Profound Human Attachments and World Cup; Panama to host World Meeting on Tobacco Control; Illicit Enrichment: What is it According to the Penal Code?; Ministry of Culture Develops Day to Promote Entrepreneurship; Funny and Embarrassing Photos in Sports.

Friday, November 18, 2022

After five weeks of agony… … vile, excruciating agony… … my Green Bay Packers finally won another game last weekend and it was against a tougher opponent than what we’ve seen in the last few weeks.  I guess even when we’re playing poorly, our team still figures out a way to beat the Bears and the Cowboys. These past few weeks were so bad though that I actually became legitimately depressed.  Some don’t realize it, but human attachments to people and things can become quite profound.  The more pronounced “first tier” attachments are to immediately loved-ones like your commanding wife or obedience-challenged children.  A husband or father doesn’t even register the dangers involved in running head-on towards an armed assailant who is intent on causing harm to their wife or child.  The second tier attachments would include other close family, friends, random children or friendly neighbors.  But there’s a third tier that some may not realize relating to our profound attachments to “things” we cherish.  Many would defend the honor of their countries, but some would also do the same for their favorite sports team.  The World Cup is upon us and starting next week with Qatar and Ecuador battling it out, you will most definitely see a very unified and aggressive Ecuador take to the streets in victory if their team pulls out a win.  They could also start a bit of ruckus if they get a proper beatdown by the mighty Qatarians.  (Am I saying that right, “Qatarians”?).

Panamanians also take their soccer very seriously.  Although Panama didn’t make it to the World Cup this year, you will most certainly witness a major uptick in emotions as they yell and cheer for their favorite team of the day over the course of the next month.  I don’t expect any riots in Panama due to these matches, but be on the lookout just the same for a few bitterly obnoxious soccer enthusiasts.  You’re certain to notice groups of zombie-like followers huddling around mall foodcourts.  Some places have installed megaprojectors with the intent of luring in would be beer-chuggers and snack-devourers, but the majority of these participants are freeloaders who’ve either called-in sick, have snuck away to take care of “undefined personal matters” or told their loving soulmate that they were out searching for ideal employment and “definitely not wasting time and money on those damn games”.  These zombies aren’t like the ones from the movies where they either lumber around, stiffly grabbing and drooling or run at you full-speed biting and chomping.  These zombies will huddle around the view screens like flies to a zapper or deers to headlights, but come briskly alive as they’re emotionally provoked suddenly by images of flailing legs, soaring balls, missed opportunities, screaming hardbodies, cheap shots, and elevated red cards… … man, you’d think I was talking about a Navy seaman’s night off at port, but no, I’m still talking about zombie soccer fans.  Aaaanywhooo…. Enjoy today’s newsletter and GO TEAM ECUADOR!!!


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ABOUT 264 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The student championship takes place for four days in Panama City.

Some 264 young people from 10 to 18 years old, all primary and secondary students, compete in the National Chess Championship by categories that takes place until November 13, in a hotel in the capital.

The tournament, which is endorsed by the Panama Chess Federation, competes in the U-10, U-14 and U-18 categories and is for children and young people born between 2004 and 2012, depending on the age level of each player.

The signing of an executive decree that will establish, through a law and as a transversal axis, chess as a discipline is expected, recently informed the Minister of Education, Maruja Gorday de Villalobos.

For this reason, said the minister, “we train, through the Directorate of Improvement, teachers  and arbitrators who are educators of the Ministry of Education (Meduca).

Ashly Castillo, a student from Bocas del Toro, who has represented Panama in international chess events, said that this discipline has given benefits in academics and communication in the family, school and community environment.

“I apply math easily, as do strategy calculations. It has also helped me to stay in control of situations and attitude,” said the outstanding chess player participating in this tournament.

In the competition was as a guest the Academic Vice Minister of Education, Ariel Rodríguez Gil, who said that student participation in the championship is of great importance, since recently the Ministry of Education proposed the use of the game of chess in teaching.

“We promote the use of the game of chess as a pedagogical tool, so that our children can size, and understand that there are multiple ways to learn and teach that is why, through play, we want to awaken in children the intention to learn with the game, “said Rodríguez Gil.

Meanwhile, José Carrillo Pujol, president of the Chess Federation and the Continental of America, said that more than 260 children and young people from all over the country are registered in the tournament in the three categories, each of which is divided into two: absolute and female.

READ HERE: UNOS 264 ESTUDIANTES PARTICIPAN DEL CAMPEONATO NACIONAL DE AJEDREZ


QATAR BANS BEER SALES IN WORLD CUP STADIUMS

Fans will be able to consume non-alcoholic beer at all 64 matches in Qatar, the source said.

World Cup organizers banned the sale of all alcoholic beer in the tournament’s eight stadiums, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

The change of plans came just two days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar.

