The Guadalajara Reporter
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According to the State Institute of Statistical and Geographical Information (IIEG), the number of foreigners visiting Jalisco by air declined by 48.7 percent in 2020. The total of 1.35 million was the lowest for eight years.
Jalisco’s Covid-19 hotline, which this week marked one year in service, has received over 150,000 calls, José Parra Sandoval, the call center’s director, said this week.
Jalisco police and firefighters protest in front of the Governor’s Palace to pressure Jalisco’s Congress to allow them to retire after 25 years of service.
The Jalisco Public Finance agency has extended the discount period for payment of the annual car tax (refrendo) for another month.
Merchants of the large Baratillo flea market held each Sunday in the eastern sector of the metropolitan area make fun of Ismael del Toro at a protest outside City Hall this week, as the city mayor took a leave of absence to run for a second term.
The Zapopan Symphonic Band will resume its traditional free, open-air recitals, scheduled Thursdays in the Plaza de Las Américas (facing the Zapopan Basilica) at 6 p.m. and on Sundays at the Glorieta Chapalita at 5 p.m.
The largest batch of Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in the state of Jalisco to date touched down at the Guadalajara International Airport on March 2.
A commando of hooded assailants armed with high-caliber assault weapons gunned down 11 bricklayers who were sipping beers on the street while waiting for their employer to pay them for their week´s labor.
Jalisco´s emissions testing program – now known as Verificación Responsable (Responsible Verification) – appears to be back on track following last week’s opening of the first private vehicle inspection station operated by the U.S. company DEKRA.
