Despite certain reports last week that the retirees were going to back off street protesting in favor of negotiation, they were back Tuesday, blocking traffic for three hours on Via Transistmica. The protest slogan, shouted by some 40 independent retirees, was: ”We are not asking for alms, We are claiming a right!” Eladio Fernandez,...
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Government minister Roxana Mendez says the Panamanian penitentiary system is short 700 guards. In an effort to address this issue, the government is recruiting and training 150 guards and has approved a $100 a month pay raise for prison custodians. Mendez said that the shortage of guards is the reason inmate hearings and medical...
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