Fans will be allowed to consume non-alcoholic beer at all 64 games, the source said.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because organizers have not yet communicated the decision.

AB InBev, which owns Budweiser, shells out tens of millions of dollars worldwide for exclusive rights to sell beer. The company’s contract with FIFA began from the 1986 tournament.

READ HERE: QATAR PROHÍBE VENTA DE CERVEZA EN ESTADIOS DEL MUNDIAL


INCREASE IN COVID CASES AFFECTS PEOPLE OVER 60 WITH CHRONIC DISEASES

The increase in COVID cases to date marks a positivity of 7% and is affecting in greater numbers, people over 60 years of age with chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, among others) and patients who have not completed the vaccination schedule.

Gladys Guerrero, head of Health Intelligence of the Social Security Fund (CSS), after experiencing this rebound in positive cases of COVID-19, urged the population to act responsibly and use the mask and follow the recommendations, if you are in a place with a high probability of contagion.

Due to the increase in cases, the prohibition of visits in COVID hospitalization rooms is maintained, but in the others, the measure of a family member continues, during visiting hours, per patient incarcerated, complying with biosecurity recommendations, such as hand washing and the use of the mask.

Guerrero reiterated the call to those who have not complied with the immunization process against COVID-19, such as the four doses, who go to the centers of the CSS and the Ministry of Health.

READ HERE: AUMENTO DE CASOS COVID AFECTA A MAYORES DE 60 AÑOS CON ENFERMEDADES CRÓNICAS


THREATENED SPECIES SUMMIT TAKES ‘HISTORIC’ STEP TO RESTRICT SHARK FIN TRAFFICKING

The last word on both families of sharks should be given by the plenary in the final days of this COP19 of CITES, which ends on November 25.

The conference on international trade in endangered species, which takes place in Panama, approved on Thursday in a preliminary way the protection of two families of sharks, which implies a hard blow to the trafficking of fins, although the final decision will be adopted next week.

Committee I of this summit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) approved the proposals presented by Panama together with fifteen countries and the European Union, to protect the families of requiem sharks (Carcharhinidae) and hammerhead sharks (Sphynidae).

“Panama and the world have just lived through a historic moment,” said Panama’s delegate, Shirley Binder.

The proposal to regulate the trade in requiem sharks was approved with 75% of the votes (it needed 67%) and that of hammerhead sharks by consensus.

“We have just approved a proposal that includes 54 shark species [of both families] in Appendix II of CITES,” which includes species whose trade is regulated, Binder said.

Appendix I covers species whose exchange is prohibited.

The last word on both families of sharks should be given by the plenary in the final days of this COP19 of CITES, which ends on November 25.

However, due to the high vote received by the first proposal and the consensus around the second, they predict that they will be approved without delay by the plenary.

As soon as the vote on the first proposal was over, several delegates applauded the result, prompting the chair of the Committee, Vincent Fleming, to ask to avoid such expressions.

Several delegations, including those from the host country, wore shark stuffed animals on their tables during the acrimonious debate, which lasted nearly three hours.

After the approval of the first proposal, the debate on hammerhead sharks took only a few minutes and was approved by consensus.

“This decision that was made today may be the most important decision that has been taken for shark conservation,” Luke Warwick, director of shark protection at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), told AFP.

During the debate, Japan proposed that the trade restriction be reduced to 19 species of requiem sharks and Peru called for the removal of the blue shark from the list. Both initiatives were rejected in separate votes.

Panama proposed a 12-month transition period for countries to implement the new regulation. Chile asked to increase the term to 24 months, but minutes later withdrew this suggestion to favor the approval of the Panamanian initiative.

“We are concerned about the biodiversity of the oceans, although we are a country with a fishing vocation,” Chilean delegate Ricardo Saez told AFP. “We must take care of the health of our resources.”

Fins can cost $1,000 a kilo in East Asian markets, as they are the ingredient in a highly desirable soup. Both families of sharks account for more than half of the world’s fin trade, which is centered in Hong Kong.

– ‘Great Crisis’ –

The protection of requiem sharks “has been one of the most discussed proposals at a CITES COP,” said the Panamanian delegate at a press conference.

“It took more than two and a half hours of discussion, [Japan and Peru] tried to amend the proposal to reduce the admission of it,” but they did not succeed, Binder added.

Representatives of the European Union, the only body that is part of CITES, and the United States criticized that delegates had opted for a secret ballot. “Transparency is fundamental,” said the European delegate.

The NGO WCS has warned that the world is “in the midst of a major shark extinction crisis”, as it is the “second most threatened group of vertebrates on the planet”.

COP19 participants are examining 52 proposals to modify levels of species protection.

This convention, which entered into force in 1975, has set international trade rules for more than 36,000 wild species, from the issuance of permits to a total ban. Its signatories are 183 countries and the European Union.

