Well, after 3 years I'm coming back. Last time was for only 3 days to Bocas. This time 7 days. Mostly to be spent in David/Boquete. Arriving in PTY tomorrow. For the first time ever I'm driving to David. I've done it as a passenger some 30 years ago but never actually driven it. Any tips???? Just a little nervous but not too too nervous. Will be staying at the Country Inn on Amador tomorrow night for just one night. What's a decent and secure hotel in David you have experience with? I flying sol… Continue

As of last September, Law 49 (passed by Panama’s National Assembly and enacted into law by president Martinelli) is the new tax law of the land (Panamanian territory). As promised, the law implements long anticipated reforms in Panama’s taxation protocol.

General property appraisals by the state and capital gains tax on sale of properties are two areas that were revamped by this new Panama tax law.

Under the new law, condo taxable values are comprised of two components: the value of the land o… Continue

Las Ruinas Boquete is a new restaurant at the old Rancho Paisa site but under totally new administration. We just opened this Sunday the first of November. We have the NFL and many other sports events on our 2 plasma tv's. Come on in and the first beer is on the house! The grounds are a work in progre… Continue

The Second Annual Venta de Patio to benefit Loco por Leer takes

place this Saturday, November 7, 2009, at the Rancho Comunal

in Palmira Centro beginning at 10:00 a.m.



Directions to Plamira Centro:

Highway from David, turn left onto the Entrada de Palmira at Plaza San Francisco;

From Boquete, turn right onto the Entrada de Palmira at Plaza San Francisco.

continue past the Ruiz Beneficio to Palmira Centro, there is a round bus stop;

take the left turn. The Rancho Comunal is across from th… Continue

The recent public forum held in Panama City last Thursday, October 29th, 2009, and last month’s public disdain and rejection of proposed law project 71 have brought the issue of ROP land in the forefront of Panamanian news.

The merits of this new Project Law 71 and its predecessor Law 23 have been debated and analyzed in great lengths in blogs and online forums. What I would like to discuss here is the effect that this whole ROP Coastal and Island Land Titling “gong show”.

In last week’s forum… Continue