Regarding Panama, I have dealt with several from a regulatory and customer service stand point. The services providers tend not to have a good grasp of regulations and it tends to get clients and partners into problems. In addition, Panama is very close to the bottom on the CPI rating from Transparency International.
The British Virgin Islands actually have a better reputation than both Belize and Seychelles. I would give the edge to Cyprus over Seychelles. Banks put a lot of weight behind the CPI ratings. Caribbean territories tend to be cheaper than other jurisdictions, but I suspect that level of service and responsiveness I︀ would go with either Cyprus and Seychelles. You really have to know who you are︁ dealing with in the Caribbean.
My understanding is that BVI still has no regulations about︂ registering even the name of a trust with the FSC. I could be mistaken but︃ I'm currently looking into this. All in all, it is a pretty strong jurisdiction.
The comment about not going with the crowd is a bit strange... I think that I︄ disagree most with that post! 😀