READ HERE: CUMBRE DE ESPECIES AMENAZADAS DA “HISTÓRICO” PASO PARA RESTRINGIR TRÁFICO DE ALETAS DE TIBURÓN


PANAMA TO HOST GLOBAL MEETING ON TOBACCO CONTROL

Panama has managed to reduce tobacco consumption, according to Minsa.

Panama, through the Ministry of Health, signed a hosting agreement to host the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the third Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (MOP3).  to be held in November 2023.

The Minister of Health Luis Francisco Sucre, representing the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cochen, said that this hosting agreement is a step  that adds to the efforts and commitments of all Panamanians to make COP 10 and MOP 3, two conventions that result and provide key elements and guidelines for States to continue moving forward,  with force and without setbacks in the implementation of the measures, which as parties to the Framework Convention and the protocol, binding international treaties, must be complied with.

“Our country has demonstrated its leadership in public policies related to tobacco control and is moving steadily towards the eradication of its illicit trade, while promoting a culture for risk prevention and the practice of healthy lifestyles,” Sucre said.

Adriana Blanco Marquizo, head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, said “that Panama is a pioneer  in tobacco control, it has been since the beginning of the negotiations of the treaty, during its implementation and now with the new protocol treaty for the Elimination of Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.”

In Panama, Law 13 of 2008 was approved, which adopts measures for the control of tobacco and its consumption in closed places of public access. It is the first country in the world to sanction an absolute ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products.

For his part, the deputy director of the National Customs Authority, Juan Pablo García, said that the realization of these two major events in the country will allow all States that appear to issue legal instruments and declarations together, against the illicit trade of tobacco products.

In Panama, Law 13 of 2008 was approved, which adopts measures for the control of tobacco and its consumption in closed places of public access, becoming the first country in the world to sanction the absolute prohibition of advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products.

READ HERE: PANAMÁ SERÁ SEDE DE ENCUENTRO MUNDIAL PARA CONTROL DEL TABACO


CHAME, PANAMA’S BEACH BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND TURTLE TRAFFICKING

Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) head out to sea after being released on the beach of Punta Chame.

Melisa Campo took her son to observe the release of newborn turtles in captivity from Panama, while, not far from that beach, delegates from more than 180 countries discuss new protection measures for threatened species.

“I come to bring the children to see the release of turtles so that they can get soaked in the matter, since they are the future generations,” Campo told AFP as he and his 10-year-old boy saw the first steps of about 200 baby turtles in the sand of Chame beach.

Campo, a neighbor of the area, hopes that her son and the other children “learn about the care and protection of a species that is in danger of extinction.”

Turtles are one of the highlights of the conference on international trade in endangered species, which runs until November 25 in the Panamanian capital.

Panama City is located 43 kilometers as the crow flies by the sea from this white sand beach, where thousands of olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) lay their eggs every year.

COP19 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is attended by delegates from more than 180 countries and conservation experts, who are discussing 52 proposals to modify levels of protection, including those for some turtles.

‘Many threats’

The town of Punta Chame, which has no more than 500 inhabitants, is on a thin peninsula in the Pacific Ocean, from which you can see the skyscrapers of Panama City.

At night, the lights of the buildings and highways of the modern capital dazzle those who walk along this tropical beach, where thermometers almost never mark less than 25 degrees Celsius.

The fight against the trafficking of turtle meat and eggs in Punta Chame is carried out, almost alone, by Jorge Padilla, of the NGO Fundación Tortuguías, who travels day and night on the beach to scare away people who put the survival of these animals at risk.

“The threats that sea turtles have, both in the Pacific and in the Caribbean, are many, really,” says Padilla, in charge of a Chame beach nursery where hundreds of turtle hatchlings are born daily between July and February.

This 25-year-old tour guide and some village volunteers collect the freshly laid eggs by the turtles and then bury them neatly in a trellis nursery on the same beach, a little further from shore.

After 45 days, the turtles are born. An hour or two later, Padilla takes them out of the nursery on a tray, releases them into the sand and they go into the sea for the first time. The females will return to spawn on this same beach in 18 or 20 years.

“They are not aphrodisiacs”

In the town it is an open secret that there are neighbors who are dedicated to selling turtle eggs -similar to ping-pong balls-, which they collect on the beaches, an illegal activity in Panama.

They offer eggs house to house at 75 cents or a dollar, says Padilla, who indicates that they are in high demand because of the popular belief that their consumption raises the sexual performance of men.

“Eggs don’t serve you, they’re not aphrodisiacs,” says Padilla. “Normally people say, especially men, that by eating turtle eggs they will have greater sexual pleasure,” but it’s not true, he adds.

Melisa Campo prefers not to talk about egg trafficking in her town, but admits that “people are known to come to prowl the beach, to steal turtle eggs for illegal commercialization of them.”

