China is willing to tap the cooperation potential with Panama and make more achievements to benefit the two peoples, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here Tuesday. Wang made the remarks at a meeting with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela while attending the United Nations General Assembly. The care and support from […]
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.31, Nicaragua $3.90, Honduras $3.81, El Salvador $3.51, Guatemala $3.40 and Panama $3.23. According to the latest report provided by the International Energy Agency (AIE) gasoline stocks went down by approximately 1.7 million barrels per week, but it was not so for distillates and diesel which […]
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) is facing legal uncertainty around its massive $5.48 billion project in Panama, the largest copper mine coming to market over the next couple of years. The Central American country’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that Law 9, which was used to grant a mining concession to Minera Petaquilla (now known as […]
Pirates were the original bad boys. Sailing the high seas, forcing losers to walk the plank, and getting after dat booty. So when I heard there was a way to take a pirate-themed vacation, let’s say I was on board. We started out in Panama, where I learned Captain Morgan was actually a real person and […]
Between the first seven months of 2017 and the same period in 2018, the registration of new horizontal properties went down by 19% in Panama. According to figures from the Comptroller General of the Republic, new horizontal properties registered during the period from January to July reached their highest level in 2017, when 9,083 were […]
Evan Ellis discusses his take on our relationship with China in this very extensive article From September 4-14, 2018, I had the opportunity to be in Panama to speak with academics, businesspeople and others regarding the development of the country’s relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the 16 months since the two […]
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has won a long-term contract to provide liquefied natural gas to a Chinese company’s 441 megawatt power plant under construction in Colon, Panama, advisors on the deal said. The $900 million power project, being built by Sinolam LNG affiliate Sinolam Smarter Energy LNG Power Co, expects to begin taking deliveries of […]
Panama announced on Saturday it will revoke its flag from the migrant rescue ship Aquarius due to “non-respect” of “international legal procedures” relating to the rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean. Aquarius spent 19 days docked in the French port of Marseille after Gibraltar revoked its flag last month, and the ship only set sail […]
Thousands of volunteers have hit the beaches of Panama to highlight the serious environmental problem of ocean pollution and the importance of reducing plastic use. The clean up has been repeated annually for more than two decades on 70 beaches near the capital Panama City and in the provinces of Darien, Veraguas and Cocle involving […]
Holland America Line will deploy five ships on 30 cruises to the Panama Canal next year. In addition to the full transits, ‘Panama Canal Sunfarer’ itineraries combine a partial transit with Southern Caribbean ports. Voyages from 10 to 23 days Full transits range from 14 to 23 days, while the cruises with partial transits stretch […]