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“I love it when a plan comes together”. I enjoy every second this POS is in Hot Water,

“JB”s opinion is this guy??????.. is guilty as sin.  But he’s clearly cut some deal to buy his way out of everything.   This is just a show where they attempt to get him on some trumped up BS and his real cases that should be moving are all being dismissed.   There are PeopleLike…

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La bolsa se está poniendo más pesada en Bocas. Ashburn Dixon y Rigoberto Serrano ya no son los únicos nombres que figuran en ella. (ESPANOL)

Por James “JB” Bryson A Bocas del Toro nunca le han faltado historias de tierra. Lo que sí le ha faltado, durante muchísimo tiempo, es una historia que se quede dentro de una sola finca, una sola notaría y un solo juzgado en silencio. El expediente que ahora reposa en la Fiscalía —y el que…

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The bag is getting heavier in Bocas. Ashburn Dixon and Rigoberto Serrano are no longer the only names listed in it. (ENGLISH)

OP ED: “JB” Bocas del Toro has never lacked stories of land. What it has lacked, for a very long time, is a history that remains within a single farm, a single notary’s office and a single court in silence. The file that now rests in the Prosecutor’s Office – and the one that Anticorruption…

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NO SOLO ROBARON LA PLAYA,……ROBARON TODO LA ISLA!!!! MATONES POLITICOS DE BOCAS.

Opinión editorial: “JB” Bryson Esta semana hablé por teléfono con un maestro jubilado y exdirigente del sindicato de lancheros de Bocas del Toro, un caballero llamado Dario Van Horne.No es un vocero. No es un abogado leyendo un libreto. Es un hombre cuya familia ha tenido cinco hectáreas de frente de playa en el Caribe…

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STAY in TOUCH: New update for the “Bocas Brigade” COMING SOON

4 years ago5 months ago01 mins

Just a little teaser into the fact that it seems people are “FINALLY” getting REAL and ORGANIZED to not allow PNO to be the lone site shining a light into the darkness that is RFB and Bocas.

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EX-PAT ALERT: Colon remains most dangerous area of the Republic

4 years ago02 mins

And more than 530 search procedures carried out during the months of January and February The National Police has already captured 33 people for crimes against life in the province of Colón. Of these, 21 were for homicide and 12 for attempted homicide, in more than 530 search procedures carried out during the months of…

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If Cortizo and Carrizo are so great,,,,,look at this stat?

4 years ago5 months ago07 mins

AS MR.SCAM ANNOUNCED HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN YESTERDAY I HOPE HE REALIZES PANAMA AS A WHOLE. NOT JUST HOB NOBBING AND RUBBING ELBOWS WITH DIPLOMATS WORKING ON THE NEXT SCAM DEAL. PANAMA IS A NATION OF THE PEOPLE THAT HOLDS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA. ALONG WITH COSTA RICA, HE ONLY PLACE WHERE WESTERNERS FEEL…

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Colon: Continues to be shining light of SHIT in Panama. Man shot inside hospital EX-PAT: Alert

4 years ago01 mins

The man remained hospitalized after receiving burns on his body as a result of a first attempted murder This Wednesday night Amado Bárcenas was riddled with shots in a private hospital in the Cuatro Altos area, in the province of Colón. Bárcenas, 33 years old, was surprised by five hitmen when he was receiving medical…

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Change the name, doesn’t change the game? Watch your back at Red Frog. Are you safe?

4 years ago5 months ago329 mins

Well I was debating and debating with myself whether I would ever write about the Bocas del Toro debacle that is Red Frog Beach.   After spending the last 8 days in Bocas del Toro I’ve made some promises and can’t hold back any longer.   The promise I made myself and everyone close to me was…

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Like going back to the 80’s. Panama location vital to drug trade

4 years ago5 months ago011 mins

The Spanish Civil Guard and Europol on Monday dismantled a “super cartel” of drugs that controlled a third of the cocaine traffic that entered the old continent. According to investigations by the Spanish Civil Guard, the drug supplier was a Panamanian living in Dubai who the authorities classify as one of the six “drug lords”…

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Panamanians are victims of law from their ignorance of the crimes within

4 years ago5 months ago03 mins

The rule of law and corruption The law protects the legal assets that explain the existence of a company. Those who unite in society respond to a community of roots and dreams. This is how the nation first arises: beings with common cradles and graves, with common values. And the State arises when a legally conceived entity, sovereignly…

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

4 years ago018 mins

“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 the punishment that society imposed…

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

4 years ago02 mins

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 of the family, said former…

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Women prove just as effective in the crimes of Panama as men do. Ask the “Queen

4 years ago5 months ago013 mins

The route that the ‘queen of coca’ traced through Panama Ana María Cameno created a structure to launder money from drug trafficking, through transfers to Panama. The Spanish blonde, who identifies herself with a tattoo that she has on her arm with the eyes of a woman and a tiger, has become a drug trafficking legend….

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About PNO

My Ten Year Anniversary: Reflections on Professional Growth and Lessons Learned

Welcome to PANAMA NOW ONLINE.
To mark our "10th" YEAR of being a LOUD, CONSISTENT, and RELIABLE source of News, Culture, and Insight for PANAMANIAN EX-PATS, we have expanded our presence considerably.
What started as a "S- - - -Y little blog" as stated by some local fraudsters, has become even more relevant during the past decade.

Our mission is CLEAR. Through trial and error as well as establishing a network of reliable sources, we seek to be THE SOURCE for Due Diligence, Planning, and Up to Date News for INCOMING EX-PATS as well as those already present here.

PANAMA is beautiful, cost effective, filled with culture, and very close in proximity to the UNITED STATES and CANADA. We are consistently listed as one of the most desirable locales on the planet for RETIREMENT options.

However, this opportunity is also ripe with LANDMINES and COMMON MISTAKES that can lead to headaches and financial loss beyond imagination.
PNO- aims to be the guide and shepherd to assist our readers, visitors, and contributors through the issues we have seen occur in time and time again.

We encourage EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS via the site through ( jb@panamanowonline.com ) or via our Instagram Imágenes transparentes PNG, imágenes, fotos INSTAGRAM platform at
"jbpno2026" as a means to open up a myriad of topics for all to comment on.

Thank you for visiting THEN, NOW, and in the FUTURE.

Saludos y Hasta la Proxima Vez
"JB"

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