Friday, December 30, 2022 Growing up in a small midwestern town in the middle of nowhere, our townsfolk were quite set in their ways. We were used to extremely cold winters, hard manual labor year ’round, strong Christian beliefs and a firm handshake. Women were women, men were men and the cows ran scared. Just […]
Category Archives: Noticias
Covid-19, Dark Humor, Editorial, Good news, Noticias
Christmas Special Edition: We’re Ready for Christmas; The Christmas Story; Toys have a warranty; Collection of Christmas Trees; Holiday Safety Recommendations; Holiday Recipes.
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Friday, December 23, 2022 This year, just like every year, we all get overwhelmed with Panama’s excessive traffic and last minute shoppers. Sometimes, we’re the culprit of the same procrastination. This year, luckily, with a little extra effort, we as a family have been able to get a jump on things and got decorations done […]
Covid-19, Dark Humor, Editorial, Good news, Noticias
Christmas; Panama Canal Delivers to the National Treasury Contributions for B/.2,494,418,811.37; Panama will host Cybertech Latin America in May 2023; Antai Inspects Gym After Complaint About Cameras in the Bathrooms; Birds of Panama – Larry Wilkinson.
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Friday, December 16, 2022 Due to circumstances beyond my control, ie, Christmas baking, Christmas shopping, Christmas cleaning, Christmas present wrapping, Christmas-related investigations, Christmas decorating, Christmas party preparations and planning for fishing, this introduction is going to be short. But I do offer you a photo of part of the fun: TOP NEWS and TIDBITS: Yoli’s […]
Covid-19, Dark Humor, Editorial, Good news, Noticias
How (not) to go fishing; ¿Panama is Experiencing a Transition from Rainy to Dry Season; Panama Accumulates More Than 7,000 Cases of Dengue and More Than 5,000 of Malaria; The ‘City of Health’will open several buildings next week.
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Friday, December 09, 2022 We’ve been trying to go fishing to Gamboa for quite some time now. We have a small lake boat and it’s nice to get out and putz around in it for a few hours even if just to keep the motor in tiptop condition. A few months ago, after selling my […]
Covid-19, Dark Humor, Editorial, Good news, Noticias
Theft is Up; December 2022 Vehicle Sticker Delivery Begins; U.S. Consulate Advances Appointments for Tourist Visa Interviews; There Will Be No Covid Restrictions on Upcoming Holidays; Merry Christmas.
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Friday, December 02, 2022 Theft is up in Panama. To that, there’s no doubt. What makes this an even bigger problem is that they types of theft, the overall risk assessment, shows that there are now more aggravated thefts than ever. Even if it’s just from an outsider’s perspective, no one is seemingly safe from […]
Covid-19, Dark Humor, Editorial, Good news, Noticias
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Birthday; Two Hundred Students Participate in Chemistry Olympics; President Cortizo Approves Expanding Medicsol Program; Mayor’s Office Promises to Become the Stone in the Shoe of the ‘Well Cared For'(Bien Cuidado).
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Friday, November 25, 2022 Happy Thanksgiving everyone – we personally have quite a bit to be thankful for. My USA family has had a few additions brought on in the last year, everyone is relatively healthy and happy. I’m keeping this short as apart from Thanksgiving celebrations, we have roughly 5 birthday parties this weekend […]
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Profound Human Attachments and World Cup; Panama to host World Meeting on Tobacco Control; Illicit Enrichment: What is it According to the Penal Code?; Ministry of Culture Develops Day to Promote Entrepreneurship; Funny and Embarrassing Photos in Sports.
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Friday, November 18, 2022 After five weeks of agony… … vile, excruciating agony… … my Green Bay Packers finally won another game last weekend and it was against a tougher opponent than what we’ve seen in the last few weeks. I guess even when we’re playing poorly, our team still figures out a way to […]
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Veteran’s Day; Rains Leave Effects in the Provinces of Los Santos, Herrera and Veraguas; Asep Extends Concession to Etesa for 25 Years; Minister Sucre: Increase in Cases of Respiratory Diseases is Expected for this Date; USA, Netherlands and China, Main Panamanian Export Destinations.
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Friday, November 11, 2022 At today’s Veteran’s Day event at the Corozal Cemetary, it was great to see some familiar faces, Tony Bonilla, Tom Lord, Dalton Johnson, Carlos Herrera and Melvin Nickel. It was especially great to see the participation of Abou Saad Shriners, Association of the United States Army, Boy Scouts, US Embassy, ELKS, […]
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Music To My Ears; Some Metro Bus Routes will have detours during the Fiestas Patrias Parades; Public Ministry Initiates Proceedings with Experts in the Urban Building; Panama Has Detected 18 Cases of Monkeypox; Panama Reaches 97% of Electric Power Generation with Clean Sources; A Crazed Girl.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2022 When I was little, my step-dad used to play guitar to us and it was amazing. He was a good guy with a beautiful soul who made stupid mistakes… … very stupid mistakes. The short version of THAT story is that he was taken away from us for one of those […]
Covid-19, Dark Humor, Editorial, Good news, Noticias
Where’s the Chaos?; Panama Presents its Marine Litter Action Plan 2022-2027 for Waste Reduction; Moody’s Maintains Panama’s Rating at Baa2 but with a Negative Outlook; Panama Doubles Cases of Malaria and May Keep Rising Because They Are in High Transmission Season; Avian Influenza: What Is It and How Would It Affect Human Health?; Dogs.
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Friday, October 28, 2022 Travelling gives us an opportunity to see how things are elsewhere with our own eyes. More times than not, the media will tell us their scripted, biased version about what’s going on in the world. Before I came to Panama 32 years ago, totally against my will, the country was supposedly […]