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PANAMA ROCKED BY POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE: Buildings Collapse Near Epicenter, Evacuations Underway

Jbryson PNO2 weeks ago2 weeks ago

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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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Container Holding 109 Sacks of Shark Fins Seized at Manzanillo Port

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

ARAP says the cargo, bound from Panama to Malaysia, had been irregularly declared as fish maw and is now under investigation.

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Storms Leave Deaths and Widespread Damage in Chiriqui

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SINAPROC reported fallen trees, blocked roads and damaged power lines, plus an electrical discharge incident in Zapotal that left people dead and injured.

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Classes Suspended Across Bocas del Toro on Monday as Rivers Rise

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

MEDUCA says the decision was taken at an Emergency Operations Centre meeting because conditions put safe travel to school at risk.

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SINAPROC Declares Green Alert for Bocas del Toro, Ngabe-Bugle and Naso Tjer Di

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

The alert took effect at 6:00 p.m. Sunday for rain, storms and wind gusts capable of causing rapid river rises, flooding and landslides.

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Transit Authority Issues 54 Operating Certificates in Veraguas and Unveils Modernisation Plan

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

ATTT director Nicolas Brea handed certificates to drivers who had operated for years on temporary permits, and presented a digital modernisation plan to Canatra.

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Arraijan Advances Land-Use Plan to Protect Public Access Along Its Coasts

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Miviot and the Arraijan mayor office agreed a roadmap for the district land-use plan and a municipal planning board, with coastal high-tide lines a central issue.

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Sepresac Says Constituent Process Outreach Has Reached More Than a Million Panamanians

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Director Miguel Antonio Bernal said more than 1,250 in-person talks have reached over a million citizens as the constituent process moves through four phases.

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Panama Presents National Drug Policy for 2026 to 2036

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Conapred unveiled a ten-year roadmap that Attorney General Luis Gomez Rudy described as a state vision for an evidence-based response to drugs.

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Panama City Launches Its Largest River and Coastal Recovery Drive

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

The municipality began an environmental intervention stretching from the Amador Causeway to Costa del Este, targeting the Matias Hernandez and Rio Abajo rivers.

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New Education Minister Ventura Vega Sets Roadmap on Law, Technology and School Buildings

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

Ventura Vega Osorio was sworn in as education minister and named five priorities, promising full cooperation with investigations into procurement under his predecessor.

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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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