It’s been a tough year for firefighters in Jalisco.  A substantial increase in the number of brush and forest fires has tested the resolve of firefighting forces in the state, as the “dry” season reaches its temperature peaks.

Making good on a campaign promise, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has announced that he will shortly provide details on benefits for the unemployed.

“Those who have lose their jobs will not have to worry about how they are going to feed their children,” Sandoval said.  Unemployment insurance will enable those made redundant  to enter training and prepare to find work again, he added.

Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval wants to extend mayors’ terms of office in the state from three to four years. He believes three years is insufficient time for municipal administrations to generate plans and put them into practice satisfactorily. 

The initiative would not prohibit mayors from taking leave of office to run for higher office,  Sandoval said.  Sandoval barely served two years of his term as mayor of Guadalajara before stepping down to campaign for governor.

Lorena Jassibe Arriaga, wife of Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval and newly installed president of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) de Jalisco, the decentralized public assistance agency, knows her own mind.

Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has signed an agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to improve urban development in Jalisco.

The hottest time of year is almost upon us and the National Water Commission revealed on Monday that the temperature in Santa Rosa, Jalisco reached a scorching 43.5 degrees Celsius.