Wednesday, July 08, 2020 Today I woke up cursed, so I felt it wise not to leave the house. I mean, other than the fact that we’re on quarantine and today isn’t a guy day, I still wouldn’t have left the house. The curse started before 7AM; it was garbage day today. Our plan for […]
Category Archives: Noticias
Covid-19, Noticias
The Queen’s Garden; Is Covid-19 transmitted through the air?; New vaccine will go to massive test; DGI works on taxpayer relief; More Businesses
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Tuesday, July 07, 2020 My garden technique is a unique medley of coincidence, chaos and happenstance. One of our former maids planted trees on our property, for which we’re grateful. If it weren’t for her, we may not have any trees at all. Although, one tree was poorly located due to traffic from the house to the backyard […]
Covid-19, Noticias
From GuateBAD to GuateWORSE; New Coronavirus in Panama with less lethality; Adequacy of the Convention Centers; Increased mortality from Covid-19; A Few Awesome Businesses
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Monday, July 06, 2020 Carnaval in Panama can be some of the craziest parties to be tricked into attending. They’re surpassingly circuitous with floats, competing queens, different dress themes, water, sewage, heavy bullying between the rival parties, fireworks, gay men aplenty sexually accosting the male tourists (true story), tons of alcohol, very little sleep and […]
Covid-19, Noticias
The Eternal Fourth; Living with a positive Covid-19; New variant of Covid-19; More than 300 deaths in older adults; The Most Beautiful Songs
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Friday, July 03, 2020 I know that this is my report for the 3rd of July, but I’m off tomorrow as I am on all Saturdays and Sundays. I can’t let this date pass without penning down at least a smidgeon about it, especially after writing that glorious bit on Canada Day. I miss being home […]
Covid-19, Noticias
Panama Update from Brett’s Embattled Mind; Foreigners hope to return to their country Nicaragua; Transfer of patients to other provinces not ruled out; Extension in temporary suspension of contracts; More not-so-subliminal beer sale efforts
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Thursday, July 02, 2020 Hey there, it’s me, Mr Blue Bird of Happiness, coming at you from the far reaches of Las Cumbres, in the Republic of Panama. I’ve said repeatedly that we’re still at the beginning of this mess. I don’t say this to startle anyone, but to try and put things in perspective […]
Covid-19, Noticias
Timmies, Loonies and Toonies; Protests; President Cortizo’s speech; Curfew; Belgian Beer Special Delivery
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Wednesday, July 01, 2020 If you’ve ever had the pleasure to take COPA Flight CM0470 out of Panama, you know how 5 hours and 40 minutes of sitting coach can actually be pleasant. There’s a natural vibe of niceties as everyone aboard has a sincere smile on their face. If we were heading to Chicago, […]
July 1, 2020 José Gabriel Carrizo Jaén, Vice President of the Republic; Marco Castillero, President of the National Assembly; Luis Ramón Fábrega, President of the Supreme Court of Justice; Deputies and Deputies. Panamanian people: Today it corresponds to me as president of the Republic, and by constitutional mandate, to render before the country the report of the first […]
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 I’ve seen this posted by friends and family and each time it brings about a “cringe moment” more intense than any Tweet President Trump has sent out yet. This post is by no means an attempt by yours truly to examine the human experience of faith. It’s not to review how different cultures express […]
Covid-19, Noticias
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
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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 […]
Covid-19, Noticias
Today’s Warrior; New Advisory Council; 2 Modular Hospitals will be donated; ATTT and ASEP announcements; Ñeques!
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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 […]