Turtle eggs and hatchlings are also preyed upon by animals, such as abandoned dogs and harpy eagles.

Padilla scares away abandoned dogs, but not eagles, because eagles are natural predators of turtles, which is part of the ecological balance.

READ HERE: CHAME, LA PLAYA DE PANAMÁ ENTRE LA CONSERVACIÓN Y EL TRÁFICO DE TORTUGAS


FECE HAS DISTRIBUTED $59.1 MILLION TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS BY 2022

$210,000 was transferred in the period from January to November 2022, for participation in the Manuel José Hurtado Order, which benefits 4,883 students.

The Office of Administration of the Education Equity and Quality Fund (Fece) of the Ministry of Education (Meduca) announced that the allocation of items for this 2022 was $ 59.1 million, to distribute them in 3,277 schools that register enrollment of 831,082 students.

According to information provided by the director of Fece, Mireida de Gracia, $ 16.6 million balboas have been processed from January to November for payments of the first batch 2022 for 2,816 educational centers that report 563,614 students enrolled. In that same period, $36.8 million was transferred for payments of items corresponding to previous years.

He reported that some educational regions with high balances of the Fece are: Central Panama  with $ 10,924,339.87; Ngäbe Buglé region $ 10,905,161.79; Chiriquí $8,365,505.15; Panama West $8,824,172.02.

$210,000 was transferred in the period from January to November 2022, for participation in the Manuel José Hurtado Order, which benefits 4,883 students.

For that same period (January-November 2022) $56,150 was transferred in extraordinary support, which will serve 5,343 students.

As commitments for engineering and architecture projects in educational centers throughout the national geography $ 17.8 million; leases of school campuses for $854,137.60, $576,126.27 and in the purchase of furniture $1.3 million in the Mobile Services Solidarity Plan program.

De Gracia explained that in transit payment for suppliers, as of November 2022, $5.3 million was allocated. While, from the surplus resources, $2.9 million was transferred for payments to providers of educational projects, in transit accounts there are $568,198.50 to cancel suppliers.

The Fece can be used by the directors of official schools  in the country to guarantee the minimum essential conditions and that the teaching-learning process is developed with equity and quality.

READ HERE: FECE HA DISTRIBUIDO $59.1 MILLONES PARA MEJORAR LAS ESCUELAS EN EL 2022


ILLICIT ENRICHMENT: WHAT IS IT ACCORDING TO THE PENAL CODE?

During this year, the Public Prosecutor’s Office obtained the sentence of 6 years in prison to two people for illicit enrichment.

According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the penalty for this crime is 6 to 12 years in  its aggravated form to anyone who, as a public servant, unduly increases his assets personally or through an interposed person during the exercise of his office, established in the Criminal Code established by Law 39 of 2001.

READ ARTICLE 254: Sole Text of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Panama

The Judicial Branch mentions that, “The crime of illicit enrichment is an instrument of fight against corruption, it facilitates the preservation of public functions since the official must be accountable for the legitimate origin of his income.”

Illicit enrichment, as provided for in article 255

Anyone who: Without having participated, but knowing its origin, conceals, conceals or prevents the determination, origin, location, destination or ownership of money, goods, securities or other financial resources, or helps to ensure their benefit, when these come or have been obtained directly or indirectly from any of the illicit activities indicated in the previous article or,  Otherwise, help ensure your profit.

It means that those persons who know that an official or private person has obtained a patrimony without any type of justification, it will be considered to participate in the illicit activities punishable by law.

Illicit Enrichment Cases in Panama

Previously in Panama, the Anti-Corruption Discharge Prosecutor’s Office obtained the 6-year sentence of two people for unjustified enrichment; this week a former public official was called to trial for the same crime.

READ HERE: ENRIQUECIMIENTO ILÍCITO: ¿QUÉ ES SEGÚN EL CÓDIGO PENAL?


3 THOUSAND SAFE-CONDUCTS DELIVERED TO NGÄBES BUGLES TO WORK IN COSTA RICA

Indigenous people receive safe-conducts to work on farms in Costa Rica.

In the Twitter account of  the National Migration Service, he announced that, between the months of August, September and October 2022, the Border Control Post located in Río Sereno, has processed 3,174  safe-conducts to Ngäbe Buglé indigenous people.

Figures report that one of the months with the highest safe-conduct or permit was October with a total of 2,402. While in September 698 and 73 safe-conducts were registered in August, according to preliminary reports from the Border Control Post.

With regard to the departure of minors, immigration inspectors verify that they comply with the requirements stipulated in article 40 of Decree-Law No. 03 of 22 February 2008 on the procedure for the cross-border migratory movement of indigenous populations.

