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Illegal Use of Panama Subsidized Gas Tanks – Acodeco Fines Business
Newsroom Panama
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August 28, 2025
The metropolitan area had the highest number of complaints. For each one found in a commercial establishment, the fine will be $625. Between January and June of this year, the Consumer Protection and Competition Authority (ACODECO) identified the...
Countering Shadow Fleet Activity through Flag State Reform
Royal United Services Institute
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September 1, 2025
Although the term ‘shadow fleet’ has gained prominence in recent years due to Russia’s use of old, poorly maintained and opaquely owned tankers to sustain its oil exports in the face of sanctions, the underlying tactics used by these fleets are...
A bridge between continents: the history of Panama and Việt Nam in 50 years
Vietnam News Agency
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Ambassador of Panama to Việt Nam Nubiela Ayala Modes wrote to Việt Nam News on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Panama and Việt Nam. On August 28, 2025, the Republic of Panama and the Socialist Republic of Việt...
Motorworld Launches GAC in Saint Lucia, distributed by Peter & Company Auto
721 News
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September 2, 2025
COLEBAY, Sint Maarten — Motorworld Group is proud to announce that Peter & Company Auto, a division of GEL Auto, has been named the exclusive authorized dealer for GAC in Saint Lucia. The brand launch event was held at the company’s showroom on...
Victorian Charm & Timeless Ruins: Surprising UK City Welcomes Record Number Of Visitors
Travel Off Path
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September 2, 2025
If you thought London was the only place to pub-hob, visit timeless attractions and, well, marvel at marvels, there's more than meets the eye when it comes to an unforgettable trip ‘across the pond'. All of us at Travel Off Path have found...
The role of automation: building resilient supply chains in uncertain times
Transportation & Logistics International
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September 2, 2025
Over the past few years, global supply chains have experienced unprecedented levels of disruption, from the Covid pandemic and shifting geopolitical alliances to climate volatility and port congestion, exerting sustained pressure on the logistics...
Greenland, Ukraine, the U.S. and all that
Winnipeg Free Press
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September 2, 2025
Opinion Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen summoned the top U.S. diplomat in Copenhagen to his office last Wednesday to complain that the United States is running a covert operation in Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of the Danish...
Fired Cradle of Filth Guitarist Hits Back at Dani Filth’s Latest Accusations
Rock 108 - Texas
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September 2, 2025
The Cradle of Filth drama continued over the weekend as former guitarist Marek "Ashok" Smerda has issued a response to singer Dani Filth's lengthy account of the divide that led to Ashok and wife-keyboardist Zoe Marie Federoff's exits from the...
BANANA Giant “CHIQUITA” showing renewed confidence in region after Labor unrest.
Panama Now Online
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September 1, 2025
https://newsroompanama.com/2025/08/31/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...
Dominican Republic and Panama strengthen trade ties
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez and Panama’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Julio Moltó, held a working meeting to advance trade and cooperation between the two countries. As chairs of the Permanent Joint Committee...
Costa Rica’s Crucitas Faces Environmental Disaster from Illegal Gold Mining
Tico Times
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August 27, 2025
Environmental crime in Costa Rica has escalated dramatically, with the illegal gold mining crisis in the Crucitas region now bearing all the hallmarks of organized crime, according to Environmental Prosecutor Luis Diego Hernández. Speaking on the...
UAE ranked seventh best destination to live and work for expats in 2025
The National News
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The UAE has been ranked the seventh best destination for expatriates to live and work, based on the high quality of life it offers and job opportunities, according to a report by global network InterNations. It was 10th on the index last year....
A Promise Kept: USNS Comfort Concludes Successful CP25 Mission
Dialogo Americas
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September 2, 2025
The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to Naval Station Norfolk (NSN), August 17, marking the successful completion of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). The 79-day deployment focused on providing medical care, humanitarian...
Vietnam, Panama celebrate half a century of friendship, cooperation
VietnamPlus
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August 27, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Panama are set to further consolidate and expand their cooperation both within bilateral and multilateral frameworks, thanks to the sustained efforts of successive generations, a Panamanian diplomat has affirmed. Speaking...
How China Engineered the Next Century
The Nation
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August 26, 2025
Books & the Arts / August 26, 2025 Dan Wang argues that the battle between China and the United States is simply a conflict between engineers and lawyers. The situation is much more complicated than that. Ad Policy A man takes a photograph at Deng...
The IMF Projects 4.5% Growth for the Panamanian Economy in 2025
Newsroom Panama
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August 26, 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its country report highlighted that the Panamanian economy will grow 4.5% in 2025, driven by a low and stable inflation environment. The financial organization details that despite the closure of the Cobre...
After Panama, Canada & Greenland, Trump Now Wants A Piece Of South Korea; Floats ‘Land For America’ In Summit Surprise
The Eurasian Times
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August 27, 2025
How much has the just concluded summit between President Donald Trump and President Lee Jae Myung at Washington led to the making of “the US-ROK (Republic of Korea, official name of South Korea) Alliance into a future-oriented and comprehensive...
This Panamanian-Caribbean Restaurant Made A Name For Itself In LA. Now, It's Moving To Long Beach
Patch
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August 26, 2025
"It's been crazy to see our growth in four years and now where we are today," Mercedes Squires said. "We have something really special." Posted Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 9:51 am PT|Updated Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 11:55 am PT LONG BEACH, CA — Each dish...
US Ag Secretary Warns Flesh-Eating Pest Could Devastate US Cattle Industry
KIWA Radio - Iowa
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August 26, 2025
Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — The first human case of a dangerous, flesh-eating parasite has been confirmed in the United States, in someone who recently traveled to El Salvador, and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warns the “New World...
U.S. Marines and Panamanian security members graduate from first Combined Orientation Jungle Course
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 26, 2025
AERONAVAL BASE CRISTÓBAL COLÓN, Panama— Twenty-three U.S. Marines and Panamanian security forces graduated Friday from the inaugural Combined Jungle Orientation Course (CJOC), a new program designed to strengthen survival skills, readiness, and...