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Anyone Can Touch These Live Wires, and in Tulum Nobody Is Checking
Bare bus bars, open breaker boxes, and meters lying in rubble show how electrical safety in Tulum depends on installations no one routinely inspects and few owners maintain.
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321 stories · Page 3 of 17
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The Touts at Tulum's Ruins Now Pitch Tours From Inside Highway Lanes
Guides and merchants say jaladores are back at the Tulum ruins and stepping into Highway 307 lanes, three months after a permanent surveillance operation was announced.
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A killing in La Veleta, three weeks after officials reported zero homicides in Tulum
The Tulum shooting in La Veleta came three weeks after federal officials stood in the town and reported two straight months without a homicide. Prosecutors have named no motive and no suspects.
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Roadside stops disappear in Tulum as every intercity pickup shifts to the bus terminals
Intermediate stops are gone from the main avenue. Every intercity pickup now happens at the Tulum bus terminals, and a free shuttle runs there from Aldea Tulum and Las Palmas.
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Letras Itinerantes Brings Manuel Antonio Ay Youth to One of the Riviera Maya's Top Art Spaces
On June 26, Letras Itinerantes brought 20 Maya youth from Manuel Antonio Ay to SFER IK Uh May. Most had never set foot in a contemporary art museum.
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A camera recorded the ATV striking a pregnant woman. Tulum's rules never define it
A surveillance camera caught the collision that hurt a pregnant woman and her husband on Mercurio Oriente. ATV rental in Tulum still answers to a rulebook that defines only two- and three-wheeled vehicles.
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What to do when an officer asks you for money in Tulum
Tulum removed eight officers this year and published a complaint line. A step-by-step guide to report police corruption in Tulum, for residents and visitors alike.
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Free HIV and hepatitis C testing opens in August at the Tulum Red Cross
The Tulum Red Cross is recruiting a business council to regain delegation status, and in August, it opens free HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis C testing with the state health ministry.
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Tulum's job losses are a mental health problem too, the HR association warns
Rising unemployment in Tulum is already pushing workers into informal trade and back home, the local HR association says, and it wants mental health support restored before conditions worsen.
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Shooting outside a Tulum nightclub kills one man and leaves a waitress hospitalized
A Tulum nightclub shooting early Sunday killed a man reported to be the venue's head of security. A waitress was hospitalized and later moved to Playa del Carmen.
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A Blue Room Called Cuarto Tulum Just Opened on La Casa de los Famosos
Six housemates now share Cuarto Tulum, the blue bedroom Televisa named after the Mexican Caribbean. Here is who is inside, how the room was picked, and where to watch.
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The vehicle that hit a pregnant woman in Tulum has no legal definition
A rented ATV struck a five-month-pregnant woman on Mercurio Oriente on Sunday. Tulum's traffic regulations define bicycles, tricycles, and motorcycles. It never names the ATV.
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La Veleta goes first as Tulum's public space operation targets workshops and street vendors
The Tulum public space operation starts in La Veleta, where inspectors and municipal police will review street vendors, mechanical workshops, and abandoned property.
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Two dog poisoning reports two days apart, and still no toxicology answers in Tulum
A family in Cobá says both of its dogs were poisoned on Saturday. One died. It is the second dog poisoning report in the Tulum municipality this week, and no toxicology results are public.
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Tulum's taxi union says it will post real fares. There is a catch
Tulum taxi fares could soon appear on cab dashboards and at the bus terminal if the Ayuntamiento approves the union's plan to end overcharging.
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Tulum Taxi Fares Face New Regulation Under State and Federal Mobility Plan
A new Tulum mobility plan will regulate taxi fares, add electric shuttles, and build a parking hub at Parque del Jaguar, while beach and park access stays free.
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Owner says his dog was poisoned at Tulum sports complex
A viral video alleging a Tulum dog poisoning has prompted a prosecutor's investigation, though no toxicology results yet confirm what killed the animal.
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Why is Tulum paying higher power bills than the rest of Quintana Roo?
More than 1,000 residents have signed a petition urging Tulum officials to request a reclassification from CFE to ease the Tulum electricity tariff.
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Tulum Finally Gets a Full Hospital With 24-Hour Emergency Care
Construction of Hospital Joya Tulum has begun, a private investment topping 350 million pesos that adds emergency care, surgery, and intensive care to a growing destination.
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Tulum residents get direct access to state finance services
Sefiplan set up a citizen services desk at the La Voz del Pueblo audience in Tulum, part of Quintana Roo's push to bring government procedures closer to residents.