(prensa.com) AndrĂ©s RodrĂguez, secretary general of the Panama Teachers Association, said yesterday that educators have no plans to call a general strike at the beginning of the school year. "Today, we will be in our classrooms because it is our responsibility," said Rodriguez. However, he added that there is "much displeasure" among teachers due to the way the Ministry of … [Read more...]
Guerrillas vs Police in Panama’s Darien Border
(prensa.com) There, in the High Tuira in Darien, are the last towns before reaching the border with Colombia. This is Yaviza, Boca de Cupe, PĂșcuro, The Balsal, El Naranjal SobiaquirĂș, MaturgantĂ and Paya, among others, whose population is mainly indigenous, but are not within the Embera Wounaan, or on the side of the region CĂ©maco or that of Sambu, and not in the Kuna … [Read more...]
Site for new Panama international airport in Panama selected
(prensa.com) President Ricardo Martinelli has announced that the town of Rio Hato, in the province of CoclĂ©, will be the site for the construction of an international airport to serve the interior. The decision ends months of discussion about the possible location of the airport. Other towns considered were Aguadulce, AntĂłn, Penonome, Santiago and ChitrĂ©. The … [Read more...]
USAID Will Pull Out of Panama
(Panama Digest) Panama has done so well in the last 20 years that the U.S. Agency for International Development will begin to gradually withdraw its programs from the successful Central American country. A Â U.S. Embassy document notes that Panamaâs progress in recent years should make Panamanians proud, La Critica Reports. Since 1990, GDP has nearly quintupled, from $5.3 … [Read more...]
100-Year-Old Man Says I Do in Panama
(Panama Digest) Leonor Flores Chavarria, age 100, married his long-time partner, Paula Torres Vega, age 77, in a civil ceremony on Thursday. Both from Los Canelos de Divisa in Panamaâs Herrera Province, the couple has 11 children, 37 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. Flores Chavarria was born on November 10, 1910, the eighth of 10 … [Read more...]