Coffee situation in Panama

The Budget Commission of the National Assembly approved an additional credit for $564,270, to strengthen the cultivation, production and marketing of cocoa and coffee in Panama requested by the Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama.

Minister Valderrama said that these items have a positive impact on indigenous areas and low-income sectors. He added that Panamanian cocoa and coffee are also recognized worldwide for their quality.

He also stressed that the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA) works together with international organizations to strengthen coffee and cocoa in Panamanian lands.

In addition, he explained that this additional credit, corresponding to the budget for the fiscal term of 2022 of the institution, has as its purpose the implementation of two projects in Regional Areas and Bocas del Toro, promotion of coffee cultivation as an alternative to generate jobs in income in the Ngäbe Buglé Region and improvement of cocoa cultivation, with technological innovation, for small producers in the province of Bocas del Toro and regional areas.

Minister Valderrama commented that Panama can export more cocoa; However, many of its plantations have more than 20 years of existence, so it is necessary to replace them and thus increase their production in the near future.

READ HERE: 3 MIL SALVOCONDUCTOS ENTREGADOS A NGÄBES BUGLES PARA TRABAJAR EN COSTA RICA


NEW DROP IN OFFICIAL FUEL PRICES FROM THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18

This Friday will begin to govern the new maximum sale prices of liquid fuels.

A new drop will be registered in the official fuel prices in Panama as of this Friday, November 18, when the new maximum sale prices will begin to apply.  

The Ministry of Energy details that for the provinces of Panama and Colón the price of a liter of 95-octane gasoline will cost B/.1.123 (-B/.0.018), while 91-octane gasoline will cost B/.1.041 (-B/.0.029). The liter of diesel will decrease to B/.1.189 (-B/.0.034).

These new prices represent a decrease of B/.0.070 per gallon for 95-octane gasoline, B/.0.110 per gallon for 91-octane gasoline; and a decrease of B/.0.130 per gallon of diesel.

Prices per gallon would be:

  • 95 octane gasoline | B/.4.24
  • 91 octane gasoline | B/.3.93
  • Diesel | B/.4.49

These fuel prices will remain in effect until 5:59 a.m. on Friday, December 2, 2022, as announced by the National Energy Secretariat.

It should be remembered that, although these are the official prices, after agreement with representative groups from various sectors, the National Government established a subsidy to set the price of fuel at B / .3.25 per gallon or B / .0.859 per liter (gasoline of 95, 91 and diesel), which will remain in force until January 15, 2023.

READ HERE: NUEVA BAJA EN PRECIOS OFICIALES DEL COMBUSTIBLE DESDE ESTE VIERNES 18 DE NOVIEMBRE


CORTIZO VETOES PROJECT TO MAYORS AND REPRESENTATIVES

Bill 890 only took two weeks in the Assembly.

The latest strategy of representatives and mayors to opt for a better salary, after the Supreme Court of Justice ruled against the paid leave they enjoyed, was objected to by President Laurentino Cortizo.

Bill 890 sought that if a representative or mayor holds a better salary in the profession he exercises in the public administration, he could continue to receive that salary and would not receive that of the community board or municipality.

“It does not make any sense that the leave without pay can include the enjoyment of the previous salary of the public servant in the event that it is greater than that of a representative of corregimiento, since in essence there can be no leave without salary with enjoyment of the salary,” says an excerpt of the partial veto.

The president warns about the legal limbo of the bill, since local authorities that work in private companies are excluded.

A central point in the partial veto is represented by the simultaneous working days, an issue that was criticized by those who opposed the 890 project, since it is based on the fact that the salary responds to the hours worked.

“I must point out that the simultaneous working days do not apply to situations that could be exempted by law, because in my opinion, it is actually a constitutional prohibition,” Cortizo said.

Article 302 of the Constitution stipulates that “public servants are obliged to perform personally their functions to which they shall devote the maximum of their abilities and shall receive fair remuneration for them.”

890 number of the bill partially objected to by the Executive Branch.

 On September 29, the bill was approved in third debate by the Plenary of the National Assembly.

It is noteworthy that, although the project only consisted of finding a figure so that representatives and mayors would receive a better salary, it was only partially and not totally vetoed.

“In order for the National Assembly to proceed to the consideration and analysis of these objections,” concludes the president.

READ HERE: CORTIZO VETA PROYECTO A ALCALDES Y REPRESENTANTES


MORE THAN 900 PASSPORTS PROCESSED HAVE NOT BEEN WITHDRAWN

Once the procedure has been completed in the capital city, they must withdraw the passport within 24 hours; while in the regional headquarters it must be withdrawn between 2 to 3 working days.

Omar Ahumada, administrator of the Panama Passport Authority (APAP), announced Wednesday that more than 900 passports that were processed in recent months have not been withdrawn to date.

It calls on users who have completed these passport procedures to go to the entity’s facilities to withdraw their documents.

