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Founded in 1898 by then Lt. Othón Pompeyo Blanco Núñez de Cáceres, Chetumal is now the state capital of Quintana Roo, in the southeast of Mexico. With a high growth rate, economic success, and active social life, Chetumal has become the ideal place for business entrepreneurs and families wanting to live in a peaceful tropical community.
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Basketball: Mexico Crushes Belize
Wed 7 Jul—Mexico crushes Belize, 85 to 63, Centrobasket day 2. ... show/hideIn day two of the 2010 Centrobasket in Santo Domingo, Mexico crushed Belize, 85 to 53. Both teams are now 1-1 in the tournament. In day three, Mexico will take on Puerto Rico, and Belize will meet Cuba.
— Eurobasket NewsMexico and the United States wanted to show which of the two countries was the best and decided to make a fight between dogs to find out.
United States takes a very muscular Rottwailer dog and Mexico is represented in the competition by a xoloitzcuintle dog, those dogs with no hair.
When the fight start, the Rottwailer is quickly defeated by the Mexican xoloitzcuintle. Then one of the US dog trainers exclaims:
"Oh no, I can not believe this" With all the money we put on training this dog and everything else? "
And the Mexican replied: -
"And how much money you think we spent on plastic surgery for that crocodile?" -
Almost 50,000 students returning to school in Othón P. Blanco
Mon 11 May 2009—Community will contribute to cleaning facilities ... show/hideThe Municipality of Othon P. l White joined the effort by the Ministry of Education of Quintana Roo to thoroughly cleanse the schools of this city, prior to the return to classes of about 50 thousand students from the basic levels.
— Alfredo GIL GOMEZThe Othón P. Blanco City Cemetery is ready for some 2,500 visitors this Mother's Day, the date on which families gather to visit the final resting place of the one who gave them life.
Juan de Dios Buenfil Durán, cemetery manager, said that because of the influenza virus, the chapel where mass has been celebrated for some years was closed, but the facilities are ready for the occasion.
— Alexander Dorado Dzul
Fishes dies at Chetumal's ecological park
Thu 6 May 2010—Not yet determined the cause of death, although authorities attribute to the intense heat ... show/hideDozens of fishes founded dead in the artificial Lake Ecological Park Zazil of Chetumal. Municipal authorities attribute this to the intense heat.
— Silvia Hernández, El UniversalPackage with supports and tax incentives for contingency
Mon 11 May 2009—In force from May 8 ... show/hideBecause of the health risk caused by the presence of the human influenza virus AH1N1 in the state and for the purpose of maintaining the workforce of our organization and encouraging the sustainability of our economic activity, various grants, tax incentives and benefits of all citizens and taxpayers of the State will be awarded, informed the State Secretary of Finance, Fredy Marrufo Martin.
This is based on the decree published in the Periódico Oficial del Estado No. 37 Extraordinario, which came into force on May 8 this year, which among others, provides that taxpayers who have to pay the payroll tax there will be be a stimulus consisting of a tax allowance of 30 per cent tax for May, June and July 2009.
Taxpayers forced to pay the payroll tax will have the option to defer the payment of this contribution for April, May and June 2009, and can settle each in 5 equal parts during August to December of this year.
— Géner CORONA MARTINTo avoid job losses in the northern zone of the entity arising from the healthcare contingency, the president of the Mexican Caribbean Tour Operators, Doris Mingüer Alcocer, proposed to the Municipality of Othon P. Blanco and the State Secretariat of Tourism (Sedetur) that they create scholarships for experts in the tourism and restaurant industry in the north to come to Chetumal to train their counterparts in the south of Quintana Roo.
— Jesús Amador TorresPocketbook health a priority
Wed 6 May 2009—As with the health alert, Félix putting more support for recovery of state economy ... show/hideMEXICO, DF, May 5 .- Félix González Canto, Governor of Quintana Roo, said they are working together to have ready a Mexican cruise port before the month of June, after the suspension of the arrival of cruises to Mexico because of the epidemic of influenza A (H1N1).
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