the second-oldest monument in the Mexican state of Campeche experienced a partial roof collapse on Sunday afternoon following years of unsuccessful requests for structural reinforcement as the building was closed for maintenance during the incident Witnesses described hearing an explosion before dust began billowing from the doors of the historic structure in central Calkiní quickly responded to verify the building was empty Parish priest Fernando Manzo disclosed that church officials had repeatedly sought assistance from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) to allocate resources for structural reinforcement The collapse occurred while the centuries-old church was undergoing maintenance work highlighting the urgency of the previously requested repairs the Diocese of Campeche conveyed Manzo’s confirmation of the collapse and the absence of casualties “The Parish will continue to pastorally care for its faithful in the spaces that are adapted for worship which the parish priest will inform in due time of their location,” the statement read which began construction in 1561 under the direction of Franciscan friars and was completed in 1776 represents a significant piece of Mexican religious heritage the Franciscan friars initially established rudimentary structures upon their arrival in 1540 before commencing work on the permanent temple and convent The building was later declared a national monument on April 4 and is registered in the Public Registry of Monuments and Archaeological and Historical Zones Civil Protection authorities have cordoned off the entire area due to concerns about the building’s structural integrity following the collapse The Diocese announced the immediate suspension of all religious activities at the site with services and sacraments being relocated to alternative venues including the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament The parish has taken to social media to share images of the damage and inform parishioners about alternate arrangements for religious ceremonies The incident has raised questions about the preservation of historical religious structures and the response to maintenance requests for these important cultural monuments Local authorities continue to monitor the situation while maintaining the security perimeter around the damaged structure Yucatán Magazine has the inside scoop on living here. Sign up to get our top headlines delivered to your inbox every week “I suck at meditation.” Elisha Goldstein a psychologist and creator of the Mindful Living Collective has heard multiple covers of that classic tune and he says it’s natural to feel like it’s difficult at first Goldstein likens learning to meditate to riding a bike These changes include a shift in musical programs to include more Yucatecan as well as the use of non-traditional venues Did you know that modern bathroom design is due in part to infectious outbreaks in the past Some predict that the COVID-19 pandemic may result in more design and architectural changes that will be with us for the next century As we focus more on avoiding disease through increased hand washing Sometimes it becomes all blurry when you face cultural situations that can be completely different in another country Especially when they happen on a daily basis One of those situations is saying hello and goodbye The framework that you take with you from your background is not necessarily helpful in another culture For access to a fruit that’s delicious and full of healthy properties Yucatán happens to be the country’s largest producer of mamey there were not many options in Mexico when it came to finding furniture There was mainly one department store with low-end items from which to choose You no longer need to drive the four or five hours each way to a large city Advertise With Us Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores | September 02 Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena accompanied President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on the first supervisory run of the Maya Train along with other cabinet members and the heads of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) The Foreign Secretary also accompanied the President at the inauguration of Chichén Itzá Viejo or Initial Series Group an area approximately 20 kilometers from the well-known archaeological site which will now also have an archaeological museum the Foreign Secretary took part in an event with archaeologists at Chichén Itzá which was led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Foreign Secretary Bárcena mentioned the proposal for each station or stop to have biodiversity trails and natural areas to promote sustainability The final leg of the trip was from the Chichén Itzá station to the Cancun airport which receives approximately 30 million passengers a year With close to 7 million tourists a year and an annual hotel occupancy rate of over 82% on average Cancun is one of Mexcio's top tourist destinations.  A single portal for services, information and citizen participation. Read more i&&ui_pixel_url[f](l)>0&&(j=ui_pixel_url[g](0,i-8).lastIndexOf(l),ui_pixel_url=(ui_pixel_url[g](0,j)+k+"cut="+r(ui_pixel_url[g](j+1)))[g](0,i)),c.images?(m=new Image,q.ns_p||(ns_p=m),m.src=ui_pixel_url):c.write(" Trains will begin running on the Maya Train railroad next month but the entire project won’t be finished until the end of February 2024 After completing another weekend trip to inspect work on the ambitious infrastructure project López Obrador said on social media that the stretch of the 1,554-kilometer-long railroad between Campeche city and Cancún while the entire railroad and its 34 stations will be operational on Feb The stretch between Campeche and Cancún includes part of Section 2 of the railroad (Escárcega-Calkiní) and the entirety of Section 3 (Calkiní-Izamal) and Section 4 (Izamal-Cancún) Passengers seeking to travel from Mérida – the Yucatán Peninsula’s cultural capital – to the resort city of Cancún by train will be able to do so as of the middle of next month The Cancún-Palenque stretch runs through Playa del Carmen Tourists who fly into Cancún airport will be able to board trains at an airport station to travel south to beach destinations or west to the colonial cities of Valladolid and Izamal The archaeological sites of Chichén Itzá and Cobá are also located along the stretch between Cancún and Mérida López Obrador said that 29 “restored archaeological areas” and six “Maya Train” hotels will be accessible to passengers once the entirety of the railroad is operational at the end of February In the same post, he said that Parque La Plancha 19 and that the new airport in Tulum will begin operations on Dec has pursued an ambitious infrastructure agenda during his presidency although it’s still not operating at full capacity over a year later The government is also close to opening a modernized rail line across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec between Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec