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Quote------ Original Message ------From: "News.boquete" <news.boquete@gmail.com>Sent: 2/22/2021 9:06:04 AMSubject: [News Boquete] Franc Lugo Service to be available on FaceBook
Because of the limited seating capacity, the church will broadcast Franc Lugo's memorial service on FaceBook at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/subliservicesboqt/
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See https://chiriqui.life/topic/16363-first-aid-for-the-home-presentation-february-4-2021/ for the video and presentation materials from this event.
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Note: All celebratory activities associated with carnival have been cancelled per Minsa decree.
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The first of these two interactive BCP Community Chats on the topic of Boquete 101 for Newcomers was recorded. This January 7th presentation was repeated two weeks later on January 21st. That second ("encore") presentation was not recorded because it likely would be almost identical in content.
Below is a link to the video recording (duration 1h 12m 24s), followed by a few still images of the session.
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Interesting Tuesday Talk by Rabbi Poliwoda. Here are some photos taken during his presentation about Chanukah.
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Topic: How to Recognize an Emergency and What to Do About It.
Diabetes
Heart Attacks
Strokes
Respiratory Issues
Falls
Fractures
Burns
Presenters:
Merl Will-Wallace
Lesley Hughes
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Book Fair goes digital
Posted 13/08/2020
The International Book Fair of Panama had to reinvent itself. Like all of us, in the midst of the pandemic, the 16th edition of this literary event has been digitalized. National and international audiences will be able to follow the forums, book presentations, and explore the virtual shelves from today until August 16. The book fair is the clearest demonstration of the ability to dream and innovate that underlies the Panamanian soul. This is a showcase, which is now, more than ever, offered on the web, in Zoom, and on YouTube, as a democratic opportunity to learn about all literary genres first-hand and participate in current debates. Since its first version, it has been incubating a new literary and cultural horizon for Panama, serving as a platform for the launch of new authors, and the rediscovery of Panamanian classics, which on many occasions were already absent from bookstores. The testimonies and literary experiences are the mirrors of our conscience. Today the International Book Fair enters a new and exciting chapter, which we can be part of at filpanama.org.LA PRENSA. Aug.13
https://www.newsroompanama.com/events/book-fair-goes-digital
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Quote------ Original Message ------From: "Gary Greene" <GRG@yorkspeach.com>Cc: "Mom" <JoGreene11@gmail.com>Sent: 7/24/2020 9:51:35 AMSubject: Reminder: Celebrate the life and times of Richard/Rich/Dick Greene - THIS Sunday July 26thHello again!
This Sunday afternoon, we're gathering on Zoom to celebrate my Dad and the impact he had on so many people in so many places.
We've gotten many many RSVPs and responses and we want to make sure we are prepared to include as many folks as would like to tell a story about him.
If you are inclined to share a funny story, inspirational story, an anecdote about him or other tribute, please reply back so we can be sure to include your comments in our Zoom call.
A Zoom meeting is different than it would be in a church or other physical setting, so we're eager to let his friends tell their stories about him.
Do you have a personal story to tell? If so, please reply back so that we can be sure to recognize you at an appropriate time during the Zoom call.
No pressure, no obligation. And OK to change your mind at the last minute without judgement from us.
It's going to be poignant, certainly, but we're talking about celebrating my Dad, so it's also going to be fun and inspirational too.
We WILL invite comments during the Zoom call, but for planning purposes, and to make sure those with 'prepared remarks' get specifically recognized we ask that you let us know, OK? Reply to this email.
NOTES:- Do you want to do a 'test call' on Zoom before Sunday's 4PM/1PM Pacific memorial meeting? Reply back to me and I'll help you get the Zoom software set up and get you comfortable with it. Please don't wait until the last minute if you want my help!
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We will be having a TOAST to my Dad during the Zoom celebration. Be prepared and BYO - your choice of beverage!
- We also will have a sing-along at the end. A love song (LINK) that Dad often sang to Mom.
