I'm confused: Every time I receive an e-mail from Panama,it's from 3 hours before I actually receive it,why ?

Question

For example somebody will send me an e-mail at 9am,and I won't receive it until 12pm.Why is this ?

Answer 1

What timezone is Panama in. What timezone are you in?

Panama does not go to daylight savings time. At least that's what I read.

Past that, I would suspect 1) the clock on the source computer or 2) a server is holding it ( I used to see a 20 min delay where I used to work because it went through 4 servers)

Black holes are known to distort time lines as well.