Tag Archives: COVID

Uniformity or the lack-there-of; Haitian Phone Scam; Patient admitted to the Covid-19 room without being infected; Colón Chamber of Commerce presents strategic plan; Mitradel suspends procedures and terms; El Valle

Monday, June 29, 2020 Lightning cracked across the sky beyond the Butterfly Haven, deafening my insistent call to new friend Jon Owens. That’s how El Valle greeted me upon arrival to this once bustling grade A, Number 1, tourist attraction laden with what I could only imagen to be the most beautiful specimens of Blue […]

Today’s Warrior; New Advisory Council; 2 Modular Hospitals will be donated; ATTT and ASEP announcements; Ñeques!

Friday, June 26, 2020 He woke in silence to the ghastly ill-lit room. Danger was constantly looming; time was both his faithful companion and his most luscious poison. War, to most, was hell, but to him it was mesmerizing. The war he fought kept him sharp, kept him alive all the while those foreign to […]

E-Commerce Scam; Accounting Services will reactivate; Covid-19 testing cost; Moratorium on Electric Services; Get Well Duran

Thursday, June 25, 2020 I started the day today with a new case involving Credit Card Fraud. Obviously without naming names, but to give the construct of the M.O. used by the bad guys. Cloning credit cards is not a new thing here or anywhere. Skimming has been around for a long time as well. […]

Intro too Damn Long – Had to Create a Link; Cabinet changes; Taxi driver with Covid-19 circulating; Panama Oeste and Covid-19; That’s Not Xiomara!

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 I’ve gotten carried away with the introductions to the point where tonight’s edition is going to be presented as a link. The main purpose of this report is to get the summary of the news out to those who are either English-Only speakers, are expats supporting other expats (namely me), enjoy […]

Learning When to hit yourself with a Newspaper

Many of us in Panama have pets. I’m not sure what the ratio is amongst the population of dogs, cats, fish or other small animals in Panama, but I did find this interesting chart about animals in the USA. Rank Pet Total Number in the USA 1 Freshwater fish 171,700,000 2 Cat 93,600,000 3 Dog 79,500,000 […]