(Boxscorenews) Team Australia has won the overall Teams Title at the 2011 Billabong ISA World Surfing Games, finishing ahead of 26 other nations at the annual week-long event which concluded today in excellent one-to-1.5 metre waves at Playa Venao in Panama. The title is Australia’s fifth team gold from 10 outings and cements further the green … [Read more...]
Senan seizes speedboat with 297 kilos of cocaine
(Prensa.com) Agents from Panamanian Air Naval Service (Senan) seized yesterday a speedboat with 297 kilos of cocaine. They also arrested three Colombians associated with smuggling in Darién province, on Eastern Panama, bordering Colombia, said police sources. According to these sources, the 297 kilos of drug were hidden in ten sacks inside the speedboat specifically … [Read more...]
Champions To Be Crowned Today At Billabong ISA World Surfing Games
Playa Venao, Panama – Team Brazil has today claimed the ISA Aloha Cup ahead of Australia in glassy two-to-three feet (one metre) waves at Playa Venao in Panama. The tag-team style specialty event features five surfers per team who compete for one hour, with all surfers riding a minimum of two waves each. Brazil's winning team included Diego … [Read more...]
First concrete poured for new Panama Canal locks
(Prensa.com) The first concrete was poured Friday in the new set of locks that will be the largest component of the Panama Canal expansion. George Quijano, executive vice president of Engineering and Administration of Programs of the Canala Expansion, called the event Friday a "special day for Panama." The concrete was poured in the locks on the Atlantic side of the Canal. … [Read more...]
Panama and France sign double taxation treaty
(Prensa.com) Vice President Juan Carlos Varela signed this Thursday a double taxation agreement with France in a ceremony at the Bolivar Room in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The agreement was signed on behalf of France by Hugues Goisbault, the ambassador to Panama. According to the ministry, with this agreement, Panama has now signed 12 tax treaties, which exceeds … [Read more...]