General News

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said the State Government Health Board is undertaking a “legal and logistical review of what it would imply to require a vaccination certificate to be presented at airports for people entering Jalisco.” 

Sporting heroes don’t come around frequently in Mexico. This weekend, two of the most prominent in the current era — both natives of Guadalajara — will seek to further cement their megastar status.

The $US5 million WTA Finals, bringing together the world’s top eight female tennis players, began Wednesday at the Panamerican Tennis Center in Zapopan with a traditional Tapatio-style opening ceremony.

Tlaquepaque City Hall has cancelled its hugely popular Day of the Dead festival this year, although some local businesses are offering tours and other activities.

The 16-year conflict over the construction of a dam in northeastern Jalisco appeared to come to an end this week after all sides in the dispute concurred on the future of the controversial project. 

Jalisco’s recent political shift has been so profound that the two parties that ruled the roost in the state for nearly 90 years have been reduced to virtual bit part players in the 63rd State Legislature (LXIII), sworn in October 25.

Poncitlán, and the northshore village of San Pedro Itzicán in particular, are ranked with the highest rate of kidney disease and renal failure in the world.

NGOs and families with missing relatives have slammed “misleading” statements by Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro, who in a report on the security situation in the state this week, claimed, without offering any proof, that 80 percent of all homicide victims are linked to organized crime.