When IFF Panama launched in 2012, the Panamanian film industry was slowly ticking over and the link between Panama and the world of cinema was limited to the occasional U.S. or international feature film shot in the country. But over the past 5 years, under fest director, Pituka Ortega Heilbron and artistic director, Diana Sanchez, IFF Panama […]
“Cocote,” by Dominican Republic director Nelson Carlo dos Santos and Panama music documentary “Una Noche de Calypso,” from Argentine director Fernando Munoz topped the 3rd Primera Mirada, announced as its joint winners during the closing ceremony of IFF Panama, that wrapped Wednesday. Each film will receive a $7,500 award – a 50/50 split of the sidebar’s […]
This image upsets me for the damage that oil companies have routinely done throughout the Americas. We have huge gold and copper deposits here and we do not need a fragile old world forest ruined if this takes place. VOTE NO TO OIL EXPLORATION IN PANAMA!! The companies GX Technology Corporation, Spectrum Geo Inc. and Geoex […]
Grow Panama Grow!! 34 thousand new companies started operations in 2016, recording an 8% increase over 2015. The sector in which the most Operating Notices were recorded is retail and tourism, which includes restaurants, bars, beauty salons and supermarkets, among others. Anpanama.com reports that “…According to the statistics, from January 1 to March 22, 8,267 Operating Notices were […]
The Comptroller has confirmed the contract for Del Monte to invest $100 million in a maximum period of seven years, projecting an average productivity of 2,725 fruit boxes per hectare per year. The contract was endorsed by the Comptroller’s Office, but requires the approval of the Cabinet and the approval of the National Assembly to become contract-law. […]
Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela gave an ultimatum to end the humanitarian accommodation of hundreds of Cuban refugees who remain in that country. Varela gave the Caritas Social Pastoral Ministry a one-month deadline to cease the care for Cubans at that time. However, the executive secretary of the shelter for Cubans stated that he would […]
This is being done around the world and is especially cost effective in smaller farms. A proposal has been made in Nicaragua to make the rules on the use of drones more flexible in order to reduce costs in activities such as spraying of agricultural plantations. According estimates by UPANIC, up to $40 per acre […]
It is Festival week with the Flower Festival, horse parades and more. This year the Mayor called out all hounds for the best of the best. Check out the video done by John R Hampton.
The Ruby McKenzie Clinic. Since 2005, Amigos de Animales has spayed or neutered over 12,000 animals. On Tuesday April 4, Amigos de Animales honored its founder, Ruby McKenzie, with a plaque that designates our sterilization clinic as The Ruby McKenzie Clinic. Since 2005, Amigos de Animales has spayed or neutered over 12,000 animals, thereby making Boquete […]
Between $15 million and $17 million are the range of the six offers submitted by the consortia in the tender to rehabilitate a 42 kilometer stretch of road from Las Tablas -Pedasí in Los Santos. From statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works in Panama: The Ministry of Public Works (MOP) held the Act for the Best […]