Neopananamax vessel #8000 crosses canal
The APL Barcelona transited the Panama Canal on Saturday, December 14 and brought to 8000 the number of Neopanamax vessels...
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Consumer protectors seize over 1,000 irregular products in Christmas swoop
Panama’s Consumer Protection Authority, (Acodeco) carried out a pre-Christmas swoop on retail outlets in Coclé and confiscated more than a...
OPINION; The minimum wage dilemma
The discussion of the minimum wage is a ritual of disagreement that is repeated every two years. Those who sit...
Cardboard cribs to cut baby deaths
An initiative to cut child mortality that was developed in Finland during the Great Depression in the 1930’s and entered...
‘Play games and you’re out’ warns president
Amidst growing concerns about irregularities in recent public contracts and lack of transparency in some government institutions, President Nito Cortizo...
Canal Authority sends record $1.786.41 billion to Panama
The Board of Directors of the Panama Canal (ACP) approved on Thursday, December 12 a $1.786.41 billion direct contribution to...
Infected apples and pears returned to China
A total of 48,240 pears and a similar number of apples infected by the Cydia pomonella, popularly known as the...
Another year to probe FCC money laundering allegations
The investigation of alleged money laundering embezzlement and corruption, through the payment of bribes by the Spanish company Fomento de...
Part of Metro Line 3 tender evaluation annulled
The Public Procurement Directorate has partially annulled the report of the evaluation committee in the tender of line 3 of...
Boeing's hopes dashed – 737 MAX will not fly this year
The US air transport regulator (FAA) has dashed Boeing hopes that its 737 MAX will fly again this year,...
OZ-Canadian team launch electric aviation age
The world’s first fully-electric commercial aircraft has made its inaugural test flight,on Tuesday, Dec. 10 taking off from the Canadian...
