Reuters reports that Panamas’ President Juan Carlos Varela will travel to China to meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday, the first official visit by a Panamanian leader to the Asian country coming five months after the nations established diplomatic relations. The bilateral meeting will serve to establish a new economic, trade, tourist […]
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 […]
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), […]
A group of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will travel to Panama this winter to assist in developing a market plan for a business there and renovate a cottage. John Kalu Osiri, the director of International Business Program, developed the idea that students on the trip would work on developing a marketing plan to assist […]
Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor of SupplyChain discusses the continued impact of the expanded Panama Canal. The impact of the expanded Panama Canal was also apparent in many other ports along the U.S. East Coast, which were able to welcome the larger Neopanamax ships from the Canal and saw increased growth. Following the close of its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Susie and I are ready for this new venue!! Sir Richard Branson’s new cruise line, Virgin Voyages, has provided the first look at the design of three new cruise ships it is building at Fincantieri in Italy. The keel laying ceremony of the first ship for Virgin Voyages was held Tuesday in Sestri Ponente (Genoa), […]