The second issue of The Isla Mujeres Magazine to
benefit Isla charities will be published in August!, 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 August...some have already been donated.
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 August...some have already been donated.
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!
Please pardon the lack of news today n yesterday...Big winds blew down the lines along the street in our neighborhood. We didn't lose electricity, but are temporarily w/o WIFI.
This is the live webcam at North Beach / Playa Norte
Noticias de Diario de Quintana Roo ....
Promoting social inclusion among housewives and female heads of households
Fomentan la inclusión social
Entre amas de casa y jefas de familia
Lanrry PARRA
The director of the Institute of Job Training Quintana Roo (Icatqroo), Alondra Herrera Pavon, signed an agreement with the municipality of Isla Mujeres to provide five courses for the benefit of 100 women. This took place at an event at the Community Center in the Continental Zone of Isla Mujeres.
The training courses will give the women opportunities to join the productive sector by teaching them skills including baking, hammock making, weaving bags with hammock cord, painting textiles, and creating artistic bags. The courses will last 40 hours and the officials presented the women with the materials they would need for the training.
There is a course in English pending for the taxi drivers and another course to be created depending on what needs exist.
ISLA MUJERES, 19 de agosto.-
The director of the Institute of Job Training Quintana Roo (Icatqroo), Alondra Herrera Pavon, signed an agreement with the municipality of Isla Mujeres to provide five courses for the benefit of 100 women. This took place at an event at the Community Center in the Continental Zone of Isla Mujeres.
The training courses will give the women opportunities to join the productive sector by teaching them skills including baking, hammock making, weaving bags with hammock cord, painting textiles, and creating artistic bags. The courses will last 40 hours and the officials presented the women with the materials they would need for the training.
There is a course in English pending for the taxi drivers and another course to be created depending on what needs exist.
ISLA MUJERES, 19 de agosto.-
Efficient and accurate delivery of school supplies, uniforms, and school shoes
Agapito, por claridad
Apuesta a entrega eficiente y correcta de útiles, uniformes y calzado escolar
Lanrry PARRA
A meeting was held in the City Council room with the Mayor and parents of students to discuss how to achieve efficient and accurate delivery of school uniforms, supplies, and shoes to children of the municipality of Isla Mujeres. The Mayor thanked the parents for attending and he explained his administration's commitment to providing these supplies is not intended to conflict or change the dynamics of already established purchases by the schools in the vicinity, which are specific and must be purchased with the same supplier.
He said at the beginning of classes they intend to establish a reliable base of data for each school, in order to achieve efficiency in the delivery of the uniforms, supplies, and shoes, to reach families who really are in need. The aim is to have the correct sizes and quantities for the students so as to avoid any waste or unnecessary expense for the municipality.
The rest of the article lists the officials and which schools they each will supervise.
A meeting was held in the City Council room with the Mayor and parents of students to discuss how to achieve efficient and accurate delivery of school uniforms, supplies, and shoes to children of the municipality of Isla Mujeres. The Mayor thanked the parents for attending and he explained his administration's commitment to providing these supplies is not intended to conflict or change the dynamics of already established purchases by the schools in the vicinity, which are specific and must be purchased with the same supplier.
He said at the beginning of classes they intend to establish a reliable base of data for each school, in order to achieve efficiency in the delivery of the uniforms, supplies, and shoes, to reach families who really are in need. The aim is to have the correct sizes and quantities for the students so as to avoid any waste or unnecessary expense for the municipality.
The rest of the article lists the officials and which schools they each will supervise.
ISLA MUJERES, 19 de agosto.-.
Tvisla Mujeres
SEMAR rescues a Cuban fisherman with a fish hook wound in his right hand
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From the Isla Mujere city site on fb..
New dining area for senior citizens and temporary employment program for islanders as a result of work by municipal president Agapito Magana and the federal representative of the Department of Social Development, Fabian Vallado,
Noticias de Quequi......
Emergency
Treatment given to fishermen with fishhook wound
Emergencia
Atienden a pescador con herida de anzuelo
0 20 de agosto de 2014
The Navy, based in Isla Mujeres, provided assistance and medical evacuation to a Cuban fisherman aboard the ship "Lambda 319" last night, after they received a report that he had been wounded by a fish hook in his right hand. They received the call around 9 pm, and sent a 'zarpe' boat of the Patrulla Clase Azteca of Isla Mujeres. At approximately 10:40 pm, the fisherman was receiving medical evaluation for a hook stuck into the bone of his right index finger, and it was determined that he needed treatment at a hospital. He was taken to Puerto Juarez and transported in a Red Cross ambulance to a hospital in Cancun.