Gary Greene
520-329-2322
Jo Greene
561-318-1940
On 7/19/2020, Gary Greene wrote:Hello:
Jo Greene, Gary Greene and the rest of our family invite you to join us for a celebration of the extraordinary life and times of Rich Greene, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Next Sunday!)
Where?
In the safety and comfort of your living room, patio or den! We will be meeting on Zoom, the popular video meeting system (on the internet).
You are invited to participate - even if you don't say anything! Did you never Zoom? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This page (LINK) tells you what you need to know about how to join and participate in that meeting.
Zoom is an internet meeting program - an application you can run from any computer or from your tablet or cell phone.
If you have never participated on a Zoom meeting, webinar or just a Zoom call with friends and family, you will find it to be amazing AND user-friendly. Users can listen and participate with all other users on the call.
Video participation is always optional, so if you don't have a camera on your computer, don't let that keep you from joining in.
Please . . . Don't wait until the last minute to do your first Zoom call!
If you already have Zoom installed on your device, clicking on the meeting link bulleted above and below is all that is required!
NOTE: Too many people talking at once leads to cacophony and chaos. It's not fun.
In order to reduce 'cross talk' during our celebration Zoom meeting, all participants will be muted EXCEPT when they are recognized.
Here's how you can get recognized to speak: (1) Click/tap on the PARTICIPANTS button on your screen. (2) Then you'll be able to click or tap on your own name and select 'raise hand'.
A 'raised hand' icon will appear next to your name on the list and I will also see the icon on my screen. I'll announce your name and will unmute your line so that you can speak your question or other input to the group. (If I have unmuted you but you have muted yourself, I will alert you to unmute your microphone so that we can hear you.) When your conversation with us has concluded, I will again mute your line. Cool?
I'll cover a couple of other basics before the formal remarks begin.
Here's the link. It goes live Sunday 7/26 at 3:30PM Eastern Time; the Celebration will begin promptly at 4PM Eastern. Password (if you need it): 728410
If you want a telephone-only connection, or if you have limited internet connection, follow this link for additional instructions.
Join us!--Gary and Jo Greene
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Quote------ Original Message ------From: "Gary Greene" <GRG@yorkspeach.com>Cc: "Mom" <JoGreene11@gmail.com>Sent: 7/19/2020 2:36:35 PMSubject: Celebrate the life and times of Richard/Rich/Dick Greene - NEXT Sunday July 26thHello:
Jo Greene, Gary Greene and the rest of our family invite you to join us for a celebration of the extraordinary life and times of Rich Greene, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Next Sunday!)
Where?
In the safety and comfort of your living room, patio or den! We will be meeting on Zoom, the popular video meeting system (on the internet).
You are invited to participate - even if you don't say anything! Did you never Zoom? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This page (LINK) tells you what you need to know about how to join and participate in that meeting.
Zoom is an internet meeting program - an application you can run from any computer or from your tablet or cell phone.
If you have never participated on a Zoom meeting, webinar or just a Zoom call with friends and family, you will find it to be amazing AND user-friendly. Users can listen and participate with all other users on the call.
Video participation is always optional, so if you don't have a camera on your computer, don't let that keep you from joining in.
Please . . . Don't wait until the last minute to do your first Zoom call!
If you already have Zoom installed on your device, clicking on the meeting link bulleted above and below is all that is required!
NOTE: Too many people talking at once leads to cacophony and chaos. It's not fun.
In order to reduce 'cross talk' during our celebration Zoom meeting, all participants will be muted EXCEPT when they are recognized.
Here's how you can get recognized to speak: (1) Click/tap on the PARTICIPANTS button on your screen. (2) Then you'll be able to click or tap on your own name and select 'raise hand'.
A 'raised hand' icon will appear next to your name on the list and I will also see the icon on my screen. I'll announce your name and will unmute your line so that you can speak your question or other input to the group. (If I have unmuted you but you have muted yourself, I will alert you to unmute your microphone so that we can hear you.) When your conversation with us has concluded, I will again mute your line. Cool?
