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Op Ed: James “JB” Bryson- Happy Day visitors and regulars- Over the years, I have joined MANY a online forum to keep my finger on the pulse of what the residents here are yapping about. I do enough TALKING of my own, so this exercise grants me the time to READ what YOU are thinking….

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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…

Varela buddy Putin and his “INVASION” is affecting Food Supply Chain in Latin America

4 years ago2 months ago04 mins

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/internacional/america/220524/guerra-ucrania-agrava-inseguridad-alimentaria-latinoamerica The World Food Program (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the “domino effect” of the conflict in Ukraine aggravates the problems of the pandemic, worsens food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean and leads to the need for more resources to help vulnerable people in the region. The United Nations organization, awarded the Nobel…

Years after Mossack/Fonseca and “Panama Papers”, our country still WASHING a great deal

4 years ago2 months ago08 mins

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/220524/panama-obtiene-alta-puntuacion-opacidad Panama is responsible for 1.4% of financial secrecy risks worldwide. This is established by the Index of Financial Secrecy (IFS, for its acronym in English), which is prepared by the Tax Justice Network, an international network for tax justice based in London, which reveals the extent to which countries can hide and launder money. The…

Character assasination of Martinelli backfires: Brothers sentenced to 36 Months w/ Time Served

4 years ago012 mins

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/panamanian-intermediaries-each-sentenced-36-months-international-bribery-and-money Please feel free to state that PNO- OPENLY SUPPORTS MARTINELLI. He was the president when my wife and I decided to retire here, and in that time I saw MASSIVE growth and improvements in the quality of life for BOTH Ex-Pats and Panamanians alike. So for the past 7 years, when I see an…

EX-PATS and Locals alike: Take advantage of MUSEUM MONTH in Panama

4 years ago2 months ago012 mins

I personally have visited both “Rainforest Doscovery Center” and “Biomuseo”. Had a great time at both. https://club.prensa.com/mes-de-los-museos/ Museum Month: Museums tell stories In the month of May we celebrate the month of the Museums and we have organized together with the Network of Museums and Visitor Centers of Panama a special tour: Museums tell stories. We present the…

Water Treatment plant for Colon almost complete. Please help people in that region soon

4 years ago2 months ago02 mins

If they have to live in a lawless dump, at least give these people potable water. https://elsiglo-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/ampliacion-potabilizadora-sabanitas-presenta-68-avance/24201244?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_sch=http Once the work is completed and delivered, the contractor will give 3 years of operation and maintenance The National Aqueduct and Sewer Institute (IDAAN) reported that the expansion works of the Antonio Yepes de León water treatment plant…

What is going through the minds of USDOJ and Defense counsel? VIDEO

4 years ago01 mins

https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/nacional/politica/220519/video-actua-favor-hermanos-martinelli?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Brothers to learn of fate at 4pm EST

4 years ago2 months ago03 mins

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/sons-ex-panama-president-be-sentenced-us-money-laundering-charges-2022-05-20/ NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – Two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli will be sentenced on Friday in a U.S. court for their roles in helping launder millions of dollars in bribe payments Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht made to a high-ranking Panamanian official. Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of between 9 and…

EX-PAT ALERT: Bocas del Toro reports HIGHEST rate of Dengue fever in country

4 years ago03 mins

Hard to believe after I have been calling for 5 years for the Government to TRULY INVEST REAL MONEY into the Bocas region that this occurs. For an area that is one of the gems of tourism for this country, it still has a POS airstrip and next to nothing in terms of real infrastructure….

As a FIRM believer in CLIMATE CHANGE, Latin America is VITAL key to any progress

4 years ago2 months ago07 mins

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/internacional/america/220519/presidente-caf-mundo-frenara-crisis-climatica-latinoamerica The world must understand that any solution to the climate crisis passes through Latin America, a region rich in biodiversity that “can solve the global carbon problem” and take advantage of its digital transformation to create millions of jobs, the president of the Development Bank tells Efe of Latin America (CAF), the Colombian Sergio…

Putin’s senseless war affecting GLOBAL supply chain. In particular, PANAMA

4 years ago2 months ago05 mins

https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/220519/guerra-ucrania-frena-recuperacion-economica The war in Ukraine is slowing down the fragile economic recovery that the world had begun after the covid-19 crisis, the UN said on Wednesday, lowering its global growth forecast for this year from 4% to 3.1% and warned that the deterioration may end up being even greater. The United Nations expects the…

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As a FIRM believer in CLIMATE CHANGE, Latin America is VITAL key to any progress

Putin’s senseless war affecting GLOBAL supply chain. In particular, PANAMA

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