Headlines: Newsroom Panama Quick Reads November 9 & 10

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Sunday Sermon ‘Enough with the Death, Enough with the Indifference,’

José Domingo Ulloa, Archbishop of Panama pleads after violent events in the country.

Panama’s Gulf Clan Switches from Migrant Smuggling to Illegal Gold Mining to Offset Losses

According to investigations, these criminal networks smuggle gold into Colombia and distribute their profits through an intricate network of companies and businesses.

Panama School calendar 2025: When Classes End According to the Ministry of Education

Students and teachers prepare for the end of the 2025 school year. The Ministry of Education (Meduca) established that classes for the 2025 school year will end on December 19 and that school holidays will begin on the 22nd of the same month.

Panama will Request the Extradition of the Suspect in the Alas Chiricanas Bombing who is Detained in Venezuela

The Panamanian government announced that it will begin diplomatic efforts to extradite Ali Zaki Hage Jalil, detained in Venezuela and identified as a suspect in the attack against Alas Chiricanas flight 901 in 1994.  The attack, which occurred on July 19, 1994, marked one of the most tragic episodes in Panamanian aviation history

The Municipalities’ Complaint to the Government: $500 million That Never Arrived from Property Taxes

Several mayors are questioning the inconsistencies in the transfer of resources by the Central Government, warning that this jeopardizes the execution of community projects.

$382 million and a 21-year Concession to Expand and Maintain the Centenario and Panama-La Chorrera Highways

The project will be executed under the Public-Private Partnership modality and will include the construction of reversible toll lanes, in addition to maintenance works on 82 kilometers of roads that connect the capital with the West sector.