Por Carlos Gasca > Quequi.- El hombre tripulaba en el barco “Lambda 319”.
Offenses against the environment
Reglamento
Atentan contra la naturaleza
0 20 de agosto de 2014
There are more than 300 members engaged in whale shark tours, who are now three months into the whale shark viewing season. They are concerned that sanctions may be imposed, as there have been irregularities, as well as tourist complaints that there is an excessive number of boats causing an 'overload'.
It is said that environmental authorities with PROFEPA and Vida Selvestre (lit. Wildlife) are aware of the problems and have participated in tours while posing as tourists. There are no official reports, but licensees suspect there may be sanctions and possibly some cancellation of permits.
The permits are reviewed annually, and this privilege can be taken away. There is fear among some licensees, while others are accusing the yachts who come to the area without knowing the rules of operation, and they are asking authorities to intervene.
Por Carlos Gasca > Quequi.- Más de 300 socios podrían ser sancionados por irregularidades.
YESTERDAY......
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Aguakan is renovating the tap water systemSERVICIOS
Rehabilita Aguakan red de agua potable
0 19 de agosto de 2014
Before the vacation period, Aguakan had begun the improvement of 1000 linear meters of mains for the tap water lines, and discontinued it temporarily to avoid accidents among the visiting tourists. They are now resuming the work on the lines which supply several neighborhoods including la Gloria, Miraflores, Lol-Be, and Caridad del Cobre.
They are investing over 1.3 million pesos to install pipes that are six inches in diameter along the road to Garrafon. They are using a "Pipe Bursting" technique that reduces inconvenience by allowing them to enter the pipes without trenching. The work is expected to be finished in about three weeks.
Por Carlos Gasca > Quequi.-
Noticias de Diario Respuesta...
por esto
10% absenteeism at the schools
Ausentismo del 10% en escuelas [+] Ver mas
Navy gives emergency treatment to a Cuban fisherman
Atendió la Armada emergencia en pesquero cubano[+] Ver mas
YESTERDAY......
Requesting more classrooms and maintenance to those that already exist
Piden más aulas y mantenimiento a las existentes[+] Ver mas
At Julio Sauri the parents are donating and helping with the cleaning of the toilets, renovating of fans, maintaining the dome, lights, and other items, which was confirmed by the Society of Parents, Matilde Gomez. The four preschools need some painting and maintenance.
The high school may reach capacity soon, and four more classrooms are sought, according to an unnamed source. The schools on the mainland are experiencing excessive demands from families who have recently immigrated to the area, and are becoming 'saturated'.
Emilio & Fidel: At odds
Emilio y Fidel, entre “dimes y diretes” [+] Ver mas
He responded to accusations made by former City Council member Emilio Sosa by explaining that he owns the documents and volumes of books, maps, and photos in his home which he purchased them with his own money. He referred to the Law of Municipalities of Quintana Roo in section 16, Article 242-252 explaining that, "This law does not give me the option of owning what is the cultural heritage of the town, and I did not claim it does. It should be made clear that the cultural heritage of the municipality constitutes all of its history, both tangible and intangible, from the Maya to this day."
Sr. Villanueva addressed the other allegations made by Sr Sosa as follows:
"For more than forty years, including in my capacity as a researcher, I have bought more than 3000 books on the history of the Caribbean region with my own money. Therefore I possess a library of my own. I also use my own funds to purchase over a hundred old maps, records, censuses, and various archives/files, which attest to ancient events. I have collected a newspaper archive since 1994, also with my own resources."
"I have purchased many photographs, and islanders have donated others, therefore I own a library of photos, among other things that I keep. The furniture in which I store and display the documents are my property."
"Do you have any idea of the years of my life and the money I've spent traveling to consult sources that are not in Isla Mujeres? Have you worked with tapabocas to reduce the risk of a disease, and to maintain documents created before the 20th century? How can you consider me as a kidnapper of local history if what I possess is my own property?"
"You may not know that in 1984 I began dispersing the local history without charging a penny, without accepting a dime, as I continue to do to this day. I started to spread the history in local newspapers in 1987, and since then in Por Esto, and I continue to collaborate in this way. In this way, with the media that I am associated with, the local history has become widespread, and many people care about it. When I see them, they ask me to tell more about these topics."
