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La Gambie perd des millions à cause des flux financiers illicites – Dr Manneh

La Gambie perd des millions à cause des flux financiers illicites – Dr Manneh

Par: Nyima Sillah Ancien haut fonctionnaire chargé de l’intégration régionale à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Dr Lamin Manneh a déclaré que les flux financiers illicites (FFI) siphonnent des millions de la Gambie, compromettant ainsi...

First Quantum provides update on Cobre Panamá

First Quantum provides update on Cobre Panamá

First Quantum Minerals announces that Minera Panamá S.A., a subsidiary of First Quantum, has received approval of the Preservation and Safe Management program for the Cobre Panamá mine from the Government of Panama. This will allow for the...

Panama cuts internet, cell phones in restive province

Panama cuts internet, cell phones in restive province

Panamanian authorities on Saturday partially suspended internet and mobile phone service in a western province where a state of emergency was in effect after two months of anti-government unrest. Right-wing President Jose Raul Mulino declared the...

Panama Canal Cruise – Holland America Line

Panama Canal Cruise – Holland America Line

Envision yourself on one of the world’s premiere cruise lines, exploring some of the most exotic islands and picturesque seascapes on earth. In sharp contrast to the modern world of cars, buildings and smog, imagine grassy green vistas and...

Tocumen International Airport in Panama Expands its Connectivity

Tocumen International Airport in Panama Expands its Connectivity

Tocumen International Airport, Panama’s main airport and a strategic hub for the Americas, continues to strengthen its international network with the addition of new routes and increased frequencies operated by renowned airlines. In this context,...

Mapping global oil market dynamics in 2025

Mapping global oil market dynamics in 2025

The recent 12-day Iranian-Israeli war was a key reason behind the latest disruptions in global oil prices. Central to the turmoil was Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil trade. This threat escalated...

Coalition of Governments Unites Behind Strict Trade Protections
For Shark and Ray Species Freefalling Toward Extinction: Including Iconic Whale Sharks and Manta Rays

Coalition of Governments Unites Behind Strict Trade Protections For Shark and Ray Species Freefalling Toward Extinction: Including Iconic Whale Sharks and Manta Rays

Link to Photos of Shark and Ray Species Newswise — New York, June 30, 2025 – Urgently needed proposals to protect the world’s most threatened shark and ray species that are freefalling toward extinction, including whale sharks, oceanic whitetips,...

Stockpiled Copper from Panama’s First Quantum Mine Starts Shipping

Stockpiled Copper from Panama’s First Quantum Mine Starts Shipping

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has started shipping stockpiled copper from its stalled mine in Panama, 19 months after the operation was shut down by the country’s top court. A bulk carrier called Lipsi departed on June 18 from Punto Rincon, a...

OPINION: Citizen Hutchinson: relaxed, talking about value of public service

OPINION: Citizen Hutchinson: relaxed, talking about value of public service

A tanned, well-rested and very relaxed former governor of Arkansas – William Asa Hutchinson – gave a 'stem winder' of a speech to the 103-year-old Fayetteville Downtown Rotary Club on July 10. While the mercury was quickly rising to 90 degrees...

Star Princess Debuts Bold New Entertainment for a New Era at Sea

Star Princess Debuts Bold New Entertainment for a New Era at Sea

Two Original Theatrical Productions, Immersive Candlelight Concerts, and High-Energy Pop-Up Performances Bring Every Night to Life Aboard the Newest Sphere-Class Ship FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- When Star Princess sets sail...

Panama declares state of emergency amid violent pension protests

Panama declares state of emergency amid violent pension protests

Panama on Friday declared a state of emergency in western Bocas del Toro province, where anti-government protesters are accused of setting fire to a baseball stadium and of looting businesses, including a provincial airport. The protests that...

Panama declares state of emergency over deadly pension protests

Panama declares state of emergency over deadly pension protests

Panama on Friday declared a state of emergency in western Bocas del Toro province, where anti-government protesters are accused of setting fire to a baseball stadium and of looting businesses, including a provincial airport. The protests that...

First Phase of the Panama Railway Project will Improve Capital Access

First Phase of the Panama Railway Project will Improve Capital Access

During a meeting held Sunday in Seville, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez pictured below on the right, expressed to Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, sitting on the left, the interest of Spanish companies in participating in key infrastructure...

Panama declares emergency in western province after deadly pension protests

Panama declares emergency in western province after deadly pension protests

Clashes with police have left at least one person dead and about 30 injured in a major banana-producing province. Panama has declared a state of emergency in western Bocas del Toro province, where antigovernment protesters opposing a pension...

The Panama Canal Promoted its Ambitious 10-Year Investment Plan in Spain

The Panama Canal Promoted its Ambitious 10-Year Investment Plan in Spain

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) presented its investment plan for the next 10 years in Spain, amounting to approximately $8.5 billion, seeking to develop essential infrastructure projects for the future of the interoceanic waterway, ACP Vice...

Panama declares emergency over banana region unrest

Panama declares emergency over banana region unrest

Panama has declared an emergency in its main banana-producing region, after shops were looted and buildings vandalised in ongoing protests over a pension reform. The government says constitutional rights will be suspended for the next five days in...

Panama Vows Constitutional Action Amid Worsening Bocas del Toro Unrest

Panama Vows Constitutional Action Amid Worsening Bocas del Toro Unrest

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino announced Thursday that he will take “constitutional measures” to stop the wave of protests and road blockades affecting the Caribbean province of Bocas del Toro for more than a month. The measures—unspecified...

Panama: Puerto Armuelles Multipurpose Dock Works are 39% Complete

Panama: Puerto Armuelles Multipurpose Dock Works are 39% Complete

You may remember some history of Puerto Amuelles that was Chiquita Banana country at one time. Banana strikes caused Chiquita to leave, jobs were lost, and Puerto became a ghost town. That seems to be the current story in Bocas del Toro where...

Panama Government Declares State Of Emergency In Bocas Del Toro Province -

Panama Government Declares State Of Emergency In Bocas Del Toro Province -

(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) With the latent feeling that everything could explode again, Changuinola woke up this Friday like a city on pause. The night before, the calm that had been so hard to maintain during the days of protests against Law 462...

Panama suspends civil rights in Bocas del Toro after riots

Panama suspends civil rights in Bocas del Toro after riots

Panama’s government on Friday temporarily suspended some constitutional rights in the western province of Bocas del Toro hours after vandals ransacked businesses and government offices, following more than a month of protests and road blocks. “In...

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