Panama will host the IX Latin American Business Conference, bringing together entrepreneurs from Latin America, Spain and Portugal on October 17th and the 18th this year, under the Ibero-American Summit to be held around those dates in the Central American country, reported an official source. (more)

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As an energy saving measure the Parque Omar will close from today at 8:00 p.m., but will have its regular schedule opening from 4:00 a.m.

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Blackouts will be applied for a minimum of two hours and a maximum of four hours if it doesn’t rain during the next few hours at the reservoirs and if the energy saving measures are not met. (more)

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With a crew of 900 people, three ships of the squadron training and goodwill of the Navy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) arrived yesterday to the docks of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, as part of the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean (South Sea). (more)

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600 families who had invaded the private grounds of Burunga, Arraiján area a year ago were evacuated this morning by order of the Magistrate of the area. (more)

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After several hours of meeting between the officials of the National Secretariat of Energy and the Public Utilities Authority, and after the analysis presented by the National Dispatch Center (CND), it was decided there will not be any programmed blackouts this Thursday and they announced they will begin conversations to purchase power from neighboring countries. (more)

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The United States recognized Panama's participation in global efforts to control the proliferation of strategic control goods and weapons of mass destruction. (more)

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"To be honest, we are not doing well," said Vicente Prescott, Secretary of Energy, this morning, Thursday May 9, and he also said the energy crisis in the country is becoming stronger due to the lack of rains, which keeps the reservoir levels very low. (more)

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Calle 50 was closed for all vehicles this morning of Thursday 9 May 2013, after several explosions of capacitors were recorded, due to some electricity poles which fell. (more)

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WILMINGTON — Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, is adding port calls in Panama and Costa Rica to its weekly South Atlantic Express (SAE), which connects the N.C. Port of Wilmington with Central America.

Shippers and receivers using Wilmington can now directly access Manzanillo, Panama, and Puerto Moin, Costa Rica, in addition to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, and Santo Tomas, Guatemala, in northern Central America.

New trade lanes to South America’s west coast and the Caribbean for Port of Wilmington customers are also open via transhipments at Manzanillo, Panama. Markets in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago are now accessible through this option. Over-the-road service to El Salvador and Nicaragua continues to be available from Puerto Cortes and Santo Tomas.

Under the expanded SAE service, the ports of Puerto Cortez and Santo Tomas will be called twice in the rotation, once for imports and a second time for exports, to maintain the current transit times or cargo availability. A third vessel has been added to the SAE service.

Maersk has provided weekly service between the Port of Wilmington and Honduras and Guatemala for four years. The shipper has seen increasing support from North Carolina business and industry. Volumes during the first quarter of 2013 show 24 percent growth over first quarter 2010.

“The Maersk SAE service at the Port of Wilmington largely supports North Carolina’s textile and apparel industries and is helping to sustain the jobs of thousands of North Carolina workers in these and related industries,” said Jeff Miles, acting executive director of the State Ports Authority.

Maersk Line also has a regional office in Charlotte. (carolinacoastonline.com)