(Newsroom Panama) Another 80 noise and air polluting diablos rojos will disappear from the streets of Panama on Friday, July 15 and be replaced by Metro buses. Approximately 50 buses will begin operations on three of the Metro Bus system: Pedregal-Tumba Muerto, Pedregal,Pedregal-Way Transístmica and Via Espana. A spokesman for the transit authority said: "Obviously, … [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. 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. How does one find a job teaching English in a country of their … [Read more...]
The most expensive island in Panama
(Midiario) In Panama there are amazing things and every passing day we are surprised the value of our country. Today's digital media tourism, ecology and economics reporting that the world's most expensive island was in Panama and was the island of San Jose in the archipelago of Las Perlas. The site "elmundo.es" highlights the sale of this island territory: "If you have on … [Read more...]
Panama gets off OECD graylist
(Prensa.com) Panama 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...]