39 minutes ago, Keith Woolford said:

Lot of speculation there.

What point are you trying to make?

This seems to be going in a bad direction. I live closer to David than Boquete, but if I lived there I am pretty sure I wouldn't put up with all of these new rules and regulations. In one way I can understand, but it seems like the demands of the buyer have gone off the scale. Separating different colored papers into separate stacks. Get serious. I'll just put my recyclables in the garbage.

Methinks perhaps 2020. ?

I’m confused. When did BCP change its name? What is the W in WBCP?

When I read Keith's comment I thought that he was wrong. But then rereading their advertisement says that he is right.

These guys are confusing the public and loosing out on a good deal. Why even have a chili cook-off if the public is not involved?

I'm writing this event off to bad management. Why even advertise this?

49 minutes ago, JohnF13 said:

I doubt it will be 18 MORE officers, merely a rotation.  Sadly, a tactic used to deflect attention away from poor policing.  But, I’m just a cynical old b.....

Agree. There will be snow in Boquete before we ever see that level of police stationed in Boquete.

Wow, how lucky US citizens are! To have only four hours each week in which to conduct government business with the staff at the US Embassy. ?

Pathetic is an understatement.

4 hours ago, Keith Woolford said:

23 Cubans were arrested this weekend in Chiriqui on different buses at Guabala having been smuggled illegally in the country.

They were taken to Los Planes in Gualaca temporarily, to be sent to the city where they will receive due process before most likely being deported.

https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/provincias/sorprenden-23-cubanos-ilegales-en-chiriqui-1109050

 

Wait a minute. Maybe the Cubans were coming here to help fix the roads in Boquete since the locals don't seem to be able to do that.?

Your subject is very misleading. It infers that you have no electricity. However, upon reading your post, it is the payment office (in Boquete?) that is down.

You may want to be more careful in the future in choosing your words.

I just paid my UF bill through the internet about 10 minutes ago, without problem.

What do you mean by registering? What does registering do for you? I’ve been to and used their services before without having registered. I’ve just paid a fee, which is very low by US standards, and been taken well care of. So what are you talking about?

They have a problem of keeping facts together. Is this dinner thing from 5:00 to 8:00, or 5:30 to 8:00, or 5:00 to 8:30, or what?????

45 minutes ago, Bonnie said:

What is the difference in the clientele, Keith?

I am curious of that also.

A 19% gain in banking in two months is huge. What is the real story here? Is Panamá setting itself up — or being set up — for another Panamá Papers incident? Say, Panama Papers, Round Two?

20 minutes ago, Keith Woolford said:

The Title of this post is incredibly misleading.

I agree. I was going to post similar words, but some accuse me of being too negative at times.

Thanks for taking the heat off of me for this one.

3 hours ago, Moderator_02 said:

Panama Tourism warns that workers strike will delay megaprojects of 2019

http://www.panamatoday.com/economy/panama-tourism-warns-workers-strike-will-delay-megaprojects-2019-6722

25 minutes ago, Uncle Doug said:

I haven't seen any workers at the new Panamonte bridge construction in several days.

Having a bit of fun here. Given the title of the news article and the content of Doug’s reply, maybe the title should be changed to reflect megaprojects and microprojects because I can’t seriously think of the Panamonte bridge being a either a project or miniproject, and certainly not a megaproject. Microproject is the best word I can think of. ?

This was informative. Thank you for posting this.

Total waste of my time. Not possible to read anything. These guys are headed for failure and disappointment if they can’t get something this basic under control.

Appears to be a really bad accident. Hope the fire fighter comes through this okay. Apparently he is the deputy fire chief in Boquete. Or assistant fire chief, or whatever they call that position.

This information raises several questions. I have been told repeatedly that accident victims are taken to Regional Hospital in David. Yet Rovira was taken to Chiriqui Hospital, which is a private hospital. Is there a logical explantation why?

The caption on the news article photo suggests that the bomberos truck went into the opposing lane. That is kinda hard to do given the explanation of where the accident occurred. What details are available? Weather doesn’t seem to be a factor. Was this a mechanical failure? Driver mistake? Excess speed involved? Just curious here.

Nice that this ACCB group supported the family of the fire fighter. Who is ACCB? I have not heard of them.

Thumbs up on Panama! Why did it take so long?

Some people tell me that Starbucks already costs more than $10 per cup. So what has changed?

41 minutes ago, Brundageba said:

Well I guess the government needs to construct a condominium jail facility where they can house these crooks along with Martinelli .   Seems like the crooks always get the sweet suite somewhere, whether it be private house ( Martinelli) or a penthouse room at one of the finest hospitals in Panama City....for years !  Then they get set loose.  

Put them all in Trump Tower and weld the doors shut. That would solve two prolems.

Whatever their reason, it seems to have been poorly thought through and planned. Right at the last minute changing the name after about half a year of advertising as the BJBF. And then just changing the name at the last minute without any announcement or description or explanation.

Hope it works well for them in the future, but I suspect they will regret it.

BTW, I didn't pay the big bucks to listen because I could just sit in town across the river and hear everything going on. It was even too loud where I was. People should be more considerate of their ears.

I saw that sign also. And now people are posting using this new name. I feel so disconnected at times.

I'm confused also. Maybe because I'm a country boy. Did the Jazz Festival change its name?

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