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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The lack of funds prevented most of the Chetumal people from going to the tourist destinations in the tourist zones of the Costa Maya and other places around the state, but it was not enough reason to stay home. People packed into "Dos Mulas" in the town of Calderitas.
Also, since the early hours of yesterday, hundreds of families crammed into the bathing places located on Chetumal Bay Boulevard. Many came on foot, others in rental cars, and some even in their own cars.
— Jesús Amador TorresNeither the burning rays of the sun, intense heat or thirst, prevented more than 500 Catholics from participating in the Living-Cross activity that each year groups of the Apostolic Church of Divine Providence do. It represents over 14 stations of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Messiah.
— Rosy DoradoThe supply of drinking water in Chetumal and the various resorts in the district capital is guaranteed over the next four days, said the municipal manager system operator of the Committee on Water Supply and Sewerage (CAPA), Enrique Alonso Alcocer. He has argued that this is an important week when there is more demand for the service.
— Jesús Amador TorresThe vendors in the Lázaro Cárdenas market had to close their shops 3 days early, as they did in the Manuel Altmirano market, not only due to the arrival of the Easter holidays, but also because of zero sales, so they closed early, to return next Monday.
Regarding this, the representative of the butchers in the building, Mauro Aguilar Rejón, said that given the current economic conditions, there were only one or two sales a day, so they had to close their shops 3 days early for Holy Week.
— Omar Capistran EspinosaMEXICO DF, April 11 .- The National Water Commission (Conagua) warned about the heat wave that will intensify this weekend with temperatures up to 42 degrees centigrade in the State of Quintana Roo.
They also warned about strong winds forecast in excess of 50 miles per hour and urged those in Quintana Roo coastal navigation to take precautions.
In this situation, the Health Sector and Civil Defense recommends that people, especially children and the elderly, avoid long periods of exposure to the sun to avoid problems caused by heat.
— El UniversalThe South Zone has two thousand 100 rooms available, and have recorded an occupancy of only 47 per cent, even though we are in full holiday period, informed the president of the Association of Hotels, Motels and Tourist Services of the Southern Zone, Juan José Fernández Carrillo.
— Omar Capistran EspinosaThe weak anticyclonic system (high pressure), located in the southeast area of the United States of America, has a peripheral circulation that boosts modified polar continental air to the Yucatan Peninsula, causing a slight drop in temperatures, especially at night and dawn.
— Rosy DoradoTemperatures will remain high in the State through May and it will be dry, so temperatures are likely to exceed 43 degrees centigrade (109 degrees fahrenheit), said the head of the State Meteorology of Civil Protection, Jaime Villasana Espejo.
— Géner Corono Martin