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Environmental

Panamanians and EX-Pats should know more about IDAAN. Quality of H20 and Quality of septic.

The National Government will not promote changes to the law of the Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers (Idaan), but it is advancing in a process of transformation of the entity, which according to its director Juan Antonio Ducruet, is already in operation and its results, he assures, will be …

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Crime

PANAMA already known for deplorable prisons, due to get worse from overpopulation

“Whoever does not live it, does not understand it, but you have to get used to it. There’s no other option!”. Whoever affirms this is one of the more than 21,000 prisoners who survive in the country’s jails. The prisoner testified with resignation, in that purgatory, the feeling of abandonment of him as …

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Human Interest

Gain education on the archeological history of PANAMA.

The Archeology Laboratory of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), in Amador, houses human and animal skeletal remains that have been found over several decades in different scientific excavations in Panama. Dr. Nicole Smith-Guzmán was recently appointed curator of the Archeology Laboratory and is organizing the vast collection. Her goal is …

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Human Interest

PANAMA- much like the world, needs a REAL policy on immigration problems.

Migration flows have accompanied Panama since long before the colonial period and have been fundamental in the current sociocultural and economic construction of the country. Despite this weight in society, the Panamanian State has not had –and does not have– a coherent integration policy for migrants arriving in the country, …

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Economy

Panama trying to recover construction to pre-COVID levels.

Historically, the construction sector is one of the main engines of economic growth in Panama. But during the covid-19 pandemic it was one of the most affected, falling by up to 50% (2020), and to date it has not achieved the growth levels it had before (pre-pandemic). The construction sector will …

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Housing

Some other living options in East Panama.

Panama East has more and more options to live. It is an ideal area for those families who want to buy their first home, since there is something for all tastes and budgets. Many consider it an area far from the city, however, due to the urbanization that continues to grow, you will …

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Immigration

US Ambassador plans to deal with immigration. Homeless and incoming migrants huge threat to tourism.

Mari Carmen Aponte, the new United States ambassador to Panama, arrived yesterday in the capital to fill a diplomatic vacuum that had persisted for four years, since the departure of her predecessor John Feeley (2018). “After a long wait, I am finally in Panama,” the diplomat said at the airport. A …

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Economy

Keeping an eye on Panama inflation.

Until October 2022, inflation in Panama accumulates a growth of 3.1%, compared to the same period in 2021. Only in October it reflected a year-on-year variation of 1.7%, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), of the Institute National Statistics and Census (Inec) published by the General Accounting Office of …

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Politics

We saw this alliance months ago. Lock up the next election.

Eventually she will realize that VP is her fastest path to the Presidency. Ricardo is running so it’s over.  A definitive closure of the Electoral Tribunal of the expulsion process of the 15 “rebel” deputies of the Cambio Democrático party, led by the current general secretary of this political group, …

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Politics

Lord get me to 2024………Despite attempts, “nothing to impede Martinelli from running”

The former President of the Republic Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal would not have any legal impediment to be the presidential standard-bearer of his Realizing Goals (RM) party, in the next general elections of 2024. Taking into account that the third criminal judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, Baloisa Marquínez, …

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Politics

Panama readies itself for the primaries to begin. PNO supports “REALIZING GOALS”

Political parties with more than 100,000 adherents begin to organize with a view to holding their primary elections to choose the candidates who will represent them in the general elections on May 5, 2024. The first political group to publicly announce the date of its primary elections was the Panameñista …

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Human Interest

Much like the US, homeless and poverty is visible and needs to be dealt with.

Panama has presented a growth like no region in Latin America (15% per year) according to World Bank statistics. However, despite this indicator, Panamanian wealth has remained in macroeconomic numbers and in very few hands. This makes it the third most unequal country in Latin America, also known as the least equal …

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Chiriqui

Easily the most violent year we have lived in Panama. EX PAT ALERT: Chiriqui

Five women have been murdered this 2022, a situation that keeps society concerned Five women have been murdered this year in Chiriquí, this situation keeps society worried. The etiology of this particular form of criminality is multifactorial, but what is most important for these events to occur lies in the dysfunctionality …

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Environmental

50 countries come together for Natural Disaster plans.

The number of recorded disasters has increased fivefold – partly due to climate change caused by human activities and the multiplication of extreme weather events – and everything indicates that this trend will continue. Half of the world’s countries do not have early warning systems, and even fewer have regulatory …

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"JB"

How much death truly associated to the completion of the WORLD CUP???

For those that are soccer fans (like me), there is an interesting documentary on NETFLIX about the awarding of the World Cop of 2022 to QATAR. Indeed it was an odd and curious choice. Much ado of fraud and kickbacks started the investigations into FIFA.  Now other groups are investigating …

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Conservation

Panama assuming lead in organizing COP on Endangered Species

Representatives from 183 countries will participate between November 14 and 25 in Panama at the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites). More than 2,500 attendees are expected from the 183 countries that have signed the …

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World Events

The Western starved youth of Iran, riot against the oppression of the Ayatollah rule.

