The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Chapala government has chalked up a potentially significant win in the prolonged legal battle it is waging against MK Ideas Tech and Comers, the partner companies granted a concession to install and operate parking meters in the city center under the 2010-2012 administration.
Cooperation and mutual trust should be the building blocks for crime prevention, according to Chapala authorities who hosted a public meeting Friday, May 4 aimed principally at calming the frazzled nerves of the community’s foreign residents.
Members of the Chapala City Council rejected a proposal by colleague Juan Carlos Pelayo to revoke the concession granted to Grupo Integral de Recolección y Reciclados de Occidente (GIRRSA), the private outfit contracted to take over the municipality’s solid waste collection service.
Five young women will vie for the crown title at the sixth annual International Ambassador of Agave and Tequila beauty pageant to be held Saturday, May 5 at the open-air forum on Chapala’s waterfront Malecón.
Lake Chapala Crime Watch, together with the municipality of Chapala and various law enforcement agencies, will sponsor a Community Safety Meeting on Friday, May 4, 11 a.m. at the Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia, Chapala’s former town hall building.
Seven candidates in the running for election to head the Chapala government formally kicked off their respective two-month campaigns on Sunday, April 29.
Three afternoons a week a group of women get together on the grounds of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) to learn the skills of hand-embroidery.
In response to concerns over a recent spike in home burglaries, Chapala Public Security Director Adán Dominguez has activated an emergency cell phone number to make direct contact with an English-speaking police officer.
A stream of least five federal police pick-ups roll along the Carretera at lakeside this week.
