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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...

Delhi HC Slams Shravan Gupta's Delay Tactics In AgustaWestland Chopper Scam Case | What Happened
Last Updated:July 17, 2025, 05:48 IST Gupta, a key accused in the case, sought to join the investigation via videoconferencing, citing his absence from India since 2019 The court was unimpressed with Gupta's tactics, noting that his senior...

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
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
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
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...

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 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 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...

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’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...

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: 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...

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 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’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...

Panama's Teachers' Unions Remain On An Indefinite Strike Over Refusal To Review CSS Law 462 -
(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) The teachers' and educators' unions announced this Friday that they will continue their 58-day strike indefinitely. “This polarized stance by the Executive Branch will lead this country into a deep crisis that we do not...

Panama’s New Law Requires All Businesses to Display the Full Price
Thursday June 19 of 2025 a law was published in the Official Gazette requiring businesses to display the actual price of a product, including taxes and other charges, on shelves and at the point of sale. This is Law 473, which amends Law 45 of...

Business News | IFTRC Marks 32 Years of Global Impact at Marwah Studios: Where Research Meets Creative Excellence
PNN Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 21: In a momentous celebration filled with international camaraderie, artistic spirit, and visionary insight, Marwah Studios proudly commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the International Film and Television...

Are Country-To-Country Deals The Future Of Climate Finance?
This aerial view shows a degraded area of the Amazon rainforest, near the Koatinemo indigenous land, ... More in Para state, Brazil, on June 12, 2025. (Photo by Carlos FABAL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS FABAL/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images...