Valladolid nominated for the national award for Best Family Development

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The president of Municipal DIF in Valladolid, María Elena Cetina Loeza de Alcocer has been nominated by the Mexican Institute of Evaluation to receive the Tonantzin National More...

JAPAY guarantees drinking water in case of hurricane

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The Director of JAPAY, Manuel Bonilla Campos, said he is ready to face the presence of a hurricane in Merida, ensuring vital liquid to the population. The JAPAY official explained More...

The killing of jaguar prevails in Yucatan

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The killing of jaguars by farmers prevails in Yucatan, despite the support that is offered when their animals are attacked by this endangered feline, said the delegate of PROFEPA, More...

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New Tourist Police installed in Merida

Merida is a tourism-oriented city and one of its strengths is the preparation of municipal staff in this activity, they have direct daily contact with visitors offering security More...

Restaurant explodes in northern Merida

The restaurant La Nao de China located in the Colony Mexico in the north part of the city Merida expoloded last Monday around 11 PM.  Emergency and disaster units of the SSP More...

SSP recovered 20,000 pesos in another attempt of extortion (2 in less than 2 weeks)

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Agents of the SSP were able to recover 20,000 pesos paid for a 47 year old woman to two extortionists, which proved to More...

Extortionist arrested minutes after committing crime

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Minutes after collecting 16,000 pesos, the extortionist Jose Humberto Balam Camara, 23 years old, was arrested More...

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A coach as sketched by Benjamin M. Norman Sisal: Footprints of the Great Explorers of Maya Culture

Mid-Nineteenth Century Travel in the Interior of the Yucatan Story and Photos by Byron D. Augustin...

Norman's sketch of the Port of Sisal Sisal: Footprints of the Great Explorers of Maya Culture In the Nineteenth Century Part III In the Series

Story and Photos by Byron D. Augustin The first of the new group of explorers to...

Sailing brig hit by hurricane Sisal: Footprints of the Great Explorers of Maya Culture In the Nineteenth Century

Part II in the Series Story and photos by Byron D. Augustin In the early part...

Yucatan, ideal territory for the pharmaceutical industry

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During the opening of the XXII National Convention of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Zapata Bello reiterated More...

Information Technologies with potential for local economy

The president of the National Chamber of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology in Yucatan, Jorge Solis Buenfil explained  that this sector..

“Puente de Coloradas” in Rio Lagartos will bring development to the zone: Avila Ruiz

The Bridge Las Coloradas, in Rio Lagartos, Yucatan was inaugurated last weekend to full operation. The Senator of the Republic, Daniel..

The Maya had an extensive network of sea routes

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Spanish conquistadors who arrived in the Yucatan Peninsula observed on the shores of this land towers and night More...

Learning more about the Maya

Story and Photos by Byron D. Augustin On Thursday evening, May 23, 2013, Dr. Richard M. Leventhal, internationally recognized Maya scholar,..

Rembrandt to show at Centro Cultural Olimpio

During an ordinary session at the City Council, Merida Mayor Renán Barrera Concha approved various matters related to cultural events in..
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Quintana Roo state is broken, Coparmex Cancun diagnoses

Quintana Roo is a broken state with the second highest debt per capita in Mexico, with a very low investment perspective..
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All Inclusive In & Out in Puerto Morelos

Beginning July 1st the program All Inclusive In & Out will begin in eight hotels in Puerto Morelos with a cost..
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Q. Roo Crime Report

Cancun Q.Roo.-Elements of the Municipal Preventive Police of Cancun headed by the Secretary of Public Security and Traffic, Jesus Aiza Kaluf,..