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"JB" RANTS
EX-PATS and VISITORS. MEXICO FAILS HARD in comparison to PANAMA for MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“JB” Op ED: As I have become more familiar with what my new parnters at “SHRM” do for the incoming residents of PANAMA on the EAST COAST, amd MEXICO on the WEST COAST, a LARGE FACTOR has been brought to LIGHT. MEDICAL TOURISM and ONGOING MEDICAL FOR RETIREES The access to BOTH elective procedures as…

"JB"
"JB" RANTS
Hey Ex-Pats/Chat Groups/Social Media Forums??? Dig a Little Deeper. “JB Rant”

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….

"JB"
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…

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

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month 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 PNO1 month ago1 month 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 PNO1 month ago1 month 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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Cleanup crews collect waste along a mangrove-lined urban riverbank.
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Panama City Launches Its Largest River and Coastal Recovery Drive

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month 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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Panama Presents National Drug Policy for 2026 to 2036

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month 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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Small patrol boats move in formation on tropical coastal water during a training exercise.
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PANAMAX 2026 Ends With Live Operations for the First Time Since 2012

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

The multinational exercise closed after 11 days of maritime, cyber and special operations training focused on protecting Panama Canal infrastructure.

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

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month 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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A pharmacy shelf of unbranded perfume bottles during a product recall.
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Health Ministry Orders Paco Rabanne Perfume Pulled From Panamanian Shelves

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Minsa cancelled the sanitary registration of Paco Rabanne Black XS Black Excess for Her after a banned substance classified as carcinogenic was detected.

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Judge Orders Detention of Another Suspect in Russia-Ukraine Recruitment Network

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

A guarantees judge ordered preventive detention for a 63-year-old man charged with human trafficking over the alleged recruitment of Panamanians for the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Military and security personnel gather for an operational briefing in a tropical setting.
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Pentagon Chief Says US Plans Land Strikes on Drug Networks with Latin American Partners

Jbryson PNO1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

Speaking in Panama, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington intends to extend its counter-narcotics strikes from international waters to land targets alongside regional partners.

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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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