(One Green Planet) Plastic bags are a serious threat to the environment. They’re big contributors to plastic pollution and they harm marine life. By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean according to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Fortunately, progress is happening! In the United States, California, New York, and Delaware have all banned … [Read more...]
Mehr Eliezer Is New Miss Panama 2019
(Business World) Mehr Eliezer, representative of Isla Flamenco, was chosen as the new Miss Panama 2019. Eliezer, 22, student of International Relations, beat all the 24 contestants in the National Beauty Contest 2019. Mehr Eliezer, born January 16th 1997 in New Delhi, India. She moved with her parents to Davao City, Philippines in 2001 when she was 4 years … [Read more...]
Panama opens visitor center to boost Fort San Lorenzo
(City News) Panama has inaugurated a visitors’ centre to improve access to a colonial-era fort that due to neglect came to be placed on a UNESCO list of sites at risk. San Lorenzo Fort on the country’s northern coast was built in the late 16th century to defend the mouth of the Chagres River at a time when the isthmus was a transit route for gold shipments from South … [Read more...]
8th IFF Panama Reinforces Its Industry Dimension
(Variety) PANAMA CITY — The 8th IFF Panama has further reinforced its industry dimension, with a record number of submissions to the Primera Mirada pix-in-post sidebar and more sales agents and festival programmers attending the event, which this year includes the Locarno Industry Academy and a new Fipresci Award for the 12-pic Stories from Central America and the … [Read more...]
IFF Panama announces Central America, Caribbean showcase
The International Film Festival of Panama has announced the 12 films that will screen in the Stories of Central America and the Caribbean” Showcase during the festival, which runs from April 4-10. Women directed five of the selections, and one is an international premiere. Selected films from the showcase include: Attachment (Apego, (Costa Rica-Chile), Patricia Velásquez … [Read more...]