The second issue of The Isla Mujeres Magazine to
benefit Isla charities will be published in July!, featuring a
variety of talented writers and photographers! Thank-you to everyone who has visited & shared it!
Check out the Charity document, patronize the supportive businesses & visit the blogs of the talented contributors! Contact me at westofcuba@gmail.com if you'd like to donate $15 to your fav charity, for an ad. Good causes, good exposure. 100% is contributed. Donations will be totaled, published & turned over to the charities in July.
Update...The content & layout are finished, and awaiting publication, while I am now creating & posting the new ads. It is going slowly because I am busy with other things, your patience is appreciated. Feel free to copy & share the Charity document! Telling your friends about the Magazine & sharing links helps Isla Charities, too. Your support is appreciated & small efforts add up to big differences. Thanks!
Check out the Charity document, patronize the supportive businesses & visit the blogs of the talented contributors! Contact me at westofcuba@gmail.com if you'd like to donate $15 to your fav charity, for an ad. Good causes, good exposure. 100% is contributed. Donations will be totaled, published & turned over to the charities in July.
Update...The content & layout are finished, and awaiting publication, while I am now creating & posting the new ads. It is going slowly because I am busy with other things, your patience is appreciated. Feel free to copy & share the Charity document! Telling your friends about the Magazine & sharing links helps Isla Charities, too. Your support is appreciated & small efforts add up to big differences. Thanks!
This is the live webcam at North Beach / Playa Norte
Noticias de Diario de Quintana Roo ....
Tortugranja Turtle Farm: Ready to receive turtles during this season
Tortugranja, lista
Miércoles, 16 de Julio de 2014 21:51
Para recibir a turistas durante presente temporada
Lanrry PARRA
ISLA MUJERES, 16 de julio.-
Leer más...Currently the Tortugranja is caring for seven hawksbill nests with 114 eggs, 92 loggerhead nests with 10,570 eggs, and 51 green turtle nests with 5331 eggs. So far among the hatchlings, there are 393 loggerhead 'tortugitas' (lil turtles) and 101 hawksbill babies.
The facility offers guided visits and is an iconic environmental project that provides educational opportunities as well as encouraging appreciation of history, culture, and nature. The Tortugranja is ready to receive and respond to the thousands of tourists who want to know about the life and characteristics of sea turtles. They offer protection to these vulnerable marine animals who appeared on earth 250 million years before the dinosaurs.
The origins of the Tortugranja go back to 1965-1975 when don Gonzalo Chale started the artificial incubation for the conservation of turtles, and thanks to the tremendous effort, Isla Mujeres is a pioneer in this experiment and effort.
The Municipal Program for the Protection of Marine Turtles began on May 15 and continues until October 15 and includes surveillance of the nocturnal nesting areas, collecting the eggs, controlled incubation of the nests, and care & release of the hatchlings.
Their hours of operation are 9am to 5pm.
Absence of agreements between cabbies & tricycle porters
Persiste la pugna
Miércoles, 16 de Julio de 2014 21:50
Entre taxistas y tricicleteros, ante la falta de acuerdos
Lanrry PARRA
ISLA MUJERES, 16 de julio.- .
The taxi union leader, Eduardo Peniche Rodríguez, said the porters had dollies or hand trucks at first, and when that went well, they got tricycles, and then they started offering other services that are not theirs to offer. He said the taxistas do not offer services of tours in boats because they do not have the corresponding permits, and it is equally illogical for tricyclists to transport tourists luggage to their hotels.
The taxi leader said he is not opposed to the work of the porters, but he supports that they each have their own corresponding areas of work, and the porters cannot just work anywhere they please. He said to make matters worse, the porters are exclusionary or selective and (he alleges that) they prefer foreigners because they get annoyed if a local offers 20 pesos, while a foreigner will pay five dollars, and sometimes as much as ten dollars or more.
Health agreement signed for benefit of CROC union members
Firman convenio de salud
Miércoles, 16 de Julio de 2014 21:47
Para atención más eficiente a croquistas
Lanrry PARRA
ISLA MUJERES, 16 de julio.-
Leer más...The CROC union signed an agreement with the IMSS for their members to participate in the “PrevenIMSS” program. ( Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos (CROC), and Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) ) This program will offer double vaccines for tetanus and diphtheria for people between the ages of 13 and 39, and vaccines against Hepititis B for adolescents, among other services.
Tvisla Mujeres
Noticias de Quequi......
Seeking change regarding alcohol sales
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Fiscalización
Solicitan ajustar la venta de alcohol
0 17 de July de 2014The director of Enforcement again clarified that the regulations requiring small businesses to conform to established schedules apply to those that sell alcohol, and do not affect those which just sell groceries. He said they have notified each of the businesses that sell alcohol that they must conform to the established schedules.He said in the past eight months they have given three notices to each one of the stores that sell beer, and the problem is specifically on Sundays when they must stop selling at 6pm. He said there are people on social networks that are trying to cause confusion to create an aura of persecution. He explained that these stores do not have to close at that hour, but they must stop selling alcohol.
Por Carlos Gasca > Quequi.- El horario no ha sido reducido, piden que se cumplan los establecidos.
Noticias de Diario Respuesta...
