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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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MEF Says DGI e-Tax System Will Be Replaced After Fraud Scheme Detection

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Economy and Finance Minister Felipe Chapman said Panama will replace the e-Tax platform with a digital system designed to strengthen traceability.

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Fishers unload a modest catch at a coastal dock in Panama
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Warmer Seas Add Pressure to Panama Fishing Sector

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Fishers say warming waters are affecting catches while fuel, ice and other operating costs continue to rise.

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Lawmakers Split Over Proposal to Reduce Panama Assembly Seats

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Deputies reacted to former president Ernesto Perez Balladares proposal to limit representation to two deputies per province.

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Burn Unit Remodeling Begins at Jose Domingo de Obaldia Hospital in David

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

The Chiriqui hospital project was identified as the goal of the first Teleton 20-30 de Chiriqui held in March.

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MINSA to Begin Monoclonal Protection Against RSV for Pregnant Women

Jbryson PNO2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Panama health authorities said the RSV protection program will begin at the end of August, targeting pregnant women from week 30 of gestation.

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A protected sea turtle nursery area on a Chiriqui beach.
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MiAmbiente Moves Olive Ridley Nest to Protect 106 Eggs in Chiriqui

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago02 mins

Environmental authorities relocated an olive ridley turtle nest to an artificial nursery at Playa La Barqueta Agricola Wildlife Refuge.

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Panama and U.S. Forces Train in Colon Jungle Ahead of Panamax

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago02 mins

Panamanian security units and U.S. Army and Marine personnel completed jungle training in San Lorenzo as part of preparations for Panamax exercises.

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Helicopter-assisted delivery of bridge materials to a remote school access route.
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U.S. Southern Command Airlifts School Bridge Materials to Ngabe-Bugle

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago02 mins

CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters moved construction materials for a school-access bridge in the community of Mayo.

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Darien Collision Injures Five After Bus and Pickup Crash

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago02 mins

Five people were taken to the Meteti Health Center after a collision between a bus and a pickup in Altos de Cristo, Darien.

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Landslide Closes Chiriqui Grande-Gualaca Road in Bocas del Toro

Jbryson PNO3 months ago3 months ago02 mins

The Ministry of Public Works said machinery was being sent to clear the Chiriqui Grande-Gualaca road after a landslide blocked traffic.

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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.

Saludos y Hasta la Proxima Vez
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