Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama Prospers Thanks to US Dollar Panama has come a long way in a short time, more than doubling its per capita gross domestic product in the past decade. At the end of June 2016, it opened the new canal...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama Registers 8% Increase in 2016 Bunker Sales Panama has registered an 8% increase in bunker sales volume for 2016 over the previous year, according to preliminary data from The Panama Maritime...
Carnaval is almost here, and that means lots of fun and culturally exciting events here in Panama! You’ve heard about the parties, and the water hoses, and the music, but did you know that there’s also a lot of deep cultural significance to these yearly celebrations?...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Kraków hosts organizers of 2019 World Youth Days in Panama Members of the organizing team of the 2019 World Youth Days in Panama are in the Polish city of Kraków, the venue of the event last year. They want...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama Naval Air Service receives new Twin Otter transport The Panamanian National Naval Air Service (SENAN) has received a single new Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter transport aircraft. The aircraft, whose...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama Charges 17 People Linked to Odebrecht Bribe Case Panama prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged 17 people, including several businessmen and former government officials, with money laundering as...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama's World Youth Day to be held Jan. 22-27, 2019 The highly-anticipated youth rally will take place on Jan. 22-27, 2019. Organizers explained that it won't be held in August, as usual, to avoid the...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama says Odebrecht agrees to pay $59 million in bribe scandal Panama's attorney general said on Thursday Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has made a verbal agreement to pay $59 million in...
Welcome to the Panama Weekly News Roundup! Here’s the latest. Panama sees no change in ties with Taiwan or China Panama does not expect any change in its relations with Taiwan or China, a senior official from the isthmus nation said on Friday, despite increased...
