General News

The contract of Marco Parisotto, the Canadian musical director of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO), has not been renewed, the state Culture Department (Secretaria de Cultura) announced in a press release prior to the Christmas holiday.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s relatively austere 2019 federal budget proposal has been welcomed cautiously by economic analysts and the business community but has come in for fierce criticism in Jalisco for ignoring many commitments to this state that the president made during his campaign.

Thousands of pilgrims have started to swarm into the rural village of Cajititlan de los Reyes (roughly located half-way between Guadalajara and Chapala) to pay devotion to the town’s religious patrons Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar, better known as the Wisemen of the Orient.

Tourists in Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Banderas won’t encounter any shortage of public transportation now that electronic “Lime” scooters are available for rent.

About 140 refugee applications were filed between January and August of 2018 in Jalisco, according to the Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados (COMAR). That figure may not seem impressive, but it’s a massive increase from last year’s four claims and distinguishes Jalisco as the eighth state with the most asylum claims.

Less than a month into his term as Jalisco Govenor, Enrique Alfaro is engaged in a tug-of-war with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador over funding for water and environmental projects vital to the state.

The investigation surrounding the November 30 grenade attack at the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara is making progress.

Since taking his oath of office on December 6, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has put the state government’s private jet up for sale, requested judges to reduce their salaries while lowering his own, and announced plans to restructure the state police force.