Archive for September 30th, 2010

Bocas Riot Victim Posterchild Hired by Government

September 30, 2010
By st.di.
Bocas Riot Victim Posterchild Hired by Government

Sources connected to the Ministry of Social Development in the province of Bocas del Toro reported that Valentin Palacios, presumed and widely publicized as disappeared during the July Bocas del Toro riots, has a new job with the government’s Opportunity Network in Changuinola. For about a month, human rights defenders believed Palacios was a...
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Martinelli Goes to Bat for Retirees

September 30, 2010
By pa.di.

In response to the persistent demands of Panama’s retirees, President Martinelli unilaterally said that he would give them their $50 increase out of the $33.7 budgeted for the 2009 to 2014 electoral subsidy. “There cannot be such a questionable subsidy with needs as those of the retirees,” the President said. Political party representatives, who...
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