Comments on: the panama cheat sheet

By: Me

Me — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:03:34 +0000

I was born here and I left to the sates very young because of the war. I finally moved back many years later and I have to say that I am embarrassed to be a Panamanian. The people are so rude and unhappy. The level of education is embarrassing. The greed and amount of showing off, lying, cheating and steeling is incredible. Also you mentioned that the men are handsome I am sorry but I don’t care what level of economic status you are here the men are soooo ugly and fat. I realize that there are 7 women to every man and that just makes the men here obnoxious. The woman on the other hand are beautiful and paranoid because the men cheat and the “other woman” don’t have any respect for the institution of marriage. The government sucks everything takes a million years and nobody knows there job. The cost of living has gone up ridiculously. Yet the pay rate hasn’t changed in years. The worst of all in my opinion is there is NO history in this country granted it is a young country but what ever history has been made here has been destroyed to build new huge buildings. I can not stand it here move to another country this one sucks I know I am leaving the second I get the chance.

By: Cojito

Cojito — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:10:06 +0000

yes, i know, thank you. i wrote this before the Visa rules changed. i’ll update the info. thanks again.

By: Corrector

Corrector — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:40:45 +0000

I’m from Panamá and work as a lawyer specialized in Migration Proceedings.

The tourist VISA is 3 months for North Americans. 3 Months and not 4 months and a half as stated in this article.

Please, if you don’t want any trouble, visit migration before the 3 months or you will get a penalty and won’t be able to get out until you pay it in Migration (casa del culo) and not in the airpot.

Three Months of Tourist Visa for Americans (is not the same for all nations)

By: Pablo Sanchez

Pablo Sanchez — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:46:02 +0000

im a teen living here, fucking horrible. If your a parent thinking about moving here with your kids dont you dare! this is a place for retiring old people not teenagers! give them a good life and move to canada or some shit where stuff actually goes on! ( concerts, good looking guys etc. _

By: cojito

cojito — Thu, 03 May 2007 08:11:06 +0000

marco - thank you sir - when’s the party?

todbals + indio - well, there are so many buildings going up, i think they’re stretched thin. i hear there’s a shortage of materials. and i know things seem to move slow down here anyway.

far as i know bern has a decent rep. and once they get rolling the building usually goes up fairly fast. i don’t know about recourse. that’s something you pay your lawyer for.

By: indio

indio — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:47:49 +0000

who is the builder of this pre-construction and who did you purchase this property from? i recently purchased one from empresas bern and had the same concern on delay..though your delay of 1 year seems excessive while they sit on your money. empresas bern seems to have a better reputation than rest, but lets see. have you explored any recourse for this delay? would appreciate cojito’s comment on this too.

By: todbals

todbals — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:30:13 +0000

A very accurate and important synopsis for those folks thinking about moving to Panama!I was especially interested in your comments i.e. buying pre-construction—I put a deposit on a condo unit in Nov of 05 —delivery scheduled for late 07–no concrete has been poured as yet!!Delivery now said to be 12/08.The problem her is that the price of the proposed unit is rapidly going up as are the developers costs. He’s in a tough position.I hop likehellthat we do’nt have to get into the Panamian judicial system with its inherent delays and “whacky decisions”!!!

By: marcopolo

marcopolo — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:26:47 +0000

nice work.