In Panama, teachers from the province of Veraguas marched to the Ministry of Education facilities demanding payment for the second half of November. teleSUR
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00:00 Meanwhile, on Tuesday in Panama, teachers mobilized at the facilities of the Ministry
00:04 of Education in the province of Veraguas to demand the payment of the second half of November.
00:10 Authorities of the Panamanian Ministry of Education confirmed on Tuesday that the institution
00:13 began to withhold the payment of the second half of November to teachers who have not
00:17 shown up to teach their classes, after the institution made the call to return to the
00:21 classrooms last November 21st due to the national striking rejection of Law 406.
00:27 According to the National Directorate of Human Resources, the withholding of the salary was
00:33 applied in the second half of November to 17,495 teachers throughout the country.
00:39 In the sense, Eddie Pinto, leader of the National Union of Educators of Panama, affirmed that
00:43 the teachers' unions would demand the minister, the vice minister and the directors involved
00:47 in the measure.