Moratorium Bill News Today

An indefinite moratorium on new mining activities passed a second vote in Panama's National Assembly Thursday. The bill had already passed a second debate on Wednesday while it still included an article revoking the government's contract with Minera Panama, a local subsidiary of Canadian mining company First Quantum. Lawmakers reversed that decision Thursday, sending the bill back to a second debate and stripping the article specifically related to the Minera Panama contract.

New York is the first state in the nation to formally put a halt to cryptocurrency mining.

New York is the first state in the nation to formally put a halt to cryptocurrency mining.

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has always chorused the frustration of custodial congestion. The Service, at every opportunity tells whoever cares to listen that its facilities are over-crowded with pre-trial detainees.