Ten miles south of Tel Aviv, I stand on a catwalk over two concrete reservoirs the size of football fields and watch water pour into them from a massive pipe emerging from the sand. The pipe is so large I could walk through it standing upright, were it not full of Mediterranean seawater pumped from […]
Learn something new today by watching this video breaking down how maritime actually law works.
The Panamanian public force seized in one more day two tons of cocaine in two operations, and arrested seven possible drug traffickers, informed the Attorney General Friday. The National Air Service (Senan) captured in the Caribbean Sea a rapid longboat that was transporting 1,888 kilograms of narcotics and caught six Colombian citizens who were on […]
Canada’s Department of National Defense said that Canadian military personnel will take part in the Panama Canal drills, known as PANAMAX, on July 29 through August 5 to practice canal traffic protection measures. Canadian military personnel will take part in the Panama Canal drills, known as PANAMAX, on July 29 through August 5 to practice canal traffic protection measures, Canada’s […]
The 2016 Democratic Party Platform, which was released in the convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this week, promised to lift travel United States restrictions to Cuba, as well as the embargo, should Hillary Clinton be elected. “We will continue President Obama’s historic opening and will put an end to the restrictions to travel and the embargo,” the […]
I would suggest we play “Maduro Go” and get this nut case out of the picture. During his TV show, transmitted across all official radio stations as well, Maduro claimed “virtual realities” create violent people. He condemned the thousands of people playing Pokemon Go. “We have to worry about what our kids consume in serials and […]
Etesa said it plans to tender in August preliminary studies for the construction of a fourth electricity transmission line, for which funding is already being prepared. Panamaamerica.com.pa reports that “…The assistant manager of Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (Etesa), Gustavo Bernal, said they have already obtained authorization from the Board to initiate preliminary studies for a fourth […]
The mayoral office of Panama has announced that the contract awarded to Odebrecht to improve the Via España has been endorsed by the Comptroller. The information was confirmed by Mayor Jose Isabel Blandon, while the Secretary General of the Municipality of Panama, Guillermo Bermudez, “… said that the order to proceed may be delivered next week.” […]
Panama Canal authorities say a Chinese container ship’s damaging scrape with the canal’s new wider locks was caused by bad weather and the vessel not lining up correctly. Canal administrator Jorge Quijano said Tuesday there was intense rain, poor visibility and winds between 30 and 40 knots when the ship carrying 9,000 containers was using […]
Panama received a free helicopter ambulance on Tuesday valued at $8.1 million as part of a deal to end a dispute with Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica. Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel De Saint Malo traveled to Milan, Italy, to receive the aircraft on behalf of the Panamanian government. The helicopter will be used in rescue […]