I'll cover a couple of other basics before the formal remarks begin.
Here's the link. It goes live Sunday 7/26 at 3:30PM Eastern Time meeting will be brought to order promptly at 4PM Eastern. Password (if you need it): 728410
If you want a telephone-only connection, or if you have limited internet connection, follow this link for additional instructions.
Join us!--Gary and Jo Greene
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The Invisible Life voted #1 at Panama (virtual) film fest
Posted 28/05/2020
The feature film The Invisible Life, by Brazil’s Karim Aïnouz , won the ninth (virtual edition of Panama’s International Film Festival (IFF).
The film was the most voted by the public, who had to see the screenings through an online platform
Produced in Brazil and Germany in 2019, the film tells the story of two sisters who try to meet after their separation in Brazil in the 1950s.
The play, starring Carol Duarte and Julia Stockler, won one of the Cannes Film Festival's Best Film Awards in 2019.
The original IFF public showing in movie theaters was scheduled for March 26 to April 1, but was canceled due to the pandemic.
The festival had 13 productions from 16 countries.
"The public response was very good if we take into account the crisis are living through, But, people responded in solidarity because they missed their festival, said IFF director Pituka Ortega.
"Our bet was that we brought a fresh, new cinema that most people could not see on other platforms, at least in the Central American region," said Ortega.
In addition to The Invisible Life , showings included Sorry We Missed You , by the UK’s Ken Loach ; Araña , by the Chilean Andrés Wood ; Thus Spoke the Money Changer, by Uruguayan Federico Veiroj, and the Central American collective production Days of Light ,
https://www.newsroompanama.com/entertainment/the-invisible-life-voted-1-at-panama-virtual-film-fest
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Here are the photographs taken by Howard Hill.
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Marcelyn and I attended this Piano & Cello Recital with great anticipation. The two very talented musicians are known as "The Nacka Duo" and are Minna Rose Chung on cello and Judith Kehler-Siebert on piano.
Thank you again to Sra Elsa Castillo for her energies expended in bringing such talented musicians to our special community.
I did not take many still images. Here are some of the few that I did take. Howard Hill was also taking pictures and has made his selection available. They are posted in a follow-on comment (see below).
Here is the program brochure.
And now the videos of each musical piece, with the exception of the first number (due to technical difficulties).
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Event cancelled.
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Event details: 3 individual events held in 2 days. Choose 1 event, 2 events or all 3.
Event #1. Wine tasting social. Friday, March 13th 3pm to 5pm. $15.00 per person RSVP required......lhart249@hotmail.com
Wine Tasting Social featuring 8 different wines supplied by a wine distributor. Event will be held in the courtyard by the river at Boulder 54. We will supply canapes to cleanse your palate between wines. To make it interesting it will be a "blind" wine tasting and you will judge which one you like the best and at the end will tally the votes to determine the #1 wine.
Bidding for the Silent Auction items. Silent Auction will continue through the dinner. Winner does NOT have to be present to win.
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Event #2: Silent Auction Dinner: Friday, March 13th 5pm to 8pm $20.00 per person
RSVP required......lhart249@hotmail.com with number of people and dinner selection.
Dinner at Boulder 54. Seating for dinner begins at 5pm with beverage served first. Take this time to look over the silent auction items and place your bids. Your pre-ordered dinner selection will be ready to serve at 6pm. Dinner menu..........................
Salad
1. Smoked Chicken w/sticky orange glaze, roasted potatoes, and veggies or
2. Fish w/spicy pineapple, roasted potatoes and veggies or
3. Vegan steaks w/veggies, roasted potatoes and veggies
Dessert: Bread pudding with Panama Red Rum.
You must RSVP to Linda Hart at lhart249@hotmail.com with your dinner choice by March 11th.
Silent auction will close at 7:30 pm and winners will be announced at 8 pm. Winning names not there will be contacted. Payment and pick up day will be agreed on.
