The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Jalisco Tourism Ministry has installed a series of Pueblo Mágico guideposts for out of town visitors in Ajijic intended to direct them to different points of interest.
Under management of the Movimiento Ambiental Solidario (MAS) non-profit association, the Reciclaje de Ribera Chapala project is making strides in improving the grounds and efficiency at the Centro de Acopio recycling collection center located in a large white warehouse set on the north side of the highway about a five minute drive from the western outskirts of Ajijic.
Federal, state and municipal authorities are collaborating in the public safety operations programmed for the busy Easter holiday period to increase protection for local inhabitants and the throngs of tourists visiting the Chapala north shore area.
The appearance of religious tributes dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows (aka La Dolorosa) mark the start of Mexico’s traditional Easter season observances.
Dramatic representations of the Passion of Christ will staged by amateur theater groups in the lakeside area next week. Program formats vary from place to place, each reflecting the hard work, creative talents and profound religious devotion of hundreds of volunteers.
The lively strains of mariachi music, Mexico’s signature genre, will fill the air over the five days of the first Mariachi Encounter held in Ajijic.
The Easter season in lakeside’s predominantly Roman Catholic communities will be framed by solemn rites and age-old customs that will be observed from this weekend through Sunday, April 9.
Chapala police and state investigators may have finally rounded up a criminal gang involved in a rash of catalytic converter thefts in the north shore area.
Chapala and Jocotepec will be pitted against one another in the first round of the fourth annual Copa Jalisco amateur soccer tournament.
