By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - A friend has asked me to help them sell their three bedroom condominium in Playa Blanca. They bought it new a few years ago, used it as a weekend getaway, and have decided to sell. They are selling the unit completely furnished with everything included. The unit is r
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Last week I received some troubling information from Mike Smith in Bocas del Toro. It seems he has a checking account with the Banco Nacional on Isla Colon which he uses to pay bills and to cover the social security expenses for his employees. Mike, his wife, and a p
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I just spoke to my sister in New York. As of 4:00 pm they have already received about 9 inches of snow, and are expecting another four to five hours of steady snow. They should have over a foot by the time it's done. Luckily she took the day off and didn't have to co
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Can you tell I'm having fun? Try this - go to speedtest.net, select the server in Atlanta Georgia, and test the speed of your Internet connection. With Cable Onda (spat!) I was getting about 1,500 download and 500 upload, max. With
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I get this one all the time - "Would you please add this e-mail address to your e-mail list. Thanks. Alice" I send out an email broadcast practically every day containing links to the headlines I publish on Panama-Guide. The easiest way to receive those broadcasts i
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - People have been asking - "I know it rains a lot in Panama, and that November is the wettest month of the rainy season, but it seems like we've been getting much more rain that usual." True statement. The heavy rains Panama traditionally experiences during the month
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Received today via email from Forrest Walker in Bocas del Toro: "The situation at the airport no longer resembles the evacuation of the embassy in Saigon. It has calmed down to the normal craziness. Today, a handful of Prensa folks came in from David. The flight to B
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Received this afternoon via email: "For publication if you desire: Somehow, from somewhere, the Bocas town power generation facility received plenty of diesel today. At least five people in town reported this to me, so I have to believe it now. Lights are on, refrige
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