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Sonan Bunkers Opens First Americas Office in Panama
Sonan Bunkers has opened its first Americas office in Panama, led by Hernan Ortiz. File Image / Pixabay London-based Sonan Bunkers has launched Sonan Energy Panama SA, its first office in the Americas. The new operation will be led by Hernan Ortiz...

Florida was a top destination for immigrants under Biden
ORLANDO — After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds of thousands of...
Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds of...

Panama Indigenous Women Campaign Seeks to Raise Awareness about Their Right to Health
The “My Health, My Body, My Right” campaign launched this Monday in Panama seeks to raise awareness among Indigenous women about their right to health within deeply patriarchal communities where they lack a voice, informing them about issues such...

Dole Archives awards 2025 research fellowship and travel grants, launches new educational grant program
LAWRENCE — The Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archives and Special Collections has awarded grants to researchers and educators that support travel and educational program development, all of which expands usage of the archival collections of Senators...

St. Francis Music Center presents Oct. 12 benefit concert for nonprofit Listen For Life
LITTLE FALLS — A family-friendly program of short classical works from many different countries will take place at noon and 2 p.m. Oct. 12 at Sacred Heart Chapel, 116 Eighth Ave. SE in Little Falls. The concert will be performed by...

Rising Stars capture women’s category in inaugural Unification softball
RISING Stars rose to the challenge to emerge winners of the women’s category when the inaugural One Guyana Unification Cup softball tournament, organised by the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL), in conjunction with title sponsors Regal...

Eve appointed T&T women’s coach
ANGUS EVE has been given just about two months to get the Trinidad and Tobago senior women’s national team ready for upcoming Concacaf Women’s Championship qualifiers. Eve has been named as the head coach of the senior women’s national team for...

Ukraine U-20 Draws with Panama 1:1 in 2025 World Cup Group Stage
The Ukrainian youth national team failed to beat Panama for the first time at the 2025 World Cup, finishing the second group-stage match with a 1-1 draw. It was Ukraine’s first draw of the tournament. Before the match, the Ukrainians had defeated...

Canadian women’s flag football team to face U.S. at halftime of Bills-Patriots game
Canadian the United States will square off in a women’s flag football exhibition this weekend. The two squads will meet at halftime of the Buffalo Bills’ home game Sunday versus the New England Patriots at Highmark Stadium. They’ll participate in...

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Announces New Members and Names Next Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon named Tennessee Representative Mark White as Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). Secretary McMahon also announced the appointment of two education leaders to NAGB: early...
Mass deportations ensnare immigrant service members, vets, families
Login | September 30, 2025 HANNAH PSALMA RAMIREZ News21 Published: September 30, 2025 PHOENIX (AP) — Leading up to the 2024 presidential election, U.S. Army veteran Sae Joon Park kept in mind a warning from an immigration officer: If Donald Trump...

U.S. to deport hundreds of Iranians held on immigration charges, Tehran says
The United States was set to deport hundreds of Iranian nationals, a senior official in Tehran said Tuesday, as the Trump administration takes new steps in its immigration crackdown. U.S. authorities had “planned to deport about 400 Iranians...

120 Iranians deported from US to arrive home this week under immigration crackdown
TEHRAN: Iran said Tuesday that 120 nationals being deported from the United States under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown will fly home this week. Foreign ministry consular affairs official Hossein Noushabadi told the Tasnim news...

Children of the Light: Forging New Footprints
"The trio is a real laboratory for colours, voices, and ways of playing interactions," says the Panamanian-born jazz pianist Danilo Pérez. With bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, Pérez has forged a bond over two decades in Wayne...

US to deport 400 Iranians after immigration deal
Published on: September 30, 2025 3:54 PM The United States is preparing to deport around 400 Iranians as part of President Donald Trump’s broader immigration crackdown, according to a senior Iranian official. Most of the individuals reportedly...

Brooklyn Mechanics Order celebrates 268th Anniversary
Members of the Independent United Order of Mechanics, Friendly Society, Western Hemisphere, Incorporated (IUOM) in the New York Metropolitan area celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, their 268th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at the Church...

Panama’s Film Fashion and Music Show: A Grand Cultural Gala!
The Faculty of Social Communication, as part of the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the University of Panama, successfully presented the Film, Fashion & Music Show, a cultural and academic gala that brought together three fundamental...

NMSU Foundation honored for fueling Latino innovation
The New Mexico State University Foundation has been named a 2025 Angeles Higher Education Impact Award honoree by Angeles Investors, a national investment group dedicated to harnessing Latino-driven growth to find, fund and fuel high-potential...

Endorois Youth Unleash Voices, Revitalize Culture Through Media Project
By Titus N’getuny, Communication Officer, Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (EIWEN) For generations, the Endorois Indigenous community, deeply rooted in their ancestral lands around Kenya's sacred Lake Bogoria, has faced...