Travelling southbound from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, LNG carrier SK Resolute made the 10,000th Neopanamax transit of the expanded Panama Canal since its opening in June 2016 Growth in LNG shipping traffic has grown hand-in-hand with US LNG exports, which began in 2016. With significant reductions in voyage time, the expanded canal offers a more […]
The Panama Canal is seeing signs of a rebound in global trade as ship transits recover from the depressed levels caused by the pandemic. Total transits through the waterway rose to 933 in July, from 845 in June, which was the fewest since the canal opened an expanded set of locks four years ago to […]
According to ALNNEWS, after five months of restrictions to control the advance of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Controlled Operations Center for the Interconnection of International Aviation began operating on Aug. 14, at the Panamanian Tocumen International Airport. The Panamanian government put into force on July 31 a decree that allows the operation of limited commercial flights […]
Panama will from Monday allow work to resume on some infrastructure projects and permit more businesses to re-open from coronavirus lockdown, including retailers, car dealers, beauty salons and barber shops, the government said on Tuesday. Health Minister Luis Sucre said officials had made the decision on the grounds the reproduction rate of the novel coronavirus […]
Panama Health and security personnel are prime targets for the coronavirus with a report from the Pan American Health Organization revealing that between March 9 and August at least 5,234 employees have been affected. 3,014 infections were confirmed among personnel working at the Gorgas Memorial Institute and the hospitals of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) […]
Former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli and his band of lawyers continue to push the narrative that he cannot be tried for a dozen alleged crimes including bribery, corruption and money laundering and plundering state assets because of a 1904 ‘specialty treaty with the US that says he can only be tried for the offenses that […]
The Church in Panama and the nation’s Ministry of Health sign a cooperation agreement, in order to work together to combat the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Panama’s Pandemic Pact, involving communities of faith right across the board standing shoulder to shoulder with the Ministry of Health, covers the entire spectrum of local, regional and […]
What is the deadliest thing mankind has ever encountered in history? Disease, famine, nuclear weapons? Not even close. By sheer body count, it’s an idea. One that thrives on absolute power and control, and will stop at nothing to achieve complete domination. This is the story of the deadliest virus in the world, COMMUNISM. You […]
A drug smuggler convicted in the Panama Unit corruption scandal may be released from prison after providing the FBI with information about another high-profile corruption case. Fernando Guerra Sr. worked with the Panama Unit and other corrupt cops — including the former Hidalgo County Crime Stoppers coordinator and former Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office investigators — to steal drugs […]
Panama’s Copa Airlines CPA.N on Wednesday reported that it earned almost no income between April and June, with revenue falling 98% as coronavirus-related measures virtually shuttered the Panama City airport that serves as its home base. Panama’s tough anti-coronavirus measures, including a travel ban that will go at least through August, has also become a radical test of Copa’s resilience. In normal […]