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BIG changes, BIG improvements as PANAMA NOW ONLINE is stepping UP OUR GAME.

An Open Editorial from James “JB” Bryson- Hola y Bienvenidos to all PANAMA NOW ONLINE visitors and readers since 2016. When my wife and I came from Illinois to settle in Panama, there were many back home that thought the transition was going to be too much. That Arizona, or Florida (where my daughter resides…

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CITIZENS & EX-PAT HUMAN INTEREST

An “Active” Dialogue is always encouraged. FB activity is valuable. Ex-Pats: DON’T ALLOW THESE PANAMANIAN CORRUPT pricks to make “US” seem like the problem!!

NOTICED on FACEBOOK. Let’s all dig into this please! “Updated Informational Pulse: Wizard Beach, Isla Bastimentos – Land Dispute News (as of late June 2026)Recent Development (Main News)Local Representative Ashbur Dixon (Corregimiento de Bastimentos) publicly denounced irregularities involving land titles along Playa Wizard. According to reports covered by Pulso Informativo Bocas and local media: This…

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Bocas del Toro

“ABOVE BOARD” Commerce still a challenge in the “TOMBSTONE of the TROPICS” of Bocas del Toro.

“JB” via post LA ESTRELLA The “Kangaroo Court” of BULLSHIT needs to cease for PANAMA to forge ahead in coming years. The tropical gem of PANAMA is consistently being screwed around with and more than often it is US foreign investors getting screwed over. “JB” The president of El Faro de Bastimentos, SA claims that…

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Bocas del Toro

SURPRISED,….not me. MORE “shady” shit in the PARADISE “Bermuda Triangle” of Bocas del Toro.

“JB”- Money goes IN, but it NEVER comes OUT. Panama shoots itself in the foot when REAL business tries to pull the region out of the Jurassic Era, and skulldyggery and back handed system keeps it in the weeds. Now we have a few scumbags on the LAM, and shit jumps up a noth. Document…

Strikes a concern in the Bocas del Toro region

1 year ago2 months ago07 mins

https://newsroompanama.com/2025/03/19/chiriqui-and-bocas-del-toro-warn-of-the-impact-of-strikes-and-road-closures-discussed-march-21st/ Business people, farmers, and economists from Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro expressed their concern over calls for strikes and possible road closures that could affect the region’s economic stability. The unions warn that a situation similar to that of October and November 2023 would have serious consequences for production, trade, and tourism, key sectors…

Bleak job outlook for “young” Gen-Z Panamanians

3 years ago08 mins

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/231204/jovenes-representan-54-desempleados-pais The recent results of the Labor Market Survey as of August 2023, carried out by the Institute of Statistics and Census (Inec), which collects the evolution of employment, marked a strong trend of the crisis experienced by Panamanian youth employment. In the reference month of the survey, the population aged 15 and over…

PRD puppet Carrizo pounds chest on jobs report

3 years ago2 months ago02 mins

Carrizo nabs credit for 101,976 jobs. Almost as much as the sq,footage of his new home. The Panamanian economy continues to be strong and until April of this year, it managed to generate more than 101,976 new jobs in a formal way, the presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), José Gabriel…

The one group of immigrants PANAMA “does” want to come over. Digital Nomads

3 years ago08 mins

The rise of remote or remote work, pushed by the covid-19 pandemic, opened the door to digital nomads. So much so that today it is one of the most frequently heard terms when talking about work trends and lifestyles in the world. A digital nomad is a person who uses the Internet to carry out their…

The abuse of corporations and the rich as the average workday is FAR from average

3 years ago2 months ago013 mins

Mexicans work 2,124 hours a year, more than Costa Rica (1,913), Russia (1,874) and Japan (1,598). Several countries in the Americas, especially Chile and Colombia, are considering reforming by law the length of the working day, which in some places like Mexico reaches a grueling nine or ten hours a day. Especially in the big capitals, where…

Brazil opposite of Panama, and showing gains in jobs as unemployment falls

4 years ago2 months ago03 mins

The unemployment rate in Brazil fell to 8.9% of the economically active population in the quarter ended in August, which fell to its lowest level in the last seven years, the government said Friday. The unemployment rate in Latin America’s largest economy was not that low since the 8.7% measured in the quarter ended July…

PANAMA job market is reaching point of tipping over

4 years ago2 months ago022 mins

“I have been out of work for four months. I’m looking for anything. The situation is very difficult!” exclaimed Jackeline Aguilar almost bursting into tears, as sweat ran down her pink cheeks due to the sweltering sun. The almost 40-year-old woman is among the more than 30,000 attendees who came from different parts of the capital…

AGAIN? Now school shootings. WAKE UP Nito and Carrizo? Colon is a WAR ZONE

4 years ago2 months ago05 mins

https://elsiglo-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/inician-clases-enel-rufo-garay-colon-directora/24210233?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http In full school activity, a student was murdered and two more were injured. This month alone, 12 homicides have been registered in Colón After a week of being closed, the Rufo A. Garay de Colón Institute cautiously opens its doors. Just five days ago, hooded subjects entered the Institute’s facilities and without saying a word attacked…

EX-PAT ALERT: Recognize LABOR DAY in US and do,,,,,,,,,,,absolutely nothing

4 years ago2 months ago01 mins

It is “Labor Day” back in the US, and like many of the Ex-Pats that are now calling Panama home I encourage you to take this day to do something different and enjoy the day. All of us worked hard to get to be in a tropical paradise, and why the hell not take today…

The “MADHOUSE” can start again. Protests start to form again

4 years ago2 months ago03 mins

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/220810/suntracs-retoma-cierres-calle-exigir-cumplimiento-acuerdos-mesa-dialogo?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc The Single National Union of Workers in the Construction and Similar Industries (Suntracs) resumed the street closures this Wednesday morning as a pressure measure to demand that the Government comply with the agreements reached at the dialogue table. Drivers and users of public transport were affected by the closures in the Corredor Sur, Ricardo…

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Strikes a concern in the Bocas del Toro region

Bleak job outlook for “young” Gen-Z Panamanians

PRD puppet Carrizo pounds chest on jobs report

The one group of immigrants PANAMA “does” want to come over. Digital Nomads

The abuse of corporations and the rich as the average workday is FAR from average

Brazil opposite of Panama, and showing gains in jobs as unemployment falls

PANAMA job market is reaching point of tipping over

AGAIN? Now school shootings. WAKE UP Nito and Carrizo? Colon is a WAR ZONE

EX-PAT ALERT: Recognize LABOR DAY in US and do,,,,,,,,,,,absolutely nothing

The “MADHOUSE” can start again. Protests start to form again