Chiriquí Chatter

This is another post I picked up today on the Gringos of David Yahoo Group. This is another “be aware of who is around you” warning.
Just a caution – mugging
A friend(she is Panamanian) was mugged(2 days ago) just outside the Arrocha(my spelling my be off)pharmacy next to the El Rey & Do It center,she had [...]

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The following was posted recently on a Panama Yahoo Group. I post it here as a caution that you should not assume that any place is entirely safe. It never hurts to carry a pocket camera and get photos of anything that might seem strange. In the event of a robbery or worse, a photo [...]

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I received an email of criminal activity in Decameron and felt it was important to share. I asked the person that sent it to me to edit it so that private information was removed. Below is an English and Spanish version.
Dear Don Ray,
In an effort to warn you, without promoting panic, I feel compelled to [...]

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UPDATE: I just received the following message from Kristine Berg.
Great News! The Bruno has been located. The dog was found wandering Monday night tied to another dog. Thanks to the Internet the puppy has been reunited with it’s owner. I want to personally thank everyone who helped in this effort.
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I received the following email [...]

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Have you or someone you know had a laptop, camera, cell phone, etc. stolen in Chiriquí?
If so, you might want to read Lee’s blog.

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I heard a little about this on the morning news, but this email reminded me that I should make others aware of it.
Hi Don Ray – don’t know if you’ve heard about this. Last night, a foreigner (Italian national) by the name of Dino Guiseppe Remedi F. was shot and killed in his home in [...]

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As you may have noticed, Chiriquí Chatter has been either missing in action or with few posts for a while. Yesterday it was my web host that had problems and my best guess is that CC was down for around 12 hours. This is the price of having a low price provider, but keeping my [...]

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The Boquete Guide has a current post related to the crime spree in Chiriquí.
Living In Potrerillo posted one too.

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I received the following email from Dianne Heidke:
Hi All,
Given the increasing number of armed robberies in Potrerillos and near-by , we thought it timely to have a meeting and talk about how we can prepare ourselves to NOT be victims and other courses of action.
Jane and Steve Wardlaw have generously said that we can use [...]

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This comment came in on a previous post related to a robbery yesterday in Jaramillo. So that it gets a little more visibility, I will use this post to direct you to the comment.
In the future, if any criminal activities are written up and sent to me via the contact form, I will publish them [...]

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