The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Residents of the small village of La Villita in the Jalisco municipality of Tala were woken in the early hours of Sunday morning by a fierce odor of gasoline that burned their throats and made their heads ache.
Could tequila reduce diabetes? No, but researchers at the Center for Investigation and Advanced Studies in Irapuato, Guanajuato have identified a substance in the agave plant (which tequila is made from) called agavinas that reduces glucose levels.
The third annual golf tournament to benefit sufferers of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, takes place at the Flamingos Golf Club outside Nueva Vallarta on Saturday, May 24.
Residents of Temacapulin, soon to be inundated to make way for a dam, have set up road blocks on the outskirts of the northeastern Jalisco town to restrict the entry of state officials.
World Cup bid?
State legislators from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) have asked the State Electoral Institute (IEPC) to carry out a “public vote” on the legalization of marijuana.
Jalisco’s underachieving vehicle emissions inspection program is set for a revamp this year, with state environmental authorities studying the possibility of resurrecting dedicated “smog check” stations to either supplement or replace many of the repair shops authorized to carry out the tests and issue stickers.
A tourist town like Tapalpa — given “Pueblo Magico” status 12 years ago — should probably have a more forward looking mayor.
There were 28 percent less fatalities on Jalisco’s roads during Semana Santa compared to 2013, the State Council for the Prevention of Accidents reported Tuesday.
