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Better compliance over “illegal fishing” keeps PANAMA on EU list until “2026”

Better compliance over “illegal fishing” keeps PANAMA on EU list until “2026”

It will not be until early 2026 that Panama will be able to find out whether or not it will be removed from the yellow card classification, which maintains it as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated...

Consortium of major partners to bid for 19km Dublin Metro design, build, finance contract

Consortium of major partners to bid for 19km Dublin Metro design, build, finance contract

A consortium of international infrastructure and transport firms has formalised its intention to bid for Dublin’s long‑planned MetroLink project, signing a memorandum of understanding to co‑ordinate a joint proposal for the scheme. The group...

Stock Market Live Updates 1 Sept 2025: Stock to buy today: Dalmia Bharat (₹2,402)

Stock Market Live Updates 1 Sept 2025: Stock to buy today: Dalmia Bharat (₹2,402)

Rolex Rings Ltd: Company announced a board meeting on Sept 3, 2025 to consider a stock split & bonus shares issuance. (Positive) Kernex Microsystems: Company Secures Rs 209.82 Crore KAVACH Project from DFCCIL (Positive) Torrent Power: Company bags...

Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: a narrative review of the current literature

Corporate political activity of the food industry in the development of food policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: a narrative review of the current literature

Narrative review The search provided an initial screening sample of 29,644 documents from search platforms (n = 29,611) and grey literature (n = 39). Following a title screening, 29,174 documents were excluded because they did not meet the...

Cocoa is Knocking on the Door in Panama: Bocas del Toro Should not Only Depend on Bananas

Cocoa is Knocking on the Door in Panama: Bocas del Toro Should not Only Depend on Bananas

After the storm, which forced the Chiquita Company out of Bocas del Toro, comes a moment of reflection, and it is none other than that the province cannot depend, to a large extent, on the banana industry as its main economic and job-creating...

PHOTO ESSAY: Tracing pre-canal Panama's forgotten crossings and colonial routes

PHOTO ESSAY: Tracing pre-canal Panama's forgotten crossings and colonial routes

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Singapore, UAE lead talks to form new trade grouping

Singapore, UAE lead talks to form new trade grouping

Ten small and medium-sized countries are in talks to form a new trade grouping in November. Founding members include New Zealand, Singapore, and the UAE, according to the Financial Times, with Costa Rica, Malaysia, Morocco, Norway, Panama, Rwanda,...

In Panama the Owner of ‘Donde La Parce’ Colombian Katerine Roxana Carvalho Hidalgo, Pleaded Guilty to Money Laundering

In Panama the Owner of ‘Donde La Parce’ Colombian Katerine Roxana Carvalho Hidalgo, Pleaded Guilty to Money Laundering

Colombian Katerine Roxana Carvalho Hidalgo, who is listed as the owner of the beauty salons Salón Boutique La Parce (better known as Donde La Parce), yesterday accepted a plea agreement for the crimes of money laundering and criminal association....

Quantum Joins 47G Institute to Support Critical Mineral Initiatives

Quantum Joins 47G Institute to Support Critical Mineral Initiatives

Read on for three case studies on jurisdictional risk and how to navigate this type of complexity. Case study: First Quantum's Cobre Panama mine Perhaps the most notable example in recent years of how politics can affect operations is the closure...

More Confidence in Panama is the Reason that Chiquita is Returning

More Confidence in Panama is the Reason that Chiquita is Returning

The announcement came as a welcome change to banana growers in Bocas del Toro: the multinational Chiquita will return to production in Panama, raising hopes for economic recovery and more jobs. “We are excited about the agreement reached with...

Maritime and Agricultural Cooperation Agreements are Signed between Panama and Brazil

Maritime and Agricultural Cooperation Agreements are Signed between Panama and Brazil

President José Raúl Mulino’s visit to Brazil to attract investment and discuss Panama’s integration into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) appears to be yielding the expected results. In addition to showcasing the benefits the isthmus offers...

Financial Dispute Takes Rose Cay Maritime Jones Act ATB Fleet Out of Action

Financial Dispute Takes Rose Cay Maritime Jones Act ATB Fleet Out of Action

By Daniel Katzive (gCaptain) – A financial dispute among owners and managers has taken Rose Cay Maritime’s fleet of Jones Act articulated tug/barge combinations and tank barges out of service. One ATB unit has been arrested by Panama authorities...

Lawsuit challenges migrants’ treatment

Lawsuit challenges migrants’ treatment

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Some West Africans who were deported from the U.S. to Ghana were held in "straitjackets" for 16 hours on a flight during which all passengers were shackled and...

Major Chain Snubs CA | CA's Best Gas Station Food | Home Depot ICE Backlash: CA Business News

Major Chain Snubs CA | CA's Best Gas Station Food | Home Depot ICE Backlash: CA Business News

CALIFORNIA — This week in California business news: The new Bed Bath & Beyond doesn't want to do business in California — and Gov. Gavin Newsom is just fine with that. Additionally, 14 people were arrested in the largest organized retail-theft...

Stock Market Tarrified as President Dump Risks Turning Recession into a Stagflationary Depression

Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2025 Aug 31, 2025 - 04:07 PM GMT By: Nadeem_Walayat Dear Reader This article was first made available to patrons who support my work, so for immediate first access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do...

Panama Playlists Leak Sparks Alarm: How to Be Private on Spotify Before Your Listening Habits Go Public

Panama Playlists Leak Sparks Alarm: How to Be Private on Spotify Before Your Listening Habits Go Public

When the so-called Panama Playlists went viral, it exposed something most Spotify listeners didn’t realize: much of their music activity is public by default. Playlists created years ago, real-time listening activity, even personal names attached...

Senator Ted Cruz discusses national security and agriculture during Panama visit

Senator Ted Cruz discusses national security and agriculture during Panama visit

Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, recently used his social media platform to highlight meetings and discussions held during his visit to Panama and engagements with officials regarding agricultural threats.On August 29, 2025, Cruz posted...

Trump in a multipolar world

Trump in a multipolar world

Trump’s great ambition is to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He won’t get that for Gaza or Ukraine, but he has managed to bring together two powers who were permanently on the edge of war – China and India. Unfortunately for him neither are likely to...

From Bolivar to Bissessar

From Bolivar to Bissessar

Will Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar be the little loose screw in the horse’s shoe? The shoe that, for want of a screw, the horse was lost? And for want of a horse, the rider was lost? And for want of a rider, the cause was lost? And for...

Chiquita Operations to Resume in Panama Despite Some Union Complaints

Chiquita Operations to Resume in Panama Despite Some Union Complaints

After mass layoffs at banana giant Chiquita’s Panama operation this summer threatened the popular fruit’s supply chains — with some experts even saying North Americans could see price increases — work is set to resume at the plant in Bocas del...

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