a first class spiritual tourist destination and will provide the necessary infrastructure to achieve it.
The Foundation is working in strategic lines that allow the development of a tourism that would generate values from all points of views.
In there is extra renewable energy in Spain?
THE CASTILLA DEL ORO FOUNDATION IN SPAIN
In there is extra renewable energy in Spain?
Madrid, September 2011
The Castilla del Oro Foundation, led by Richard Fifer – Carles and chaired by Cristobal Colon in Spain will develop projects of social responsibility of importance in the area of Andevalo. There is currently a concern about the energy system in place. The Foundation has a number of professionals working on different fronts to add value to society, and one of the main topics of interest is renewable energy.
GENERATED POWER EXCEEDS DEMAND
The electric network, operator and the only carrier in Spain of energy transport, says that in the first quarter of 2010 were produced 200 hours of discharged renewable energy by the incapacity of the system to absorb it. Consequently, the energy generated is superior to the demand according to security settings, in cases like for example; where the generation in nuclear power plants must never be interrupted.
This phenomenon, known as dumping, could make up to 5% of the renewable energy generated in Spain as a result of an energy policy which aims to meet the targets set in the Kyoto Protocol.
Spain is a country with exceptional conditions for the generation of wind and solar energy, and as main objective, 20% of the final energy consumed in the country by the year 2020 will be renewable, for this, it is necessary to generate a 40 per cent of the total installed generation amounts. It is possible that the reader may consider exaggerated the difference between the ultimate goal and the one in place, but the problem is that the contribution of renewable energy is difficult to manage, or in other words, the wind blows when and where it wants to, in the same way that solar energy is reduced by the passage of clouds or storms.
Petaquilla Gold S.A. was visited by Cristobal Colon
August 2011, Madrid
The President of the Castilla del Oro Foundation in Spain, Cristobal Colon, with a delegation from his country took an aerial tour and visited the site of the Petaquilla Gold S.A, mining project, led by Richard Fifer-Carles. The visitors attended presentations from senior executives of the project. Petaquilla Gold S.A. can show off being the number one export in Panama for second year in a row. They witnessed how the mining project works and the usage of first class technologies. Opinions were exchanged with the technicians regarding the required environmental laws in Panama and the international standards to develop this type of industry. “It is very important that this industry provides employment to so many people in the zone who need it the most. It not less important the environmental and social labor they perform, is worthy of thanks”, commented the President of the Castilla del Oro Foundation in Spain.
Petaquilla Gold Helps the Young
A DINING AREA FOR THE CHILDREN OF DIVINO NIÑO JESUS
Petaquilla Gold Helps the Young
Once again Petaquilla Gold S. A. was present not only for the communities surrounding the mining project, but for the popular neighborhood of el Chorrillo in Panama City on February 7, 2011, where Eng. Carlos Salazar on behalf of the company, Petaquilla Gold S. A., delivered dry food to the children of Divino Niño Jesus dining facilities administered by Olga Cardenas.
Mrs. Olga Cardenas thanked Petaquilla Gold S.A. for the food donations and at the same time expressed her support towards responsible mining, considering the fact that these types of projects are what provide development for the communities.
In the activity were present members of the national police, who along with Casco Viejo officials joined the celebration and prayer led by the popular leader of Chorrillo.
Petaquilla Gold S.A. brought happiness to this group of children of Chorrillo through their donation of dry and canned foods.
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