Reiterates that once the procedure has been carried out in the capital city, they must withdraw it within a period of 24 hours; while in the regional headquarters it must be withdrawn between 2 to 3 working days.

He explains that these passports without withdrawing are occupying a space that is needed to continue providing attention to new users, mainly during these dates of the end of the year, in which the movement in the Passport Authority increases.

READ HERE: MÁS DE 900 PASAPORTES TRAMITADOS NO HAN SIDO RETIRADOS


SOME INFORMAL COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE THEIR APPROVAL OF PLANS

The approval process of plans in informal communities advances.

The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning (Miviot), reported on its website that, in the province of Bocas del Toro, specifically in the communities of Puente Blanco, Puente Medio and Puente Negro, located in the corregimiento of Guabito, district of Changuinola, they are in the stage of travel by the National Land Administration Authority (Anati).

As well as, in the province  of Panama, in the settlements of Los Nietos and El Tecal, corregimiento of Las Garzas, district and province of Panama.

El Torito and Villa Monroy, in Burunga; Koskuna, in Veracruz and Altos de Los Tecales in Arraiján head, these last four belong to the district of Arraiján, province of Panama Oeste.

READ HERE: ALGUNAS COMUNIDADES INFORMALES TENDRÁN SU APROBACIÓN DE PLANOS


AUTHORITIES POSTPONE MEASURE OF EVICTION OF PEDDLERS IN LAS TABLAS

The new date for the transfer to Prague Square will be January 16.

An extension that will allow them to remain in their stalls until after the parade of the thousand polleras, achieved the peddlers and sellers of various products installed at the entrance of the city of Las Tablas in Los Santos.

And it is that after several weeks of controversy, meetings and even peaceful demonstrations, consensus was reached with the municipal authorities, which will allow them to carry out their commercial activity, until mid-January 2023 in the sites they currently occupy.

The peddlers and vendors previously denounced that it had been ordered from November 15 to clear the municipal easements, which in their opinion was not the most appropriate precisely in the months of greater commercial movement.

According to municipal planning, all easements would be evicted from all types of sales posts no later than November 15, for which an area in the so-called Prague Square would be adapted.

After a series of protest actions, and a peaceful walk, the leadership of the small merchants announced that they achieved a dialogue with the mayor of Las Tablas, Ángel Barrios, who accepted the extension for the eviction.

The new date for the move to Prague Square will be January 16, the peddlers said, after the end of the year holidays and the parade of the thousand polleras, scheduled for January 14, 2023, dates in which they hope to recover some lost income during the pandemic months.

The mayor of Las Tablas, Ángel Barrios, previously indicated that the communication was turned to the peddlers about the transfer to the square, where they will have a space of 3×3 meters, parking, bathrooms and other services, so they would only have to take their awnings or structures to cover themselves from inclement weather.

READ HERE: AUTORIDADES APLAZAN MEDIDA DE DESALOJO DE BUHONEROS EN LAS TABLAS


ACODECO: CONSUMER COMPLAINTS IN PANAMA DECREASE SO FAR IN 2022

The Acodeco points out that this is due to the educational campaigns that are carried out throughout the country.

The Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (Acodeco) reported that complaints received for non-compliance with different laws, which this entity supervises, have decreased this year compared to 2021.

The Acodeco points out that this is due to the educational campaigns that are carried out throughout the country.

“According to statistics from the National Directorate of Consumer Protection, during the past year 3,937 complaints were received from consumers, and until October 2022, 2,937 are registered for some irregularity against Law 45 of 2007. While for lack of credit history (Law 24 of 2002) there were 864 complaints in 2021, and this year 506 cases have been reported. With regard to Law 6 of 1987, which confers benefits for retirees, pensioners and the elderly, 56 claims have been received from January to October of this year, and last year there were 136, “explained Acodeco.

Acodeco.

This year, the administrator of the Acodeco, Jorge Quintero Quirós, instructed to increase the work of orientation and education through talks in different shopping centers and other places, as well as disseminate messages on social networks, so that economic agents and consumers knew the main aspects of the legislation and other regulations that are the competence of this institution.

In addition, through telephone reconciliations, consumers have obtained immediate responses, which has contributed to the decrease in complaints channeled to the Complaint Decision and Conciliation departments. In the period from January to October, 269 telephone reconciliations were carried out, for an amount of B/.241,765.75.

The authority assures that through the Institutional System of Complaints (Sindi) has allowed greater channeling of frequent consultations, attention to complaints and elimination of missed calls generated in the years 2020 and 2021. Similarly, a total of 44,026 users were reached from January 2020 to October 2022. Of which, 67,716 conversations are attended, with WhatsApp being the most used channel.