Activating & educating with Baaxlo´ob Palalo´ob summer program
Activan y educan con Baaxlo´ob Palalo´ob
- Written by Diario Respuesta
- Category: Isla Mujeres Jesus Molina
Read more: Activan y educan con Baaxlo´ob Palalo´ob
Rehabilitan red de agua potable en favor de isleños
- Written by Diario Respuesta Jesus Molina
- Category: Isla Mujeres
Read more: Rehabilitan red de agua potable en favor de isleños
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Serious deficiencies in the pavement
Graves deficiencias en el pavimento [+] Ver mas
There is also a complaint that on Tuesday on Morelos street, outside a bank, a vehicle sat for several hours and the police did not make it move, which is an example of vehicles blocking intersections, preventing the passage of tourists.
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Charity Info
See tab at top of page!
Donation Drop offs:
Red Cross: Social Justicia Restaurant (south of ferry terminal, north of car ferry)
Books for Grade School Reading Program, Items for Isla Animals, Diabetes Supplies, Shoes for the Kids, Items for Little Yellow School House...Barlitos @ Marina Paraiso
Karen Rosenberg's
Follow up...The Go Fund Me campaign by Sally Margolis to assist with the HIV testing events by Brazos Abiertos was successful, & BA have also coordinated with the City to provide education about sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy in the schools, monthly.
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Music
John Cain's schedule
Tuesday, Cafe Del Mar, solo, 8 to 10 pm
Thurs, Marina Paraiso 7-9 pm
Thurs, Marina Paraiso 7-9 pm
Saturday, The Sunset Grill, solo, 630 to 830 pm
Sunday, Bahia Tortuga, The Sol Rockers, 630 to 900 pm
Banda Sin Nombre at Chuuk Kay 3:30p Sat & Sun
Fenix
Sat ~2p Frequencia
Sun ~2p Salsa
Weekday's ~2p..Chucho (Jesus Campezino)
Wed: Blues W SeBlues..tho he's off isle right now.
You may find live music after 9 or 10 on Hidalgo at Fayne's, La Terraza, or Comono, and at Poc Na Hostel.
Saturday afternoon 3-5 Cuban music at Veradara's Cuban restaurant
Like Reggae? CD release party by local band Sunday/tomorrow....
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July Events....
Thursday 5:30-9:30pm Artist Fair on Town Square (Note new hours)
Rain date...rescheduled to Friday
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Friday, Fourth of July US Independence Day
At Casa de los Suenos....
From Christy Dix....For those who are in Isla Mujeres and want to practice your Spanish, come join us!! Spend an hour at Barlito's at Marina Paraiso this Friday 7/4 (3-4pm) and practice your Spanish skills while helping those who are studying English. It's a win win!!
July 5 Saturday 7p Abuelito & Abuelita contest La Gloria open air theatre
July 6 Sunday PRI Barracuda Fishing Tournament 8am start, 4pm weigh in, awards to follow on Posada Beach. 2pm Son 3 performing on Posada beach..dance!
July 7 Town Square ~7p "Michael Jackson Extravaganza"
July 11 Friday Full Moon Rise: ~6:50 Sunset is ~7:30
Careful of the migrating crabs crossing the road to get to the sea to spawn, especially down at the south and south east part of the isle.
July 12 Saturday Full Moon Rise: ~7:45
July 13 Sunday Moonrise 8:41pm
July 14 Monday Moonrise 9:31pm
July 15 Tuesday Moonrise 10:17pm and ~50 minutes later nightly
**July 24-27 : Whale Shark Festival. Includes a parade w floats, sand sculpture contest, recreational activities, and more.
**Some sources indicate the plans (again) are for the festival to last for a week, and that it will begin on July 20th.
The seventh edition of the Whale Shark Festival will take place July 24-27 and will include an agenda of activities that are: cultural, artistic, touristic, and environmental; with participation by artists, musicians, speakers, and environmental experts. There will be contests of: decorated golf carts, costumes, and sand sculptures; as well as parades, plays, lectures, performances by dance & music groups, photographic exhibitions, and other artistic activities.
A group of international artists plan to paint murals focused on the themes of conservation and protection of whale sharks, in a project titled "SEA WALLS". All events will be completely free and will take place at venues including the Town Square, the Posada Beach, and Rueda Medina Avenue (main street). Municipal gencies who are coordinating this event include the departments of Culture, Tourism, Public Relations, Ecology, and Social Communication.
July 26: There will be 600 Mexican athletes competing on the island for the “Copa Isla Mujeres de Tae Kwon Do”, including about 40 athletes from Isla Mujeres.
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On August 31, about 500 athletes, both Mexican and international, are expected to participated in an open water swimming competition, Competencia de Nado de Aguas Abiertas, at Playa Norte/North Beach. The swimmers will travel distances between 250 meters and five kilometers, with the course being defined by a rectangle of buoys off Playa Norte. Dozens of foreigners are expected to participate, especially from the United States.
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SUMMER-FALL
Whale Shark Season ...ends Sept 15
It is Sea Turtle Mating & Nesting season
Red & Blue crabs are migrating to the sea for spawning during full moons
Turtle releases August-Sept dates TBA, usually only a day or two in advance Caribbean-Mayan Cultural Festival TBA Nov?
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