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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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AI-Driven Cyberattacks Put Panama Financial Center on Alert

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

Cybersecurity specialists warned that artificial intelligence is making phishing and malicious code faster to produce, raising risks for Panama businesses and citizens.

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A cargo ship transiting the Panama Canal under cloudy skies.
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Panama Canal Rules Out Transit Cuts for Now Despite Weak Rainfall

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

The Panama Canal Authority says water reserves are sufficient to avoid limiting ship transits for now, although two draft reductions have been announced.

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Dengue Report Puts Veracruz, Puerto Pilon and Tocumen Among Hotspots

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

MINSA data through epidemiological week 27 show 4,351 accumulated dengue cases, including 26 severe cases and 13 deaths.

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Night road work on an elevated coastal highway in Panama City.
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Corredor Sur to Close 16 Hours Between Paitilla and Costa del Este

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

ENA announced a 16-hour closure from late Saturday to Sunday afternoon for the lifting of two 53-meter beams on the marine section.

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Former CSS Worker Sentenced to 50 Years in Child Sexual Abuse Case

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

A Panama trial court sentenced a former CSS official to 50 years in prison and ordered compensation for three victims.

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Airport security corridor prepared for a formal extradition transfer.
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Panama Receives Extradited Suspect Known as El Abogado From Spain

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

Authorities say Jean Carlos Valencia Escobar, known as El Abogado, was extradited from Spain through an Interpol red notice in a gang and narcotics investigation.

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Rio Indio Farmers Prepare Supreme Court Challenge Over Burial Decree

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

A campesino organization says it will challenge Executive Decree 19, which halted new burials at El Limon cemetery amid the Rio Indio reservoir dispute.

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Police Arrest Suspected Recruiter at Tocumen in Russia-Ukraine Job Scheme Probe

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

Authorities say a Panamanian citizen was arrested at Tocumen airport in an investigation into false job offers allegedly used to recruit people for the Russia-Ukraine war zone.

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Panama Launches National Push on AI, Semiconductors and Microelectronics

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

The government presented a technology agenda that includes AI, semiconductors, microelectronics, a $105 million investment and 10,000 technology-linked scholarships.

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Twenty Panamanian Students Head to China on University Scholarships

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago03 mins

A new group of Panamanian students will travel to Chinese universities under a scholarship and academic cooperation program.

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

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