Agreement reached in Bocas

After 20 hours of paralysis and closure of streets, the living forces of the province of Bocas del Toro and workers of the banana plantations reached an agreement with the government, which occurred at dawn on May 11 in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro . + info Stoppage of production in banana plantations and demonstrations in…

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Feeling effects of Strikes

by James “JB” Bryson   I can’t speak for all of course, but we have been feeling the effects of the recent strikes and protests that have been taking place for the past week. Reminding me of the time the wife and I were in NYC during the “Occupy Wall Street” times a few years…

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Deaf population of Panama still facing big challenges

In Panama, through Law 53 of November 30, 1951, the Panamanian Institute of Special Enabling (IPHE) was created, with the objective of empowering young people with mental retardation, deafness and blindness in the School of Special Education, the School National of the Deaf and the School of the Blind, respectively. Four decades later, Law 1…

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March on Labor Day

A group of people marches, the morning of this Tuesday, May 1, from the Porras Park to the Plaza 5 de Mayo, to commemorate the Day of the Worker. + info Suntracs agrees to maintain strike in the construction sector Prior to the march, a mass was held in the basilica of Don Bosco. In…

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Cases of Malaria increase in Panama

The authorities of the Ministry of Health launched a strategic plan for the eradication of this disease in the country HEALTH A total of 292 cases of malaria have been reported so far this year. Meanwhile, last year there were 682 deaths and one death, said Vice Minister of Health, Eric Ulloa. The official explained that…

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