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Chiriqui Eventos Cultural and the National Institute of Culture
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Da Capo 4 Saxophones
Da Capo is a Sax Quartet integrated by:
Moises Hernandez - Saxophone Soprano
Daniel Agudo - Saxophone Alto
Alger Simmons - Saxophone Tenor
Iván Navarro - Saxophone [...]

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If you are reading this, you are probably living in Panama or considering moving to Panama. I sometimes wonder what the different reasons are that cause people to make such a big move to a new country and a new culture. For me it has really been an adventure. However, I have to admit that [...]

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The other day I was in Panama City and I went into the best Ice-cream adventure I have ever entered. The name for you to remember is Il Gelatiere. I consider myself pretty much a connoisseur of ice-cream, and I could hurt myself there. I wasn’t driving, so I can’t give directions, but it is [...]

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They say that there is nothing certain in this world but death and taxes. Well, I am almost certain that my death someday will be a result of doing taxes. I would have thought that taxes should be easier when you have less income and very few sources, but I have a heck of a [...]

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What is going on? This last quake was smaller than the previous, but it felt stronger.

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You may not know it, but it is my opinion that the first part of a car to breakdown in Panama is the horn. People use the break as a last resort. The just hit the horn and keep in trucking. I think the motto here must be “When in doubt, hit the horn”. Hey, [...]

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Marie of Disarranging Mine sent me an email telling me to check out the Smithsonian Institute’s database of species residing in Bocas del Toro.
The Smithsonian Institute states the goal of this database as follows:
This database aims to provide a list of plants and animals that are known to occur in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, [...]

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I just watched CNN show calibrations from all over the world as 2006 was welcomed. I guess by what I just watched, David’s calibration was pretty tame. However, it was a blast. Panamanians have a real addiction to fireworks and taking a 360 view of David at midnight, showed fireworks going off everywhere around the [...]

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