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DELAYED DELIVERY OF U.S. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT CHECKS

The Embassy of the United States wishes to advise all U.S. Civil Service retirees and beneficiaries that, due to a delay in the shipment of the August 2010 checks from the United States to Panama, the checks will be delivered on Monday, August 2 at the main post office for distribution to post offices in the Republic of Panama.

The U.S. Embassy regrets any inconvenience this may cause.

U.S. EMBASSY ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF THE 10TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT

Panama Receives “Tier 2 Watch List” Rating

Each year in accordance to the 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the Secretary of State is required to provide Congress a report about the global state of human trafficking. The annual Trafficking in Persons Report provides an opportunity to diagnose the world’s efforts to combat the global scourge of modern human slavery. “Trafficking in Persons” applies to a wide range of activities involved when one person obtains or holds another person in compelled service, including forced labor, sex trafficking, bonded labor, debt bondage, involuntary domestic servitude, and forced child labor.   (MORE)

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Changes is Fees for American Citizens Services

Effective July 13, 2010, the Department of State will change its schedule of fees.  The following fees will be changed: PASSPORT AND CITIZENSHIP SERVICES, OVERSEAS CITIZENS SERVICES, IMMIGRANT AND SPECIAL VISA SERVICES, DOCUMENTARY SERVICES, JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, and ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.  (more)

U.S. Fulbright Student Enhancement Seminar

Panamanian folkloric dancer 
Panamanian dancer 
From March 15 to 19, PAS Panama hosted twenty two U.S. Fulbright Students from the Central American region in Panama for the annual U.S. Fulbright Student Enhancement Seminar. The Seminar gave Fulbrighters the chance to share their experiences as U.S. students and researchers in Central America as well as to network with one another and learn more about Panama.  (more)

 

 

At-Risk Youth Opportunity Program– USAID/Panama

This past Friday, February 5th, USAID/Panama (United States Agency for International Development) published a Small Grants Program under their soon to be implemented Community Youth at-Risk Activity. The Small Grants Program is directed to non-governmental organizations for the implementation of prevention activities directed at youth at-risk in the municipalities of Panama, San Miguelito and Colon. (more)

Human Rights Report 2009

"The idea of human rights begins with a fundamental commitment to the dignity that is the birthright of every man, woman and child. Progress in advancing human rights begins with the facts. And for the last 34 years, the United States has produced the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, providing the most comprehensive record available of the condition of human rights around the world."  Panama's Report

International Religious Freedom Report

International Religious Freedom Report 2009 
Report 
The Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world.  Panama's Report
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