Some years ago, I had a section called “Asshole of the Week” . My feedback was that I was too hard, so I ceased. But “La Estrella” then started “Crybaby of the Week” Watered down for sure, but I like what they do. I still say it is my idea though. Given with pride. …
OP ED: “JB” As Panama is my “HOME”, and has been for quite some time, I encourage those “tweeners” of Ex-Pats to take the same stance that if you are RETIRED and spend the majority of their time here should become more involved in the political process. With all of the aspects that one can…
OP ED by Joyce Barr: Contributor for PNO She Got Coached and Got Out! From my client Deloris Young, who has recently relocated to Panama with the assistance of BLAST! So, if you want to get out, get coached! Hola! Greetings Ladies! It was about two years ago that I started to think seriously about…
I blog, anyone can “blog” if they can type. It’s basically online gasbagging. But every now and again I get to feel like a writer (something I loved so much as a kid). I write my own comics when times were tight and my mind was an open field of ideas. That is why seeing…
Yes, indeed. Those massive piles of duplicitous bastards are back at it in good ol’ BOCAS DEL TORO. Besides a glitzy website, RED FROG BEACH is nothing more than a massive pile of dogshit and debt. Love your addresses to the troops though, you still have a shitload of “Heaven’s Gate” type believers that a…
Joyce Barr; PNO Contributor Should the Unthinkable Happen… Panama with all its shortcomings just might be the place you will want to be! That is all. An interesting read: https://share.smartnews.com/eYzkw If a nuclear war broke out between the US and Russia, over 5 billion people would die, according to a new global study led…
https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/opinion/columnistas/220816/hora-gobernar-presidente-cortizo?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc It’s time to govern, President Cortizo Despite the agreements reached in the incomplete and misnamed “Single Dialogue Table” – not representative of all national sectors – the protests and street closures continue, creating the image that in Panama respect for authority has been lost its perpetrators matter little the economic damage they do to…
OP ED CONTRIBUTION: Red Frog Security Guard Augustin Rodriguez known on the streets as “Lipra” was arrested in Almirante on Friday the 27th of May 2022 carrying a “printer” filled with drugs and two illegal firearms. The police were allegedly tipped off by locals that Augustin was allegedly acting as the mule for another Red…
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION: Courtesy of JOYCE BARR. Please visit her BLAST BOOMER link on the home page. I arrived in Panama in December 2018 and secured an Airbnb for a minimum month’s stay while looking to obtain permanent residency. As it turned out, an extended Airbnb stay was not to be — with the help of…
OP ED: Peter McKinney Once again, thank you to Steven and JB for allowing me to keep exposing the wrongs being done by Red Frog. Not to mention all of the shenanigans going on under the guise of a REAL development at RED FROG BEACH in Bocas del Toro. I hope people read my last…
