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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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Knockout

Sat 21 Feb 2009—Quintana Roo in Regional ... show/hide

Campeche, Campeche: In a knockout, a Quintana Roo youth has become the boxing selection to go to the regional round of the National Child and Youth Olympics 2009, which takes place in the capital of Campeche, Campeche, where yesterday 22 more entries were added for the major sports tournament in the country, which when added to the 11 from the first event makes a total of 33.

— José RIVEROLL
 

Objections to tax

Thu 19 Feb 2009—Teachers reported irregular collection of tax in the accounts of the SAR ... show/hide

Teachers related to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) and various federal employees disapproved of the actions of commercial banks and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), because they are implementing a substantial tax discount for the Product of Labor (ISPT) to its global accounts of the System of Savings for Retirement (SAR)."

— Je­sús AMA­DOR TO­RRES
 

Normalized Supply

Thu 5 Feb 2009—Butcher shops received meat, but they fear a repetition of the strike at the slaughterhouses ... show/hide

After three days of having their businesses closed for the lack of beef, because of the strike of the butchers of the Meat Processing Plant Alliance, four of 80 butchers in the capital markets had business as usual in the early hours of yesterday.

— Rosy DO­RA­DO
 

Yesterday empty, but…

Tue 3 Feb 2009—Starting today, "Calvary" for preregistrations ... show/hide

Unlike in the northern zone of the State where parents waited up to a week, schools in Chetumal appeared empty in the days prior to the start of the enrollment period for education, although at some institutions parents showed up because the teachers erroneously reported yesterday that Monday started the registration for new aspiring students.

— Gé­ner Corona Martín
 

Pork, $75 per kilo

Fri 20 Feb 2009—High risk of rising prices due to a lack of local production ... show/hide

Pork could reach the price of 75 pesos a kilogram in a short time due to the continuing lack of local production, said the adviser to the company's market board, Manuel Altamirano, Eladio Novelo Castilla.

— Omar CAPISTRAN ESPINOSA
 

Persistent Strike by Sugarcane Farmers in Belize

Fri 6 Feb 2009—Still posted at core sampler. ... show/hide

Despite the appeal of the prime minister, Dean Barrow, to avert the strike which started 10 days ago, members of the Association of Sugarcane Growers in Belize remain posted on the outskirts of Belize Sugar Industries Ltd and announced that they will remain until the present system of sampling the quality of the cane is canceled and the resignation of the commissioner of the sugar industry, Nemencio Acosta, takes place.

— Je­sús AMA­DOR TO­RRES
 

SAGARPA states this scarcity is foreign to this marine species

Wed 4 Feb 2009—Support flows for fishermen ... show/hide

After recognizing the reason that there are shortages of fish in the South Zone of Quintana Roo, the delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), Arturo Bolaños Medina, said that his office is not responsible for resolving this scarcity because the fuel and other inputs for this sector are not hampered.

— Rosy DO­RA­DO
 

Gasoline rises in Belize

Tue 3 Feb 2009—In just two days in the Free Zone of Belize rose a cent and diesel 45 cents ... show/hide

Over the weekend the price of petrol increased in the Free Zone of Belize and now the regular, which is equivalent to the Magna Sin, is priced more expensive than in Chetumal. However, this does not motivate the attempts to suspend approval of prices.

— Gé­ner Corona Martin
 

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