News from Puerto Morelos
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| Latest News from the Puerto Morelos Community (Updated 1/24/08) Please be sure to check the what's happening page for weekly community updates from Cat Brown. 2008 Puerto Morelos Music Festival sponsored by the Casa de la Cultura is now underway with a great variety of local and visiting musicians and artists. They are held every 2 weeks on Thursday night in the downtown park. Admission is free. The dates for this year are: January 10th 8:30 pm January 24th 8:30 pm February 7th 8:30 pm February 21st 8:30 pm NOTICE - Results and pictures from the 2007 Fishing Tournaments Photos here October 2006 Benefit Info here February 2007 Bazaar Photos here April 2007 Art Sale and Bazaar here Halloween 2007 photos at Cantina Habanero here.. Dec 8th 2008 Charity bazaar photos are here . Restaurant News: Several new restaurants have opened or re-opened recently. For complete news visit the restaurants page. Sunday Jungle Market: Has reopened Puerto Morelos Independence On Oct 6th the governmental delegation from Cancun held a large open-air meeting here in Puerto Morelos to respond to a petition to allow Puerto Morelos to become a separate entity from Cancun. The plan was approved and our town is now in the process of moving towards independence. The process will take awhile as certain infrastructures have to be established. ( Police, Bomberos, Hacienda, etc) Having to rely on Cancun for all these services has been a hassle fro years, as has having to ask for a share of the revenues to fix our roads, schools, etc. With the change we will now keep the revenues generated here and when you consider that Puerto Morelos encompasses the area from Bahia Petempich to the north down to Playa Maroma at the southern end, that's a lot of hotel/resort income. Of course now there will also be accountability. No more saying "Well, we would fix the roads (insert choice of service), if only Cancun would send us the money, equipment, etc." (Update 10/19/07) I received this update from Kathy Loretta regarding the above announcement. "Puerto Morelos will become an Alcaldia, not a Municipio, which does not separate it totally from Cancun. PM does not have the required amount of residents to become a Municipio. The new elected head of an alcaldia will be an "Alcalde" or Mayor. When it is a Municipio, he/she becomes Presidente Municipal." . |