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Event #3: Boquete Sausage Fest: Saturday - March 14th - Boquete Sausage Fest TapOut 1pm - 10pm
Entrance fee is $6.00 p/p will be honored at the ACCBoquete table this Tuesday at the BCP Tuesday Market. Ticket price goes up to $10.00 per person at the door.
Tickets available at MailBox Etc; ACCBoquete booth at Tuesday morning Market, or Members of ACCBoquete.
Entrance fee includes 1 free beer from TapOut and live entertainment. Wristbands will be given to attendees.
Live music by Still Kicken' from 1-4pm and
OS ALMIRANTES from 8-10pm
There will be 3 vendor booths selling their specialty sausages, side dishes and other items of their choice at their booth. Each vendor will have their own booth and will set their own prices starting at $5.00. You will pay them directly. Vendors will be:
Richard from Sugar and Spice; Chris from Big Daddys; Jens from Pasteleria Alemana
Vote on the best sausage before you leave.
THIS IS A CHARITY EVENT TO HELP OTHER LOCAL CHARITIES. THE MORE MONEY WE COLLECT THE MORE WE CAN GIVE.
If you are unable to attend any of these events, donations will be accepted at the ACCBoquete booth at the Tuesday market March 10 or by contacting Linda Hart at lhart249@hotmail.com.
We will be giving the following charities donations from the proceeds raised from these 3 events: Buenos Vencinos, Boquete Dog Camp, Escuela Estrella Los Valle, Handicap Foundtion, Panama Princess League, Casa Esperanza as well as others.
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19 Carnival deaths murders, drownings, traffic
Posted 26/02/2020
Carnival celebrations ended with a total of 19 dead, including 10 homicides, four drownings and five traffic deaths starting with an on-duty police officer involved in a head-on collision.
A minor under 16 years died in a river in Coco de La Chorrera, a five-year-old infant drowned in the Chagres de Chilibre river, and 59-year-old woman was drowned on Coronado Beach while trying to rescue her grandchildren and a man in Veraguas drowned.
Murders
Glenford Small and Ashley Cedeño were murdered while sleeping in a home rented for the weekend in Chitre.The man, who had a criminal record, died at the residence, while Cedeño was declared brain dead at Gustavo Nelson Collado de Chitré hospital. Advertising
Ariel Alberto Aguilar Núñez,32, was shoy at a barbecue in Playa Leona, district of La Chorrera.
Rolando Martínez Bernal was also killed in La Chorrera , in the La Lagartera sector
In Arraiján Eduardo Clemente Santos, he died in the emergency room of the Arraiján Polyclinic, after receiving three bullets in the Los Parientes sector.
In Antón, Colombian David Garcia, 32, was shot in his luxury car, by three men who were later grabbed by the National Police (PN) .
Joel Caparosa, 30, was shot in sector 1 of Samaria, San Miguelito and died in the emergency room of the Santo Tomás hospital, the result of injuries.
In El Renacimiento de Chitré, Herrera, Eibar Isaac Rodríguez, 31, died from stab wounds in the Nelson Collado hospital,
In Colón Diomedes Pittí Salazar 19 and 26-year-old Norma Estela Lezcano Fernández, died in the Manuel Amador Guerrero de Colón hospital after being shot by a minor
While in Villa Caribe, outside Colón residents found, the body of a man, with a white complexion, in a state of decomposition.
A 25-year-old teacher Ilsia Séptimo, in the Gnäbe Buglé region and the police officer, Jorge Luis Rivas, 23, in the Azuero de Chepo, died in traffic accidents.
Wilfredo Calderón, 38, in Besikó, Ngäbe Buglé region and a woman in a fatal collision in Tortí de Chepo also died.
https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/19-carnival-deaths-murders-drownings-traffic -
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Man on most-wanted list among 309 carnival arrests
Posted 24/02/2020
The National Police arrested over 300 sought-after criminals in the first three days of Carnival including one on the most-wanted list with a $5,000 price on his head and three men wanted for a double homicide on the first day of the pre-Lenten celebration reports the force director Jorge Miranda.
