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The Panama Canal Promoted its Ambitious 10-Year Investment Plan in Spain
Newsroom Panama
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June 29, 2025
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’s New Law Requires All Businesses to Display the Full Price
Newsroom Panama
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June 20, 2025
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
Latestly
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June 21, 2025
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?
Forbes
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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...
Panama’s Teachers’ Unions Remain on an Indefinite Strike over Refusal to Review CSS Law 462
Newsroom Panama
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June 20, 2025
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 want. Dialogue is the way...
Panama Government Declares State of Emergency in Bocas del Toro Province
Newsroom Panama
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June 20, 2025
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 was completely shattered: a...
Keller Williams Expands to Singapore
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 16, 2025-- Keller Williams Realty, LLC (KW), the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count, is expanding across Asia. As momentum continues, KW has awarded a new master franchise in Singapore. As of...
Business News | Walnut Publication's Mayan Routes Indian Roots Strikes a Chord with Readers
Latestly
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June 20, 2025
VMPL Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 20: Walnut Publication is excited to announce that Lt. Col. Vineet Kumar's acclaimed travel memoir, Mayan Routes Indian Roots, has crossed the 300-copy mark in online sales. This achievement is a proud...
OECS Geneva Mission Hosts OECS Day Event at World Trade Organization
Win Media SKN
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June 28, 2025
The sweet tones of steelpan music rang through the marble halls of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday, June 18, as the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Mission in Geneva hosted an event to celebrate OECS Day. This event...
The Panama Canal Celebrates Nine Years of Expansion with an Increase in Transit and Tonnage
Newsroom Panama
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June 28, 2025
The Panama Canal celebrated the ninth anniversary of its expansion Thursday June 26th recording an increase in transits and tonnage moved during the first eight months of fiscal year 2025, compared to the same period last year. Between October...
For Student Visa Applications in Panama the U.S. Embassy Requires Open Social Media Accounts
Newsroom Panama
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June 28, 2025
The U.S. Embassy in Panama announced Thursday morning, June 26, that applicants for F, M, and J non-immigrant visas, required for vocational training, academic courses, and exchanges, must have public social media accounts. “This will facilitate...
Why Crypto Firms Turn to Panama and Costa Rica — New Crypto License Solutions
The European Business Review
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June 26, 2025
With the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation setting a new benchmark for digital asset oversight, crypto businesses are navigating an increasingly complex compliance landscape. While MiCA offers long-term clarity and a unified...
Pension Protests: Panama Declares Emergency, More Than 300 Arrested
Our News Bahamas
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June 27, 2025
PANAMA – Panama has declared a state of emergency in Western Bocas Del Toro Province, where anti-government protesters opposing a pension reform law are accused of setting fire to a baseball stadium and of looting businesses, including a...
Spain Donates a Seville-Style Water Fountain to Panama for the Presidential Palace
Newsroom Panama
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June 27, 2025
Spain officially handed over to the Panamanian government Tuesday a Sevillian-style fountain, inspired by the Gothic Alcázar Palace in Seville, which was installed in the Palacio de las Garzas, the presidential headquarters. “This water fountain...
Panama’s specialty coffee farmers pour heart and heritage into every bean
Cronkite News - Arizona
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June 18, 2025
(Video by Melinda Aird/Cronkite Borderlands Project) PANAMA – In the heart of Panama’s highlands, specialty coffee producers are redefining the global market—not with quantity, but with unmatched quality. Their story highlights the challenges,...
Analysis: Even without A-listers, U.S. men’s national soccer team has important business in Minnesota
Fergus Now - Minnesota
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June 28, 2025
That also might not be a bad thing.Yes, the USA is missing some of its biggest names. Christian Pulisic? Not here (and possibly now in a spat with coach Mauricio Pochettino). Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, Giovanni Reyna, Antonee Robinson — all not in...
Panama Faces Turmoil as Protests Turn Deadly Over Pension Law
Tico Times
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June 18, 2025
A person died on Tuesday in Panama after sustaining a back injury during ongoing protests against a controversial pension reform, according to an official source. The incident occurred in the town of Rambala, in the Caribbean province of Bocas del...
EU proposes eel trade restriction despite opposition from Japan
Japan Times
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June 28, 2025
Brussels – The European Union on Friday proposed making all eel species, including the Japanese eel, subject to regulation under an international treaty to protect endangered species — a move that Japan opposes. The EU, along with the Dominican...
Costa Rica and Panama Seek Gold Cup Glory Against North American Giants
Tico Times
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June 27, 2025
With no Caribbean teams advancing, a Central American contingent made up of Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala heads into the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup, where North American powerhouses—USA, Mexico, and Canada—are seen as favorites....
Fitch Takes Action on Colombian and Central American Banks Following Colombia’s Sovereign Ratings Downgrade
Finance Colombia
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June 27, 2025
Fitch Ratings has conducted a portfolio review of Colombian and Central American banks following Colombia’s sovereign rating outlook revision to negative from stable. Fitch revised the outlook on Colombia’s ratings to negative from stable due to...