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Local Island NEWS in English - Updated Weekly |
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News for the Week of May 5, 2008
Beginning in December 2002, Cozumelinsider 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: acs@cozumelinsider.com
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| Puerto De Abrigo |
| The north marina is to be expanded into a lagoon flanking it to provide safe harbor for 100 boats in case of an emergency. The lagoon is in military territory but will be conceded to Puerto De Abrigo if necessary. The current harbor has room for 146 boats, but cannot accommodate any more from foreign tourists. The facilities, electricity, baths and potable water are in perfect condition thanks to the investment of more than a million dollars last year. It is anticipated that boats will soon be fueled within the harbor, eliminating the need for trucks carrying containers of fuel circulating on the streets of the island. |
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| Glass Recycling Unprofitable |
| The program to recycle glass in Cozumel, contemplated by Ecoz, was rejected as unprofitable. The company interested in purchasing the glass from Ecoz required a minimum of 30 tons to be able to remove the material. In a year only three tons of glass was collected, so paper and plastics are a better recycling industry. As to the final destination of the unsuitable materials, they will be used to protect the geo-membranes in landfills and will be buried with the passage of time. |
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| Review Of Safety Features On Watercraft |
| The Port Captain is reinforcing monitoring of boats to ensure appropriate safety measures when transporting tourists by sea. Special care is being taken to make sure the boats are not overloaded and that they have adequate life jackets aboard. |
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| Cancún-Cozumel Flight |
| The flight between the two cities that was re-inaugurated last January has not had the number of passengers the airline expected. They have maintained the schedule, even if they only have one passenger for a plane, which can carry ten, in order to maintain credibility with clients. A flight is only cancelled if there are no passengers in either Cancún or Cozumel. |
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| New Environmental Threat |
| Not only is the Trump Project threatening the environmental integrity of Cozumel, but there is another industrialist, a Mexican, who has obtained permission to build a private airport on public lands dedicated to livestock grazing. The lands are in the middle of the forest and have flood zones and cenotes, and according to the Plan of Ecological Territorial Ordering (POET) those areas are not appropriate for construction. Nevertheless, the land was purchased by Sr. Eduardo Toledo Parra, who owns hotels, subdivisions and a cable company among other businesses, and plans to build a golf course and a runway for landing private planes less than a kilometer from wells utilized by the water company CAPA. Under the new plan POEL Sr. Toledo hopes to build this facility and transport tourists of ample means from there to his hotels in the south zone. |
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