Such a Shame for the Education System Involving the Children of Panama: Sixth Week of Teachers’ Strike
There has been no dialogue but constant wrangling between unions and the executive branch. The indefinite teachers' strike, which began...
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Total Road Closure in Bocas del Toro Panama for Monday June 2 by the Banana Growers’ Union
Bocas del Toro residents began the month of June with the news that the Banana, Agricultural, and Related Business Workers'...
SUNTRACS Jaime Caballero’s Defense Withdraws Appeal; Files for Protection of Guarantees
The defense team for Jaime Caballero, leader of the Single Union of Construction and Similar Workers (Suntracs), dropped the appeal...
The Economic Standstill in Bocas del Toro Worsens Panama’s Economic Crisis
Bocas del Toro: The suspension of classes, the protests, and the closures, in the province of Bocas del Toro have created a...
Panama President Mulino on SUNTRACS Leader Saúl Méndez’s Asylum: “They’re evaluating that, but I don’t know anything else.”
On Thursday, May 29, President José Raúl Mulino briefly addressed the request for political asylum submitted by Saúl Méndez, leader of the Single Union...
Panama Government Makes Changes to Banana Growers Law – Conditional on the Stoppage of Strikes in Bocas
President José Raúl Mulino announced this Thursday May 29 that the amendment to Law 45 which regulates social security for...
Bocas del Toro Beyond the Conflict: The State of Emergency Aims to Resolve Historical Problems
The Cabinet approved the declaration of a state of emergency in Bocas del Toro, following several weeks of social crisis that...
Police Arrests: Teachers Ignore the Ministry of Education’s Call to Return to Classes and Maintain an Indefinite Strike
After more than a month of strikes, equivalent to 25 business days without classes, the situation in the Panamanian public...
The Panama Government will Present a Reform to Law 45 for Banana Workers
Following the Cabinet Council meeting held Tuesday May 27 2024, the Government declared a state of emergency in Bocas del...
Former Panama President Mireya Moscoso Urged to Report ‘coup d’état’ against President Mulino
"The former president is making some very serious allegations... it is appropriate to urge her to file the appropriate complaint...
Protests and Road Closures are Causing Irreversible Damage warns the Chamber of Commerce of Bocas del Toro in Panama
Bocas del Toro is experiencing one of its worst economic and social crises in decades. Chiquita Panama 's recent decision to lay...
It has Been Awhile Since we have Heard Threats Regarding Our Panama Canal
There’s a country in Latin America that’s not even as big as South Carolina, but on which the United States’...
