When a worker is fired, the patron must pay the liquidation of labor benefits the same day that the employment relationship ends, at which time the rights and obligations between both parties are also extinguished, in accordance with the article 76 of the Labor Code. With information provided by a labor advisor from the Ministry...
The Guatemalan team ensured the silver medal and will play this Saturday, July 25, the final of the tournament mixed team badminton of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026after defeating 3-0 to Cuba in the semi-finals. The national team reached that stage after closing the undefeated Group B. On Friday, July...
Two people deprived of their liberty were injured during the incidents recorded this Friday, July 24, at the Preventive Center for Men in Puerto Barrios, Izabal, reported the relief bodies and the Penitentiary System. The Volunteer Firefighters reported that elements of the Seventh Company provided pre-hospital care to those affected and transferred them to care...
More than a hundred social, academic, human rights organizations and individuals issued a joint statement this Friday, July 24, in which they rejected the elimination of academic records of students from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (Usac), demanded the immediate restitution of the files and requested criminal investigations into the events. In the...
The expansion of the White Fence gangwarned by the Public Ministry (MP) in February 2025, led to an operation that links 24 alleged members of the structure and documents the way in which it operated to commit extortion in San Pedro Ayampuc and Azacualpilla, Palencia, Guatemala, as well as in Quetzaltenango. The operation took place...
The XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026 live this Friday, July 24 at 6:00 p.m. in Guatemala, one of their most anticipated moments with the opening ceremony, which is held in the Dominican capital and marks the official start of the oldest multi-sport event in the world, just in the year in...
President Bernardo Arévalo announced this Friday, July 24, that he presented to the Congress of the Republic a bill to grant a temporary subsidy for Q12 per gallon of diesel and Q3 per gallon of regular gasolinea program for which the Executive plans to allocate Q3 thousand 480 millionin order to mitigate the impact of...
The High Risk Court B postponed to July 28 the continuation of the trial against seven former police officers accused of the extrajudicial execution of Milton Nelson Santamaría and Eldin Leonel Choc Xi, events that occurred in April 2024 in San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango. During the hearing this Friday, July 14, of the five witnesses...
The Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations (Cacif) rejected this July 24 the blockades registered during the week, associated with the rise in fuel prices. The organized private sector indicated that these illegal actions affect mobility, productive activity and well-being of the population. Although it respects the right to peaceful demonstration, the...
Barefoot, with visibly dirty feet and handcuffed with shackles in front, Camilo Roberto Calvo Leiva He entered the courtroom of the Court Tower several minutes after his scheduled hearing time. Before arriving at the court, he had been involved in an incident in the jails. According to agents of the Penitentiary System (SP), the accused...