project – which also includes highway upgrades and the establishment of new industrial parks – is touted as an alternative to the Panama Canal While López Obrador has championed all these infrastructure projects, and others, the one closest to his to his heart – perhaps partially because it runs through his home state of Tabasco – is the multi-billion-dollar Maya Train The president asserts that the railroad will spur much-needed economic and social development in Mexico’s long-neglected southeast by opening up the entire region to tourism he said on social media that 100,000 people were working on the Maya Train and Tulum airport projects “Never had so many jobs been created in the southeast,” López Obrador wrote The success of the Maya Train project appears to hinge on convincing some of the millions of tourists who fly into Cancún airport on an annual basis to travel to inland destinations by rail rather than spending their entire vacation on the coast which already serve the destinations through which the Maya Train will run López Obrador said Monday that train tickets will go on sale Dec 1 and that trips on average will be 10% cheaper than those for buses which say that the construction and operation of the railroad pose a threat to wildlife There have also been doubts about whether the railroad – along which tourist commuter and freight trains are slated to run – would actually be ready to begin operations in 2023 the government – and especially López Obrador – has remained adamant that trains will begin running this year at least according to the president’s timetable ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page tickets for the first section of the Maya Train will be available for purchase according to an announcement made by project head Óscar David Lozano Águila The government has yet to provide the details on the ticket sale platform The completed train project will travel through 41 municipalities in Chiapas providing rail transportation in the Mexican southeast for the first time in nearly 30 years The first sections running from Campeche to Cancún will be inaugurated on Dec According to the National Tourism Fund (Fonatur) ticket prices for the Maya Train are as follows: Lozano Águila explained that Section 3 of the railroad from Calkiní to Izamal head of train car manufacturer Alstom México also announced that in the early hours of Monday the fifth convoy of the Maya Train left Ciudad Sahagún — Tren Maya (@TrenMayaMX) November 23, 2023 The sixth unit will arrive in Quintana Roo next week completing the six convoys with which the Maya Train will begin operations President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave an updated timeline for the train on Nov saying that the section between Cancún and Palenque will open on Dec With reports from El Financiero 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English A consortium controlled by billionaire businessman Carlos Slim has secured the second contract awarded by the federal government for the construction of the US $8-billion Maya Train railroad project in Mexico’s southeast The National Tourism Promotion Fund (Fonatur) announced on Thursday that Slim’s company Cicsa and Spanish construction firm FCC – of which the Mexican magnate is the largest shareholder – were successful with their bid to build the 222-kilometer section of the railroad between Escárcega and Calkiní in Campeche The consortium submitted an 18.55-billion peso (US $752.8-million) bid for the contract which Fonatur administration and finance director Arturo Ávalos said was the best among 15 proposals The companies’ proposal received an overall rating of 94.06 out of 100 – 45.13 for the technical proposal and 48.93 for the financial one Fonatur said that Cisca and FCC will begin construction on May 12 pending approval from the Health Ministry. That would appear to be a formality given that Fonatur chief Rogelio Jiménez Pons said last month that President López Obrador had ordered the continuation of the Maya Train project despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic The awarding of the contract to the Slim-led consortium came a week after Fonatur announced that a consortium led by Portugal’s Mota-Engil and the majority state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) had won the contract to build the first section of track between Palenque The consortium presented a 15.5-billion peso bid for the 227-kilometer section Fonatur said that it would be responsible for drawing up the master plan for the project building the tracks and purchasing all required materials The CCCC has faced corruption charges and was blacklisted by the World Bank in 2011 for fraudulent practices related to a highway project in the Philippines but Fonatur said that the proposal it presented along with Mota-Engil and three other companies was the best in terms of both cost and quality The United Nations Office for Project Services reviewed all 14 bids for the Palenque-Escárcega section and agreed that the Portuguese/Chinese bid was the best Slim’s Cicsa/FCC consortium has also submitted one of 16 bids to Fonatur to build the third section of the Maya Train between Calkiní and Izamal Fonatur is due to announce the winner of that contract on May 15 President López Obrador’s signature infrastructure project will connect cities and towns in five states: Tabasco The 1,500-kilometer railroad, endorsed by a controversial consultation last December Source: Infobae (sp), Reforma (sp), El Financiero (sp)  Grupo Carso and FCC Construcción won the tender to build Section 2 of the Maya Train The National Tourism Promotion Fund (Fonatur) awarded the consortium made up of Cicsa and FCC a contract for the Supply of materials and construction of the platform and track of the Maya Train corresponding to the Escárcega-Calkiní section 2 million pesos for 5 years of maintenance and 16% VAT CICSA participates with 50% and FCC with 50 percent The start of the work is subject to the signing of the respective contract Section 2 of the Mayan Train route covers 235 km going from Escárcega to Calkiní in the state of Campeche «The priority projects of the Government of Mexico will continue as measures to mitigate the economic consequences of COVID-19 the Maya Train is established as one of the most important infrastructure works and a key trigger for employment and development in the south-southeast of Mexico The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) carried out an independent analysis – and in parallel – to the proposal review process carried out by Fonatur and expressed its agreement according to international standards Fonatur said that the offer made by this consortium meets the formal and eligibility criteria established in the tender specifications it complies with the legal and administrative requirements this consortium ranked as the best technical offer in the areas: quality of work fulfillment of contracts and national content and labor Redacción: 7224059128info@opportimes.com