DISGUSTING yet predictable
Petaquilla Minerals failed to meet the payment of the first half of October that owed to 605 workers agreed to today.
According to workers, the legal representative of the company, Richard Fifer, sending a statement apologizing for the delay in payment, claiming that any developments will let you know by the unions, but undefined when the payment is made.
The note was issued by Panama Infrastructure Development, a subsidiary of Petaquilla Minerals, responsible for road works and public services required in the mine.
At a meeting on Monday between the company president Richard Fifer (telephone), workers of the mining company, and the Minister of Labor and Workforce Development, Luis Ernesto Carles, agreed today to pay the first half would this month, while the Friday October 31 the rest of the compensation be paid.
The Ministry of Labor and Workforce Development plans to send a second citation managers Petaquilla Minerals.
If four calls occur without receiving a response from the company, the State would apply a measure driving the legal representative of the company. The rule states not found in the country, as is the case of Richard Fifer, a member of the board will have to appear before the Ministry said Samuel Rivera Valencia, secretary general of the organization.
It is estimated that the company owed $ 3.5 million workers since last December, the official said.
This newspaper sent an email to company spokespeople Petaquilla Minerals for details on the status of your payment, but no response was obtained.
