The local UT university’s Cancun campus was evacuated earlier in the week over a bomb threat. Apparently the threat was received by the dean of UT university via email. Upon reading the email the dean of the university decided to call local authorities. Within minutes the local police force along with Mexican military personnel arrived …
Mario Perez
Human remains literally washed up on the shore of the Cancun hotel zone beachfront. Tourists in the water were the first to notice the body fragments. They in turn alerted the lifeguards on duty. Upon their arrival the lifeguards realized that there was nothing they could do. In fact, initial reports indicate that only the …
A verbal conflict between taxi drivers erupted at the Cancun airport. According to witnesses things did not escalate beyond these verbal arguments. The issue seems to be that fake taxis are arriving at the Cancun Airport terminal and poaching tourists from regulated taxi drivers. This has sparked the rage of the authorized taxi drivers who …
The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine has made oil prices rise considerably in the last few weeks. All things considered, the price of gasoline in Mexico hasn’t skyrocketed. At least not as much as it could have. Currently, gasoline prices in Cancun on average sit at around just under 86.95 pesos per gallon (about …
The tourism industry in general continues to take blow after blow. It seems that all of the latest main world events spell disaster for the tourism industry. The COVID pandemic is obviously the biggest one in a generation. Travel restrictions are still in effect in some countries. That has heavily impacted the number of flights …
There’s no question that one of the main concerns that have been raised regarding the Maya Train project has been the effects it can have on the environment. Recently the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited the construction site. In this particular trip the president inspected the construction of the track that will …
Workers at more than 15 Walmart locations (including Superama, Sam’s Club and Bodega Aurrera stores) in not only the Cancun area, but all of Quintana Roo have gone on strike. Monday around 1 p.m. the workers arrived at the Walmart Centro Cancun location, and stood in front of the store with picket signs that spelled …
Construction crews have broken ground, and begun building a massive luxury hospital complex in Cancun. The Luximia development group responsible for the Puerto Cancun building complex is investing 200 million MXN (9.4 Million US) on the project. When fully completed the tower is set to feature 5 floors that will house 121 private practice doctor’s …
The issue about lines at immigration getting ridiculously long has been addressed by Mexican immigration authorities. Folks have been reporting spending north of 2 hours in line at immigration at the Cancun airport. A phenomenon that has gone on now for weeks on end. Perhaps the most concerning fact is that this was an issue …
The prices on toll fees in all Mexican highways that are operated by CAPUFE (The Federal Roads Agency) are set to go up by 7.36%. This is based on an announcement that the federal agency made back in February. In fact, many toll roads throughout the country have already begun to see an increase in …