READ HERE: ACODECO: RECLAMOS DE CONSUMIDORES EN PANAMÁ DISMINUYEN EN LO QUE VA DE ESTE 2022


DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES HIS ASPIRATIONS TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES

Supporters of Donald Trump follow his announcement.

The former president of the United States, Donald Trump,  confirmed on Tuesday that he aspires to be a candidate in the 2024 presidential elections and thus opened the race for the Republican nomination, in which for now two other possible candidates are glimpsed, Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence, former allies of his.

Trump, 76, chose the opulence of his Florida mansion Mar-a-Lago to make an announcement that he had been hinting at for months and that comes at a time when his political star is not what he used to be and faces problems with Justice and Congress.

The “important announcement” that he announced that he was going to make this November 15 turned out to be what everyone thought: for the third time he will compete to be a candidate for the White House.He did it in 2000 for an alternative party and as a Republican in 2016, his only victorious attempt for now, and in 2020, when he was defeated by the current president,  Joe Biden, although he has never admitted that he lost and attributes it to “a robbery”.

In the speech of more than an hour that he gave to his family and a large group of guests, Trump focused on presenting himself as the candidate who can save the United States from a debacle and return the “glory” lost after his Presidency (2017-2021).

“I’m running because I believe the world hasn’t yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be,” he said.

Surrounded by more than 30 American flags and amid cheers and shouts of support, he said, “This isn’t just a campaign, it’s a cause to save our country.”

It was a less aggressive speech than others and more inclusive, even with a “wink” of complicity to Latinos, but as always he was emphatic and exaggerated when reviewing his achievements and devastating when it came to criticizing the management of Joe Biden, whom he accused, among many other things, of “destroying the economy” of the United States. Not even mentioning that to be a candidate he must first win the Republican primary.

However, the polls on voting intention for those primaries are adverse to him, there are Republican politicians who have warned that Trump should not be the option and the media that were his greatest propagandists have turned their backs on him.

The latest polls indicate that Florida Governoror former ally Ron DeSantis,  who has not yet revealed whether he will compete, would gain a significant advantage if there were a duel between the two in the primaries.

Mike Pence, who was his vice president and has just released a book in which Trump does not come out well, said in a recent interview that “there are better options” than the former president for the Republicans and about his intentions to compete for the nomination he only mentioned that he “is considering it.”

READ HERE: DONALD TRUMP ANUNCIA SUS ASPIRACIONES A LA PRESIDENCIA DE ESTADOS UNIDOS


MINISTRY OF CULTURE DEVELOPS DAY TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

MiCultura with entrepreneurs.

The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) together with the mayor of Panama and private sector companies develop until November 20 the Creative Economy Festival, a space for entrepreneurs to improve their business ideas through conversations, talks and workshops.

The theme of the festival began on the 14th of this month with the exhibition “Culture and creativity: contributions and economic impact” dictated by Alexandra Samudio, from the Mayor’s Office of Panama; while the 15 with the workshop “The business of commercial portrait photography” developed by Alex Alba.

The festival culminates on Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, November 20 in the Central area of the mayor’s office of Panama, with exhibition and sale of handicrafts, entrepreneurs, Art, reality virtue, gastronomy and more.

The events of this festival will take place at the headquarters of MiCultura, in the Tula building in Via España con Argentina and in the Hatillo Building headquarters of the mayor of Panama, where the Gladys Vidal Theater is also located.

READ HERE: MINISTERIO DE CULTURA DESARROLLA JORNADA PARA IMPULSAR EMPRENDIMIENTOS


PANAMA HAS SEIZED MORE THAN 112 TONS OF DRUGS SO FAR IN 2022

In the midst of drug seizures some 565 people have been apprehended in these operations, 384 are Panamanians and 178 foreigners.

The Ministry of Security of Panama (Minseg) reported that so far in 2022 they have seized more than 112 tons of illicit substances through different anti-drug operations.

“This is the second consecutive year that Panama achieves record numbers in drug seizures exceeding 110 tons. Last year the security forces managed to seize more than 128 tons of drugs, preventing these packages from touching Panamanian soil,” says Minseg.

The entity indicates that some 426 anti-drug operations have been carried out through the security forces and some 565 people have been apprehended in these operations; of which 384 are Panamanians and 178 foreigners.

READ HERE: PANAMÁ HA INCAUTADO MÁS DE 112 TONELADAS DE DROGA EN LO QUE VA DEL 2022


MORE THAN 28,000 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF PRE-CANDIDATES FOR FREE CANDIDACY ARE VOIDABLE

64% of the firms by free application were audited.

The Internal Audit Directorate (DAI) of the Electoral Tribunal (TE) completed until November 13, the review of 64% of the total signatures of support captured by the Free Postulation pre-candidates for the elections of next May 2024.  

