The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Vialidad Chapala, the municipal traffic department, has moved to new headquarters at the intersection of Calle Zaragoza and Niños Héroes.
In a small but significant measure aimed at protecting the environment, the Chapala government this week distributed new containers for depositing dead batteries for the use of residents living in each of the municipality’s satellite communities.
The Covid-19 vaccination clinic held this week at Chapala’s Cristianía Park drew sparse attendance, with an average of 150 people showing up each day, according to public servants on duty at midweek.
The arresting image of a Jocotepec women manifesting devotion to Jesus Christ as represented by the figure of El Señor del Huaje is one of the photographs by Lake Chapala area journalists that will go on display Saturday, February 26, in the Ajijic plaza’s GALA open-air gallery.
People interested in learning all about Lake Chapala and its ecosystem will find a wealth of information on a new website unveiled this month in conjunction with the February 2 commemoration of World Wetlands Day.
Chapala’s annual celebration of Carnaval—the local version of Mardi Gras—wlll resume at the end of this month, after last year’s suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scores of independent executive taxi drivers have staged a series of protests in Chapala stemming from alleged harassment and abuse by state police stationed in the area.
The Chapala government has concluded that the streets running through the Mirasol subdivision are public thoroughfares that will remain open to both vehicles and pedestrians.
Inhabitants of seven Chapala neighborhoods and the western sector of Ajijic have been experiencing severe and prolonged water shortages attributed to breakdowns in the municipality’s water supply system.