"I have purchased many photographs, and islanders have donated others, therefore I own a library of photos, among other things that I keep. The furniture in which I store and display the documents are my property."
"Do you have any idea of the years of my life and the money I've spent traveling to consult sources that are not in Isla Mujeres? Have you worked with tapabocas to reduce the risk of a disease, and to maintain documents created before the 20th century? How can you consider me as a kidnapper of local history if what I possess is my own property?"
"You may not know that in 1984 I began dispersing the local history without charging a penny, without accepting a dime, as I continue to do to this day. I started to spread the history in local newspapers in 1987, and since then in Por Esto, and I continue to collaborate in this way. In this way, with the media that I am associated with, the local history has become widespread, and many people care about it. When I see them, they ask me to tell more about these topics."
He said he constantly has researchers, tourists, and students of all levels coming to his office, noting that it is through social networks where further work is being done. He explained that it is the Municipal Archives department that is responsible for preserving, increasing, spreading, and retaining the historical and cultural heritage of Isla Mujeres. He said, "The Director of that agency, Tomas Gamboa Rios, will respond to you with the kindness that is characteristic of him."
Finally he said, "You can come to the Historian's office, Oficina del Cronista, as often as you want, as can other members of the community; just make an appointment and I'll gladly accommodate you. Believe me, it is not my desire to cause any controversy over this issue."
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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
NEED DIABETES SUPPLIES FOR OCTOBER DIABETES CLINIC: We have been doing Diabetes Clinics on Isla Mujeres for five years, with more local residents participating annually. This is a joint project of bilingual social workers, nurses, and other health care professionals originally from the USA, working with Isleno community partners. Diabetes is now the primary cause of death in Mexico.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Music
Aug. 26 Kapanga at Poc Na
Link to video
Sept 5 Los Cafres at Poc Na
Linkto video above
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.. Various artists including
Chucho (Jesus Campezino) & 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
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August Events
Turtle hatchling releases at Media Luna & Guadalupana (eastern) beaches TBA (Usually 1-2 days before event.)
SUNRISE TIMES
(Gets 10 min later across month)
Aug 1 ~6:20am
Aug 31 ~6:30am
SUNSET TIMES
(Gets 20 mins earlier across month)
Aug 1 ~7:25p
Aug 31 ~7:05p
SUNRISE & MOON SET TOGETHER
Aug 9 5:05 am ~Full moon sets before sunrise
Aug 10 6:11am Full moon sets ~sunrise
MOONRISE & SUNSET TOGETHER
Aug 10 Full Moon Rises at 7:18p Sunset ~7:20p
Aug 11 Sunset ~7:20p Moonrise 8:07p
FULL MOON RISING
Aug 12 Moonrise 8:54p
Aug 13 Moonrise 9:40p
Aug 14 Moonrise 10:25p
Aug 15 Moonrise 11:10p
Aug 7, Thursday Artist Fair on the Square 5:30-9:30 Summer Hours
Aug 15 Friday
11a City Council room: Presentation of the book "Isla Mujeres a traves del tiempo, tomo II. Fidel Villanueva Madrid, Historian of the City
7pm Documentary Exposition Town Hall Pasillo
7:30pm Inauguration of Photographic Exposition Hidalgo Avenue
Aug. 16 Saturday 8pm Town Square
Presentation of the show: "Monsters & Mayan Legends" (Monstruos y Leyendas Mayas)
Presentation of a dance: Traditions of Isla Mujeres"
Regional Night with an orchestra from the township of Felipe Carrillo Puerto
Aug. 17 Sunday9am Port Authority Pier (#6) Floral offering for the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the Cruz de la Bahia/Cross in the Bay
Following Mass: Procession from the Church on the Town Square celebrating the Virgin of Assumption going down Guerrero, to Lopez Mateos, then down Rueda Medina, main street. The walkers will return to the square via Morelos, while the decorated carts go farther down Medina to loop back from the south to the north. There is a contest for the top five decorated carts.
8pm Town Square
Official Session of the City Council commemorating the 164th Anniversary of the founding of Isla Mujeres
Homage to the founding families
Giving of the Award for Citizenship
Giving of the Award for Tourism
On August 31, about 500 athletes, both Mexican and international, are expected to participate 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.
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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