Young Iranians protested again this Sunday despite a warning from the powerful Revolutionary Guard to stop demonstrating and a strong repression in universities, in mobilizations that are becoming more violent. The protests took place throughout the country in numerous university centers in various cities, which were strongly repressed by the …

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Art/Entertainment

One of the worlds great festivals starts tomorrow “Dio de los Muertos” in Mexico.

For all of my Ex-Pat friends in Mexico.  Enjoy the festivities.  By Kristina Puga What is El Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” as it’s now known in the U.S.? Despite the white faces and the skulls, it’s not meant to be a spooky holiday and it’s not Halloween. …

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Darien

More of the same. Read about Darien and what Maduro is doing.

Panama reported this Friday “a drastic decrease in the flow of irregular migrants, mainly Venezuelans,” who arrive in the country through the Darién jungle, the border with Colombia, through which 208,866 people have entered so far this year, an unprecedented figure. “In the last three days, only 2,292 people have …

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Human Interest

Face it Ex-Pats and Citizens: IMMIGRATION is the problem of 2022

Highly dangerous Darien is at the front lines. The stories coming out of this area are quite chilling.  The Panamanian Foreign Ministry announced this Sunday that it has called a meeting for next Tuesday with the migration authorities of Colombia and Costa Rica, to which the United States is invited, …

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"JB"

LMFAO. What is the lesson to be learned here? ASSHOLE of MONTH is back.

I’m sorry if I have to laugh at someone else’s misfortune,,,,,,but for the love of God, this tactic of trying to be famous for nothing needs to end. With Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and now Tik Tok, an entire billion dollar enterprise that produces literally NOTHING has been born. They are …

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Immigration

Ousted Venezuelans from US protest on the border. DOWN TO MADURO!!!!!!!!!!

Hundreds of Venezuelans are demonstrating silently Thursday in camps on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on the edge of the Rio Grande in the face of Washington’s new immigration restrictions. Migrants consulted by EFE in Ciudad Juárez, on the border with El Paso, Texas, said that this silent protest …

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Immigration

Amid cluster—- of Venezuela immigration, numbers decrease recently. Is that GOOD or BAD?

After the United States announced new measures to control Venezuelan irregular migration, the entry of these citizens into Panama through the Darien jungle has decreased significantly, according to data from the National Migration Service (SNM). In the last three days they have counted 624 Venezuelans, out of a total of …

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Conservation

The Natural environment of Panama can be pivotal for entire Planet.

I constantly pound the drum that we live in a very unique and diverse region of the globe. There are things in Panama that are distinct and relegated to our republic and should be protected at all costs. As PNO covered the logging in Darien, coastline cleanup, over fishing, among …

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Human Interest

As stated in the three other posts……..they end up in Mexico.

Register 387,541 orders from 2013 to date The Mexican government said Thursday that it is the third country in the world that receives the most refugee applications, registering 387,541 requests from 2013 to date and of which 330,960 correspond to the Administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who began …

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Environmental

CONGRATULATIONS. Panama recognizes infrastructure and Waste Management as Massive problem.

All it takes is a set of eyes. PNO has outlined in the past the trash heap that is Isla Colon, the coastline which is essentially a bay of shit, Darien, which is an out of control dangerous place, and Panama has not addressed. Maybe Varela could not get the …

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Human Interest

US firmly behind Guaido among the chaos of the immigration issue. THIS affects PANAMA.

During this storm in Venezuela, US remains in strong support of Guaido.    The U.S. government has clarified that it recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s “interim president” and is collaborating with him to “restore democracy,” in response to speculation about a potential imminent end to key support for …

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Editorial Contribution

So what was Nito’s meeting with US about Venezuela??? “Turn them back Home!!!”

US and Panama face same problem. Reminds me of the Cuban expulsion into Miami into the 80’s.  Not that these people are all criminals, in that Maduro shows absolutely no care for his people. US and Panama greatly affected. This just a year after the so called “Mexico Migration”. And …

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Air Travel

Air Canada resumes direct flights with expanded Tocumen.

Prepare for the “snowbirds” on a more frequent occasion.  After two years due to the covid-19 pandemic, on November 4, the Canadian airline Air Canada will resume its direct flights between Canada and Panama, specifically Tocumen International Airport, S.A. (Aitsa), the airport reported on Wednesday. In its press release, Aitsa …

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Immigration

THIS—- is why Nito is asking for help. Venezuela immigrant problem out of control

Women, men, youth and children ran back and forth to take cover from the downpour in Old Veranillo on Monday. They were all running to the same place: the temporary shelter set up by the Venezuelan Embassy in Panama for migrants arriving from Darien or returning after having advanced to …

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