Ajijic’s recycling program has advanced with great strides since its inception 12 months ago, according to Esther Parada, a board member of the citizens committee in charge of operating the project, who presented a progress report to the Chapala Ecology Council at its December 3 session.

Chapala’s Ecology Advisory Council this week put its stamp of approval on a draft of the Municipal Animal Protection Code, a regulatory initiative that has been in the works for the past three years.

Chapala’s municipal Traffic Department dispatched a crew this week to paint yellow and white stripes across the speed reduction bumps recently built into the newly repaved surface of the Libramiento bypass.

Chapala appears to be on the losing end of the budgetary policies of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his legislative allies.

Chapala holds a new national distinction after being awarded the title “Señorial e Insigne Ciudad” (Noble and Distinguished City) by the National Federation of Mexican Chronicler Associations (FEDACROM).

A five-year-old pitbull named Luna met a bloody demise in the violent climax of a longstanding dispute between neighbors in Chapala’s Plaza de Toros barrio, reported around 11 p.m. on Thursday, November 22.