Keith Woolford

24 minutes ago, Penny said:

Apparently something similar to this has been effect in Canada for a long time. I have a Canadian friend who has lived in Panama for about 16 years. He needs a valid passport in order to get a Panamanian work permit -- for which he is qualified. When he went to renew his passport he found out that Canada wouldn't do it because he owed back child support from many years ago. Now it's a catch 22 -- he can't get a job without a work permit and he certainly can't make payments on the child support without a job. He doesn't even care about traveling outside of Panama, he just needs the work permit. Bad situation.

Deadbeat Dads are frowned upon everywhere.

Your friend is technically 'indocumentado' and could actually be locked up by Panamanian Immigration for deportation.

If he holds a Pensionado or other tourist visa that also became invalid as soon as the Passport expired.

Deportation's probably not going to happen because no one will want to pay for the flight.

Where's the shepherd that watches over this flock? Doesn't someone own these animals?

He said she said..

http://boquete.ning.com/forum/topics/border-run-anyone

Guilty.

I griped when I posted a Classified Ad for some of Dave's cars for sale and Lynnie jumped all over it.

HORARIO DE ATENCION POR FIN DE AÑO:

 ·Del 14 al 18 de Diciembre de 2015: 8:00 a.m. a 4:30 p.m.

·Del 21 al 23 de Diciembre 2015: 8:00 a.m. a 4:30 p.m.

·24 y 31 de Diciembre de 2015: 7:30 a.m. a 11:00 a.m.

ESTAREMOS CERRADOS LOS DÍAS:

·         8 de Diciembre

·         19 de Diciembre

·         25 y 26 de Diciembre

·         01 y 02 de Enero

·         09 de Enero

The English-speaking online community is very fortunate to have you as a friend, Roger. Thanks and Feliz Navidad.

"I think I see signs everywhere of a population boom here and in Potrerillos."

..and those signs would be?

Another option might be to review News Boquete postings on this site and discontinue the email service, theoretically saving an individual storage and inbox administration, etc.

I vote in favour of letting the same people who pay the bills make the decisions.

Time Out, Alison? Looks relaxing.

Dealer info or product website?

14 hours ago, Bonnie said:

Good points all. I think it's important that we bring this subject up periodically just to remind each other how important defensive driving is here.

Expect the unexpected.

Someone died early this morning when they fell out of the back of a pickup truck after leaving a disco.

https://twitter.com/PROYECCIOSOCIAL/status/673487512879411200

6 hours ago, Roger B said:

Keith

You mean the white blond Cuban lady that used to have a talk show from Miami?    If you are talking about her she is not in the air?

Yes Roger. 

The discussions on .ning reminded me of her similar background and show format.

Just checked and it wrapped up in 2009.

2 hours ago, Roger B said:

Well.  You have to do what you have to do in order to increase traffic and give the site the value they are needing.

 

Roger, is 'Cristina' still on the air?

Seems like the online community may be spread out for a while.

99.9% of accidents are caused by human error.  

Mark, it seems like you're just pulling these numbers off the top of your head and forcing me to look up statistics which disprove you. 

According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Safety Traffic Administration the 'Critical pre-event reason for crashes' can be attributed to the Driver 94%, Environment 2%, Vehicle 2%, Unknown 2%, of the time.

Driver-related Critical reasons include the 'recognition' error of 41% (inattention, internal and external distractions, inadequate surveillance), and Decision error accounted for 33% (driving too fast for conditions, driving too fast for curves, false assumptions and misjudgments of others' movements, and illegal maneuvers)

Driverless cars may be a good option for the future, but they're not going to save any lives now.

3 hours ago, MarkoBoquete said:

 

The threat of tickets is far, far removed from the behavior that causes accidents and has little if any effect on it. 

OK, Mark. 

Let's assume that these statements are facts and not just your opinions.

Randomly giving speeding tickets to otherwise safe drivers is like taking the prostates out of 100 healthy men in the hope that one of them will actually have dangerous cancer.

How would you propose to reduce highway deaths caused by speeding given the circumstances?

Please don't suggest building better safer highways because that's just not going to happen.

CEFATI

November 28th is always a tough day to move around town or even get from one end to the other.
..and because it's Parade day, it often rains to beat the band.

The flags on the light standards indicate that the photo was definitely taken from the Tico side. The fact that there is also a billboard for Panama in the pic had me thinking it was taken near Paso Canoas.

Yo no se, Al.

The photo accompanied a newspaper article.

Just my opinion, but Mr. Williams apparent need to maintain his procedures and protocols as priorities always seems to supercede any genuine desire to share information.

Has summer begun?

Just a sprinkle of rain and stiff breezes today.

Yes, the post is confusing.

Probably supposed to read "member of a group which has expats who have sued their host country."

1 hour ago, Brundageba said:

...huh?  I think I missed something

A meteorite landed near Puerto Armuelles.

http://laestrella.com.pa/vida-de-hoy/planeta/meteorito-cayo-costas-puerto-armuelles/23905836