Tourism
4 Reasons why you don’t want to live on Panama’s Pacific coast
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Expat criminals, violence, craziness and tanking property values - living on Panama's Pacific coast is a really, really bad idea.
Politics
Panama Guide’s Don Winner now pumps illegal campaign donations
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Panama Guide's Don Winner's latest scam is to pump illegal campaign donations to the Martinelli reelection campaign. It's best to side with corruption, the scam pimp says.
Scams & Frauds
Sustainable Capital Group in yet another reorganization
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Sustainable Capital Group, formerly Silva Tree, is undergoing yet another "reorganization", according to Patrick Visser. That includes mysterious new directors.
crime
Pacific beaches neighborhood watch is all very, very secret
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The noble initiative of Neighbors Helping Neighbors on the Pacific coast is turning into a secrecy freak show, thanks to retirement detective Rob Brown.
Tourism
Bocas, where Americans go to get whacked
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An invitation to go to Panama and spend some time in Bocas del Toro might not be as romantic as it sounds, now that the remains of yet another murder victim have been found.
Bananamismo
Z7 militia type advises torture of Bocas theft suspects
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Z7 Tactical principal Darren K. Wilburn tells petty crime victims to "brutally beat the parties until they confess" in Bocas del Toro.
Scams & Frauds
Volcan gun nut William Lipton’s history of arms trafficking in Costa Rica
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William Lipton, the gun nut who organizes Town Hall shooting practices to kill intruders in Volcan, has a history of arms trafficking in Costa Rica, Bananama Republic can reveal.
Wacky
Okke Ornstein’s exciting life as a “fugitive”
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Contrary to what some sociopaths put on their websites, Okke Ornstein is neither on the run nor in jail - and that won't change anytime soon.
Tourism
Coronado and San Carlos crime wave to affect tourism and real estate, but not wacky developers
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In case you didn't know: The Pacific coast of Panama, from Chame to, say, San Carlos and Playa Blanca, is going through a crime wave. Last Friday night, we understood from Eric Jackson, armed men invaded restaurant Rancho Los Toros, robbed about a dozen people and stabbed at least one other.
Scams & Frauds
Wanted SA and Kenneth Rijock FAQ
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The websites Wanted SA and Kenneth Rijock Financial Crime Blog are classic examples of mafia public relations, i.e. smearing and harassing journalists and other opponents.