The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Growing heaps of trash piled up in the streets of Chapala, Ajijic and neighboring towns last weekend after management at the landfill facility in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos shut its doors to garbage trucks coming from the municipality on Thursday, August 30 due to back bills owed by the local government.
Moisés Anaya Aguilar is poised to take the oath of office as Chapala’s next presidente municipal (mayor) following a unanimous ruling by the Jalisco Electoral Tribunal (Triejal) confirming his July 1 election victory.
In case you didn’t know, Chapala had an important voice in this week’s preliminary deal to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Chapala municipal government’s tight finances have put a damper on the planning of traditional festivities tied into the anniversary of Mexico’s Independence.
Nothing is sacred to the ruthless thieves who broke into Chapala’s Capilla de Lourdes last weekend in an attempt to make off with the contents of the alms boxes kept inside.
Rafael Guzmán de la Fuente, the gentleman who donated undeveloped land for future construction of the University of Guadalajara’s regional campus, has been named as Chapala’s Distinguished Senior Citizen 2018.
The collection of 46 works of art acquired over the past three years by Chapala’s Centro Cultural Antigua Presidencia (CCAP) has been registered in a catalog that was unveiled Wednesday, August 22 by the municipality’s Culture Director Sergio Unzueta and Cristina Flores, the center’s administrator.
On Monday, August 20, about 11,700 students stepped into the classrooms of Chapala’s public schools to begin the 2018-2019 academic year.
Three years after its rebirth as a central hub for cultural activities, Chapala’s former town hall is due for improvements to correct multiple problems originating from the building’s restoration, according to Culture Director Sergio Unzueta.
