Panama: the great connection


News from Panama

  Panama has become one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Ambassador of Panama to Viet Nam, Servio S Samudio B, on Tuesday shared with the Viet Nam News an article to mark the National Day of the Republic of Panama. On November 3, the country celebrated 114 years since it proclaimed separation […]

November 13, 2017

What I am reading now


News from Panama

Zubaida Tariq has been answering questions for over two decades. Watch her beloved cooking show and she’ll tell you how to cook everything from biryani to liver, or a summertime dessert of kulfi. Call in, and she’ll tell you how to strengthen your hair (vegetables in your diet), how to cure diaper rash (corn flour), […]

November 7, 2017

Record Tonnage Moved Through Panama Canal in FY2017


News from Panama

A total of 13,548 vessels passed through the canal during the fiscal year, representing a 3.3 percent increase from the year before. The fact that larger Neopanamax vessels now can transit the canal made the 22 percent growth in tonnage possible. The Panama Canal Authority announced a record amount of cargo moved through the expanded […]

November 7, 2017

New Panama Canal Tool Captures Ship Data to Rank Routes


News from Panama

A tool launched by the Panama Canal Authority will offer shippers an assessment of their carbon emissions by ranking those who have reduced the most emissions by transiting the Panama Canal versus alternate routes. The authority said that it had developed the Emissions Calculator as a measure to reduce carbon footprints by using technology already aboard […]

November 7, 2017

Kaskiv extradited from Panama to Ukraine


News from Panama

Former director of the Ukrainian State Agency for Investment and National Projects Vladyslav Kaskiv has been extradited from Panama to Ukraine, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has said. “Currently, Kaskiv has been taken to the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office. Investigative actions are underway,” Lutsenko wrote on his Facebook page. The Prosecutor General […]

November 7, 2017

NO to Impunity in Panama


News from Panama

This is a great quote. The people of Panama do not want our country turning into another  Mexico!! ­ ­The union of Panamanian businessmen indicates that a great deal of uncertainty has been caused due to the handling of high-profile investigations and judicial processes such as that of Odebrecht. From a statement issued by the […]

November 7, 2017