He said that 40 of the arrests have been in the coverage areas of the carnival and 269 outside the areas.
The security agencies are watching over 46 carnival sites across the country
Miranda also confirmed that there are already arrests related to homicides that occurred in the provinces of Coclé, Los Santos and Colón, during the carnival.
Police also carried out 86 raids, seized 29 firearms and recovered seven stolen vehicles were recovered.
https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/man-on-most-wanted-list-among-309-carnival-arrests
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Panama lets Carnival hair down
Posted 24/02/2020
With police chief Miranda looking on at the start of his day-long cross country tour at least 25.000 people entered the grounds of the Union de Chitré Park on Monday February 24, to celebrate Carnival, a scene replicated across the Panamanian isthmus with thousands of police, emergency personnel overseeing the four-day celebrations.
https://www.newsroompanama.com/entertainment/panama-lets-carnival-hair-down
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Panama carnival toll with delayed fall out
Posted 23/02/2020
With at least 85,000 vehicles heading to different parts of the interior on Saturday, February 22 to celebrate Carnival the Emergency Operations Center has been on round the clock watch and compiling reports of incidents.
By Saturday evening the entity listed at least 3 371 traffic violations with 1.056 due to speeding, 216 for inadequate lights, 47 due to drunkenness, 46 for talking on cell phones and 126 vehicles were towed
The Maritime Authority of Panama reported that some 10,556 people were transferred to island areas, The Panama Fire Department of Panama, attended 98 emergencies, 43 bush fires, three structural fires, two cars burned, a gas leak and five electrical damage and 18 car accidents while 26 people injured in various events were treated.
The Pre-hospital Emergency Management (SUME) attended 629 cases with 88 traffic incidents topping the list.
Traffic death
One person died and 11 were injured in an accident in Tolé, San Felix, ChiriquíThe Ministry of Health, this first day of Carnival reported 1,681 and the Social Security Fund has attended a total of 1,417 cases nationwide in 33 facilities. Of the cases attended, a total of 203 were reported for trauma, 19 are due to collisions.
https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama-carnival-toll-with-delayed-fall-out-1
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MEDIAWATCH: Women’s repression and “suggestive” clothing
Dancing under culecos
Posted 22/02/2020
These have been terrible months for women's rights in Panama. Femicides have been increasing, as well as the brutality of the crimes that women have suffered as victims. We Panamanians have faced women dismembered, decapitated and cremated women. Much of these crimes remain in impunity. writes Rigordo Noriega in La Prensa
As if that were not enough, sexual violence against women has been intense. We have had cases of tourists raped in groups, pregnant girls as a result of incest, adolescents and adult women of the Guna ethnic group being left defenseless before an alleged aggressor with political influences, and the physical aggression of women in public spaces by a degenerate apprentice who recorded his touching of the intimate parts of the victims.
Non-discrimination, right to privacy and private life, freedom of expression, right to private property, equality before the law, the prohibition of limiting rights or freedoms recognized by law or other international conventions, are rights recognized by the American Convention of Human rights.
Meanwhile, symbolic aggression continues to grow. According to the commissioner-general director of the National Police (PN), women should be careful about who they choose as a partner. Likewise, the PN has assumed the role of preventing women with “suggestive clothing” from participating in culecos and other Carnival celebrations.
What is a suggestive dress? The task of defining such characterization will be left to the technical teams of the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family (Senniaf).
These officials will surely not rest until the “burial of the sardine” [symbolic end of Carnival] measuring necklines and analyzing the tight and disturbing pants, the translucence of a bra, the suggestive of a little t-shirt or the concupiscent of a beach skirt.
Would it not be better for the National Police to train its agents to detect and respond to cases of violence against women? Perhaps, the mere inability to protect the human rights and constitutional guarantees of Panamanians produces such a torment.
https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/mediawatch-womens-repression-and-suggestive-clothing
CANX - Big Venta De Patio To Benefit Dog Camp Boquete
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This event has been cancelled due to new Minsa restrictions effective May 10th. Look for further announcement when conditions permit.