CEBU CITY – Legal obstacles may still continue to hound dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes even if he wins in the May elections. Despite an order by the Office of the Ombudsman perpetually ...

And in 1904, Panama granted the United States the right to build and operate a canal and control five miles of land on either side of the water. But ownership of the region had been a thorny issue for ...

She’s certain it’s the best way to get sediment-filled water out of the lake. The “how” is complicated, though. With a cleared-out canal, lake water will flow more easily into the sound; saltwater ...

During his inaugural address in January, President Trump proclaimed that “China is operating the Panama Canal” and promised that the United States would be “taking it back.” Shortly after ...

[UPDATED WITH CORRECTION] THE Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the request of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop the implementation of the ...

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino has accused his American counterpart, Donald Trump, of lying when he told members of Congress that the United States is “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who claimed in January that the Panama Canal was being operated by ... ago Africacategory Niger withdraws from Lake Chad military force 1:11 PM UTC · Updated ...

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) Containers are stacked on a cargo ship moving through the Panama Canal’s Cocoli locks in Panama City, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) A cargo ship ...

The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway that was developed as a shortcut for cargo ships looking to travel around North and Central America without having to make the entire trek around the continent.

Panama maintains that it has full control over the canal and that the Hong Kong-based group's operation of the ports did not amount to Chinese control over the waterway, and that therefore the ...

The latest came Tuesday when the world’s largest money manager announced that a BlackRock-led investment coalition would take control of two key ports on either end of the Panama Canal for the ...

Two major Panama Canal ports have been sold from their Hong Kong owner to a consortium including American multinational investment company BlackRock. It comes after US President Donald Trump ...