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Court allows inclusion of legal notice in PM’s Rs10b defamation suit against PTI founder
The Nation
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July 11, 2025
LAHORE - A Sessions Court on Thursday permitted the inclusion of a legal notice in the defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif against the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), seeking Rs10 billion in damages. Additional...
President Abinader inaugurates Plaza Zona Colonial parking facility
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader has inaugurated the Plaza Zona Colonial, a mixed-use parking structure built with an investment of US$16 million, as part of the national Parquéate RD program aimed at improving urban mobility in...
Panama urges Chiquita's return after shutdown
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Panama's President, José Raúl Mulino, expressed commitment to persuading U.S.-based Chiquita Brands to restore its operations in Panama following the company's closure during protests that reportedly caused over $75 million in losses. In the...
International demand for pineapple juice grows
Fresh Plaza
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July 10, 2025
Demand for pineapple juice and the growth of markets such as Israel and Dubai are boosting Costa Rican exports, despite production limitations due to weather conditions. According to Álvaro Figueroa, president of the Tropicales del Valle company,...
Mutual Strength: SOCSOUTH Bolsters US-Panama Security Alliance
Dialogo Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Panama and the United States continue to solidify their security alliance, reinforcing efforts through joint exercises, technical assistance, and strategic agreements. This collaboration aims to safeguard the critical Panama Canal and counter...
Panama national in Pensacola pleads guilty to federal passport fraud
Pensacola News Journal - Florida
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A 60-year-old Panama national living in Pensacola pleaded guilty to federal passport fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced July 10. Celso Javier Melgar obtained a Business and Pleasure Visa in 1998 and moved to the U.S. from Panama, and in...
Moody’s Confirmation of the Investment Grade is a Clear Sign of International Confidence in Panama’s Economic Potential
Newsroom Panama
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July 10, 2025
The Ministry of Economy and Finance reported this Wednesday that the international rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed Panama’s sovereign risk rating at Baa3, maintaining it within investment grade. The outlook remains negative,...
Ricardo Martinelli: “This is an Achievement of this Government, which Cared about the Country’s Image, unlike the Previous One.”
Newsroom Panama
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July 10, 2025
Panama regains “international trust” after being removed from the European Union (EU) money laundering list. Former President Ricardo Martinelli, above right, attributed Panama’s removal from the European Union’s list of high-risk jurisdictions to...
‘There will be no Retroactive Payment to Teachers’ says Panama President Mulino
Newsroom Panama
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July 10, 2025
President José Raúl Mulino rejected the teachers’ unions’ request for payment of salaries withheld during the strike, stating that this decision will set a precedent to prevent similar situations from happening again. He also instructed Education...
Shahbaz Sharif takes big legal step in Rs10 billion defamation case
Daily Times
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July 10, 2025
Lahore — The Sessions Court in Lahore has taken a key step in Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s Rs10 billion defamation suit against the founder of PTI. The court accepted Shahbaz Sharif’s request to include the legal notice sent to the PTI founder...
Panama’s national strike, state repression and US imperial interests: An interview with union leader José Cambra
LINKS
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July 10, 2025
Large sections of Panama’s working class have been mobilising since April in nationwide strikes and protests against the José Raúl Mulino government. Teachers were the first to walk off and have maintained an indefinite national strike for more...
This DC-Area Lawyer Wants More Americans Betting on Elections
Washingtonian
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July 10, 2025
I t’s a springtime Thursday night at Nanny O’Brien’s Irish Pub in Northwest DC, and up on the TVs, the University of Maryland men’s basketball team is struggling against the University of Florida. The bar is stuffed with revelers eating chicken...
Inside Panama’s gamble to save the Darién
Mongabay
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July 10, 2025
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the dense, humid expanse of the Darién Gap — a forbidding swath of rainforest bridging Panama and Colombia — a...
Panama’s President Pushes for Chiquita’s Return After Massive Layoffs
Tico Times
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July 9, 2025
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino pledged on Wednesday to do everything possible to convince U.S. banana giant Chiquita Brands to resume operations in the country, after the company shut down during a strike and protests that caused it millions...
PANAMA off the EU “Gray List”
Panama Now Online
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July 9, 2025
https://newsroompanama.com/2025/07/09/mulino-on-panamas-removal-from-the-european-unions-gray-list-it-was-a-titanic-effort/ Coclé: President José Raúl Mulino said he was “pleased” after Panama’s exclusion from the European Union’s list of...
The president who wasn’t there
EurActiv
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July 10, 2025
Welcome to the Capitals by Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta. We welcome feedback and tips here. Sign up here. In today’s edition: VDL is safe, and long gone Race to run DG COMP Budget digest Today's edition is powered by CEN and CENELEC Standards...
Where did you learn English, Trump asks president of anglophone country
The Times
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The question had been intended as a compliment. But President Trump caught the Liberian delegation around the polished table of the state dining room off guard. Seconds before, during a meeting with other African leaders at the White House on...
Resort and Hotel brand founded in PANAMA on the. CRYSTAL BALL “Red Frog” Employees….
Panama Now Online
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July 9, 2025
* MARK MY WORDS…….”Insolvency” will occur with these f—s as well!!! SAVE THIS POST “JB” This was confirmed by Labor Minister Andrés Romero in statements to Costa Rican media outlet CR Hoy , where he described the situation as “very complicated”...
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar holds video briefing with Latin American counterparts
Memphis Sun - Tennessee
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Tel Aviv [Israel], July 9 (ANI/TPS): Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Wednesday held a political-security briefing via Zoom call with the foreign ministers of Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The Deputy Foreign Minister of the...
Mulino on Panama’s Removal from the European Union’s gray list: “It was a titanic effort.”
Newsroom Panama
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July 9, 2025
Coclé: President José Raúl Mulino said he was “pleased” after Panama’s exclusion from the European Union’s list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering. During an opening ceremony for the new Río Hato Health Center, the president...