Panama Canal implements water tax on ships
Ships passing through The Panama Canal began paying a water tax of up ro $10,000 on Saturday February 15. For...
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Metro Line 3 tunnel will be 50 meters under Canal
The four km tunnel to carry Metro Line 3 under the Panama Canal will have a depth greater than 50...
Megacities face extreme weather as Antarctica gets record high temperatures
Over 20 degrees! Heat records multiply in Antarctica and new studies warn of the risks posed by the warming of...
Panama returns to EU tax haven black list
Just two weeks after Brexit The 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have added Panama and the British...
Fuel prices down for Valentine’s Day and Carnival
Motorists will get Valentine’s gift on Friday with the second consecutive cut in the price of motor fuels .95 octane...
Coronavirus halts Panama beef exports to China
Panama’s beef exports which were helping to re-energize the agricultural industry and reached $10 million in six months last year...
New date for citizen consultation on the city beach project
The date and venue of the citizen consultation on the Panama Mayor’s plan to create beaches on the Bay of...
Rival canal transits and revenue climb
The revenue of the Suez Canal, one of the routes that compete with the Panama Canal, reached $497.1 million in...
WORLDVIEW: Poverty enigma-wellbeing vs GDP
By Jonathan Power Do we know how to end poverty in the Third World? Do we know why some economies...
Panama lags behind Chile in internet speed ranking
Panama ranks behind two Chilean companies for the best average speed for downloading fixed internet in Latin America according to...
Comptroller withholds salaries of laggard officials
The salaries of officials who, after seven months of the government of Laurentino Cortizo, have not submitted the mandatory statement ...
Copa planning daily flights to Denver
Two years after Copa Airlines filled the gap left when United stopped regular flights between Denver, Colorado and Panama, the...
