The Guadalajara Reporter
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Other than a brief delay in the arrival of tourists coming in the for the extended holiday weekend, the Chapala-Jocotepec corridor was not directly impacted by the May 1 narco-blockades.
Adding to what has become a historic year of international support for Chapala’s civil protection and firefighting squad (UPCB), the Rotary Club of Playa Venice Sunrise recently donated a second-hand ambulance to beef up the company’s emergency rescue fleet.
PAN candidate accepts transparency challenge
As Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world on Sunday, May 10, festivities in the Lake Chapala area will crank up in the wee hours when many beloved madres will be roused from their slumber with lively musical serenades.
As day breaks, sky rockets will blast off at local cemeteries, calling folks to services held in remembrance of mothers who have passed on to greener fields. Many will bring floral tributes to place at the graves of departed matriarchs.
Charro party
Ajijic’s Asociación de Charros gets a jump on the holiday with a wild country-style family fiesta on Saturday, May 9, from 4:30 p.m., at the bullring on Calle Revolución.
Ajijic resident Oswaldo Muñoz Pozos, age 29, has been put behind bars to face criminal charges as the presumed murderer of his girlfriend Eustolia Ramirez Reyes, 28.
Cruz Roja Mexicana is soliciting public support for relief efforts to aid more than two million victims of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal on April 25.
A recent Facebook posting on pedestrian safety shared by Ajijic native Denis Arrabi quickly snowballed into a citizen initiative to repaint several of the town’s most perilous highway crosswalks. Over the past week volunteer crews have spread out to touch up the yellow and white roadway markings, with added artistic touches, at the street intersections with Revolucion, Colon and Alvaro Obregon.
The political forum for Chapala mayoral candidates planned by the lakeside branch of the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 12 to mesh with a similar encounter organized by local media outlets. The event will be held at the Robert Kleffel auditorium on the campus of the Instituto Tecnologico Superior (ITS), starting at 11 a.m.
Asked for their views on the controversial Lake City megaproject, Chapala’s leading mayoral candidates are sitting on the fence, being cautious not to take a firm posture until they can take a look at the fully finished plan to weigh in on all the pros and cons. None, however, has expressed outright rejection of the proposal.