The audit that arose as a result of complaints of alleged irregularities incurred during the collection of signatures yielded as results, 83% of valid signatures, which corresponds to 153,206 signatures, explained the presiding magistrate of the Electoral Tribunal, Heriberto Araúz.

Meanwhile, 16%, that is, 28,836 signatures, are voidable for violating article 37 of Decree 29 of 2022, as the image of the citizen cannot be clearly detected ratifying his signature of support, or, the citizen has omitted to express clearly and on his own, his intention to support the pre-candidate.

Likewise, 1%, that is, 1,857 signatures, are challengeable because citizens had their identity card expired, violating article 22 of the decree.

The final report of the DAI is scheduled to conclude next Tuesday, November 29, said the presiding magistrate of the Electoral Tribunal, Heriberto Araúz.

After learning the preliminary results of the audit, the general director of the General Elections Plan (PLAGEL), magistrate Eduardo Valdés Escoffery, defended the effectiveness and transparency of the APP for collecting signatures, and pointed to the activists as responsible for the actions that have led to the process.

“There was no failure in the PPP, the activists took the video wrong,” Valdés Escofery insisted.

Why the DAI?

Magistrate Araúz explained that the Electoral Tribunal (TE) ordered the process assigned to the Internal Audit Directorate (DAI), after the consulting companies KPM Deloitte and RISCCO, did not present proposals or declared the lack of resources to carry out the task.

The TE ordered the Internal Audit Directorate to review 100% the videos that supported the 286,644 signatures obtained by the pre-candidates, Araúz said.

It has been coordinated with the Technological University of Panama (UTP), as an external entity for the final validation carried out by the DAI, in order to issue its technical criteria in this regard.

Use of the app will resume starting Tuesday, November 22 with activists who have no more than one voidable or impeachable signature case, in a new extended schedule from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. seven days a week.

The National Directorate of Electoral Organization will review daily all the videos that support the signatures in order to validate and publish, weekly, the corresponding figures in the Electoral Bulletin, according to article 45 of Decree 29.

READ HERE: MÁS DEL 28 MIL FIRMAS DE APOYO A PRECANDIDATOS POR LA LIBRE POSTULACIÓN SON ANULABLES


STATUS UPDATE:

Saturday, November 12, 2022

PANAMA REPORTS A TOTAL  OF 992,623 DETECTED CASES OF INFECTION AND 8.515 DEATHS BY COVID-19

  • 992,623 positive cases
  • 307 new cases
  • 8.515 deaths
  • 1,495 Home Isolation (0 Hospital Hotels)
  • 99 are hospitalized (92 in ward / 7 intensive care)
  • 982,514 clinically recovered

Coronavirus statistics:

Daily COVID-19 Cases

DateCasesDifferencePercentage of Cases
2023/07/23 - 2023/07/2910476963753.5%
2023/07/16 - 2023/07/2210473213214.6%
2023/07/09 - 2023/07/1510470004856.6%
2023/07/02 - 2023/07/0810465156637.8%
2023/06/18 - 2023/07/011045852190910.0%
2023/06/11 - 2023/06/171043943131211.8%
2023/06/04 - 2023/06/101042631130211.1%
2023/05/28 - 2023/06/031041329109911.3%
2023/05/21 - 2023/05/27104023083510.3%
2023/05/14 - 2023/05/2010393957538.9%
2023/05/07 - 2023/05/1310386426647.4%
2023/04/30 - 2023/05/0610379786545.8%
2023/04/03 - 2023/04/2910373245915.3%
2023/04/16 - 2023/04/2210367336334.9%
2023/04/09 - 2023/04/1510361007434.9%
2023/04/02 - 2023/04/081035357627
2023/03/26 - 2023/04/011034730949
2023/03/19 - 2023/03/2510337813123
2023/03/181030658108
2023/03/171030550123
2023/03/161030427112
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DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER PUBLISHED BY MINSA1029171-221
2023/02/281029392110
2023/02/27102928231
2023/02/26102925138
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This is a list of the number of cases per day since the first case was discovered in Panama

END NOTES:

These photos were originally titled “Funny and Embarrassing photos in sports”, or something like that. Truly, I see these as a show of their dedication and intensity through competition and what precisely separates them from… … well, from ME for example. I feel that I’m good at a lot of things, but this level of dedication to sports has never been attained by yours truly.

Brett Mikkelson, CII, CPE

Director, B.M. Investigations | M1 Consultants Inc

Mobile (+507) 6674-1183

brett@bminvestigations.com / www.bminvestigations.com

Proud Member of: Council of International Investigators (CII – Past President 2018-2019; Executive Regional Director 2021-Present), World Association of Detectives (WAD), The Fraternal Order of Investigators (Founding Member), Victory Services Club (London), Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA – Isthmian Chapter), Association of Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), Association of Fraud Examiners (AEF – Panama), Business Security Alliance (ASE – Panama).