Favorite Cozumel beach club, Playa Uvas, helped 4 local children go back to school in style, last week.

As part of their "Uvas For The Children" project, they gave school supplies to the four Cozumel youngsters, who are all in need of a helping hand.

Islanders are preparing for massive celebrations in September, when Mexico marks 200 years of independence.

The evening of September 15th will be the main focus as the country remembers the Grito de Dolores, the call to rebel against Spanish rule, made by priest Miguel Hidalgo in 1810.

A record-breaking 3,106 turtle nests have been recorded in Cozumel so far this year, said Rafael Chacón Díaz, the island's head of ecology, last week.

Chacón, who lead's the municipal government's environment and ecology department, said most of the endangered animals' nests were found on the east coast beaches Playa Box and Playa Bonita.

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After meeting executives from Caribbean cruise heavyweight, Carnival, the State Governor for Quintana Roo, Félix González Canto, came out smiling.

He'd confirmed, in Cozumel, on Monday, that the cruise line will sail to the island six days a week in September and declared that this year "there will be no low season".