General News

Almost 12,000 officers from the Mexican armed forces and the quasi-military National Guard (GN) are involved in operations of various kinds in Jalisco.

The Zapopan City Council has approved a new city ordinance to deal with businesses and individuals who disturb the lives of others by making excessive noise.

Jalisco government officials insisted this week that the statewide public "consultation" on the fiscal pact between this state and the federal government, which has been held over the past four weeks, was a resounding success, even though only 6.2 percent of registered voters bothered  to cast a ballot.

Hass avocados cultivated in Jalisco during the harvest season beginning in April 2022 have been authorized for importation into the United States, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader).

The intense focus on the Covid-19 pandemic may have relegated dengue fever news to the inside pages, but there’s another good reason for that, health authorities say.

Eighty-one medical personnel from Jalisco last week received the Miguel Hidalgo Medal in recognition of their labors during the pandemic. This is one of the country’s highest awards for citizens who have contributed their service for the good of the nation.

Of almost 2,800 Covid-19 tests performed during this year’s International Book Fair (FIL), not one returned positive, FIL General Director Marisol Shultz said during a summary of this year’s event, which ran November 27 to December 5.

Jalisco’s 8-year-old “Salvando Vidas” campaign, which seeks to curb drunk-driving with strict measures such as random breathalyzer stops, has turned up the heat on inebriated motorists from a simmer to a boil, just in time for the year’s most besotted season.