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Panama hopes to secure return of US banana giant Chiquita
RTL Today
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August 18, 2025
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino will meet with representatives of US banana giant Chiquita Brands in Brazil later this month amid a push for the company to resume operations in his country after it laid off its entire workforce due to a...
Are COVID-19 vaccines required for health care workers in Connecticut hospitals?
The Connecticut Mirror
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August 27, 2025
CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Connecticut law does not require health care workers in hospitals to receive COVID-19 vaccines, although it is now...
U.S. War Toys in the Caribbean. What Does It Mean for Venezuela?
Caracas Chronicles
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August 27, 2025
By now we can finally say it here: the United States is rolling out its high-precision toys in the Caribbean Sea, making enough noise to fire up the imagination of Venezuelans—and commentators of all kinds—around the world, regardless of how...
Panama Canal celebrates 111th birthday with sustainability momentum
Offshore Energy
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August 18, 2025
On August 15, 2025, the Panama Canal, an artificial waterway connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, marked 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future. Image Courtesy: Panama Canal Authority Since the...
Panama Canal Celebrates 111 Years
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 17, 2025
The Panama Canal marks 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future through a water strategy focused on public well-being and an operational vision that enhances the country’s logistical competitiveness. Since the...
After a Strike and Multi-Million-Dollar Losses, Panama Seeks the Return of a Historic Banana Plantation
Newsroom Panama
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August 21, 2025
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino will meet with the US banana company Chiquita Brands in Brazil to seek an agreement for the company to resume operations in the country after closing and laying off its entire workforce due to a strike, a...
Le Monde’s Morocco Fixation: Intellectual Exhaustion Meets Post-Imperial Projection
Morocco World News
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August 27, 2025
Marrakech – In its recently published serialized “summer investigation” on Morocco’s sovereign – titled “L’énigme Mohammed VI” – Le Monde employed ominous framing devices suggesting an “atmosphere of end of reign” and “unfinished reforms.” This...
Adrian R. Morales wins international Pasaporte Abierto tourism journalism prize; Dominican entries dominate
Dominican Today
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Nariño, Colombia.- Dominican journalist Adrian R. Morales won the Pasaporte Abierto award in Investigative Journalism at the 10th edition of the event, held August 26, 2025, in Nariño, Colombia, and organized by the World Organization of Tourism...
Details of human case of New World Screwworm may have been leaked to beef group
Tri State Livestock News - South Dakota
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August 27, 2025
Some in the cattle industry were shocked when Reuters reported a human case of New World Screwworm on Aug. 24, 2025. Some cattle industry participants apparently were not surprised with the news. Cassandra Garrison, Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas...
DEA calls Calderón’s security minister a drug lord: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped
Mexico News Daily
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August 27, 2025
At her Tuesday morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum was asked about the remarks Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada made in a United States court on Monday and the U.S. government’s deployment of warships to international waters near...
The film star, the ‘fake Irish aristocrat’ and the €7m fraud trial
The Times
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One of France’s best-loved film stars will take a lead role in a real-life courtroom drama when a fake Irish aristocrat stands trial for allegedly swindling him out of millions of euros. Dany Boon, who directed and starred in France’s biggest...
BigBear.ai (BBAI) Brings AI Cargo Security to Panama, Eyes Global Expansion
Yahoo Finance
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BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BBAI) ) is one of the AI Stocks On Wall Street’s Radar. On August 15, the company announced the launch of a next-generation cargo security management solution in partnership with Narval Holding Corp., through...
Farewell to Jim
Contractor Magazine
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August 27, 2025
Image: Jim in his later years, with a gift for speaking at ease. Jim Juno, a stalwart of the civil construction industry, died suddenly on July 19 at the age of 70 while on a cruise in the US with family and friends, after fulfilling a life-long...
Panama Team Travels to San Salvador to Participate in Fuerzas Comando 2025
Newsroom Panama
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August 17, 2025
The special forces delegation, comprised of eight National Police units and two from the National Border Service, travels today to San Salvador, El Salvador, to represent Panama in “Fuerzas Comando 2025,” where they will compete against elite...
Thanks to Eggs, Vegetables, and Coffee Sandra Confesses She’s Fit
Newsroom Panama
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August 27, 2025
Singer Sandra Sandoval said she’s staying in shape and slimmer, all thanks to changing her diet and working hard. She claims that the diet has made her dizzy, but although this bores her, she feels and looks much better. She explains that her diet...
Defining Each Decade Since 1900 — Part 1: 1900, 1910, and 1920
Saturday Evening Post - Texas
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August 27, 2025
Weekly Newsletter The best of The Saturday Evening Post in your inbox! The Saturday Evening Post knows a thing or two about documenting big events across the decades. This magazine reported on the Civil War and the completion of the...
Union Leader Francisco Smith Warned for Trying to Torpedo the Return of Chiquita Panama
Newsroom Panama
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August 20, 2025
Panama’s Labor Minister, Jackeline Muñoz, accused union leader Francisco Smith of jeopardizing the return of the multinational Chiquita Panama to banana production in Bocas del Toro. “If negotiations for the company to return fail, (Francisco...
Meta WAR (MWAR) Opens Registration for Focus Group Test (FGT)
CryptoPotato
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August 27, 2025
[PRESS RELEASE = Panama, Panama, August 27th, 2025, Chainwire] Main Event to be held September 3–5; $5,000 in prizes + NFTs + MWAR tokens to be distributed Meta WAR (MWAR), the next-generation blockchain metaverse game, has officially launched...
Cattle producers, USDA, HHS, CDC monitoring case of New World screwworm in a human in Maryland
DGR News
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Aug. 27, 2025: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently identified an instance of a traveler-associated human case of New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States....
Dominican authorities arrest and deport one of Panama’s most wanted fugitives
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Special units of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and Immigration Inspectors (DGM), with support from the Panamanian Police, Interpol, and the DEA, arrested Eduardo Lionel Martínez Collins (aka Ameba), a Panamanian...