(Panama America) On Tuesday, the minister of the presidency, Jimmy Papadimitriu news conference, announced that it will build 500 bus stops for the tranport system group in the capital city, Metrobus. Papadimitriu said of the 500 stops, 25 are so-called pay areas. "Such stops are stainless steel and garbanizada. They will also have displays that indicate the bus route and … [Read more...]
Arco Properties Launches New Website
(Arco Properties) We are proud to present our new Arco Properties website. Exploring our listings in Casco Viejo will be easier with tools such as Google Maps and easy icons letting you know about amenities for each one. Casco Life has all the bits and pieces about day to day life in Casco Viejo, from an updated list of restaurants, galleries and hotels, to schools nearby and … [Read more...]
Panama Police shakedowns on driver licenses
(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 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. 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...]
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...]