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Local Island NEWS in English - Updated Weekly |
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News for the Week of January 5, 2009
Beginning in December 2002, Cozumel Insider was proudly the first website to provide readers the Cozumel News in English.
Articles are slected from local newspapers which we feel will be of interest to our diverse audience. These articles are then translated into English. We cannot always investigate the veracity of a particular article, but offer these translations as a reflection of the Cozumel community news just as reporters write it for Por Esto, Diario de Quintana Roo, Novedades and El Seminario. We appreciate hearing from our readers and welcome your questions, suggestions and comments. Please send them to: questions@cozumelinsider.com
Note: All translated articles are the property of Cozumel Insider and cannot be used, displayed or reproduced without express written permission from Cozumel Insider.
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| 2009 Cozumel Carnaval Dates |
Cozumel Carnaval 2009 dates were OFFICIALLY announced August 29, 2008
by the Municipio Office of Special Events as
February 18 - 25, 2008
Be sure to reserve hotel and diving for these dates to be here for one of Cozumel's biggest celebrations over 135 years of tradition!
Check out the 2009 Carnaval Calander of Events! |
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| Mayair Opens New Route Between Cancun and Cozumel |
| Mayair has generated hope in the hotel sector as a result of a new program of transportation between Cozumel and Cancun. There are twelve scheduled daily flights, and it is hoped that hotel occupancy and tourism on the island will increase. There are 36 seats on the plane, and it will begin to operate as soon as the federal government issues the necessary permits for operation. |
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| British Actress Helen Mirren Will Film In Cozumel |
| A film will be made in Cozumel in May 2009 starring Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren and will take the name of the location where it is to be filmed, Windows To The Sea (Ventanas Al Mar). This is the only hotel operating on the east coast of the island. The story is about the romance a couple rediscovers in Cozumel. Various films have been made in Cozumel, including one by Ramón Bravo where the airplane was sunk near La Ceiba Hotel, and one named “The Garden of Aunt Isabel” during which the boas utilized in the film were released into the jungle and created the problem we have today with infestation of the serpents. |
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| Turtles |
| The year 2008 has had one of the most successful seasons registered for arrival and hatching of sea turtles. More than 300,000 baby turtles were released, and the volunteer brigades were able to triple the number of nests located and protected last year. |
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| Aerogol Violates Shutdown |
| Anxious investors have continued working in spite of the closure by Profepa last July. There is aerial photographic evidence that work has continued the whole time. The owner of the property has posted guards so that work can continue without discovery. Apparently a clandestine road has been opened to allow truckloads of gravel and stone to be brought from the quarry in order to avoid circulating on the public highway. This violation should result in immediate fine and definitive cancellation of the project. |
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