(Newsroom Panama) This report just received from a reader, is a sample of many stories recently circulating about police shakedowns. If you have a similar story we will be happy to publish it and include it in a growing file for forwarding Ā to the authorities. To the Editor: It would be very nice, if some one could report on Panama's newest trick on eliciting bribes … [Read more...]
Finding a job Teaching English in Panama is NOT as Difficult as it Seems!
(Panama Gringo) In all honestly I scoured the internet for weeks looking for an article with this title.Ā I knew I wanted to go to Panama but there seemed to be so little information about jobs on the net I nearly gave up and considered heading to South Korea for the top dollars and plentiful job offers on the net.Ā How does one find a job teaching English in a country of their … [Read more...]
Panama gets off OECD graylist
(Prensa.com) PanamaĀ managed to leave the "gray list" of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and remove the label of tax haven that this body had hung for over a decade. To achieve the goal Panama signed the 12 agreements that required him to be excluded from the list, 11 of them were agreements to avoid double taxation, and 1 for the exchange of … [Read more...]
Panama’s special economic areas
(Martes Financiero) Colon Free Zone, Panama Pacific, City of Knowledge and export processing zones, now called zones, are the four special economic zones that promotes the agency for attracting investment and promoting exports (PROINVEX) under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Mici). But why are special economic zones? These are areas with tax breaks for specific … [Read more...]
Gringo Price in Panama: $250kā¦Local Price: $105k
(International Living) I was sitting across from a young go-getter at a trendy sushi spot in the cool part of town. Letās call him Bob. āIāve been looking for a condoāas an investment and to live in for a while,ā said Bob. āI think I may have finally found the right one.ā He had come across a property of just over 1,000 square feet near the posh Coco del Mar districtā¦for … [Read more...]