General News

Western Mexico airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) says preliminary terminal passenger traffic figures for March increased six percent compared to the previous year.  Domestic passenger traffic increased 5.8 percent, while international passenger traffic rose 6.2 percent.

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale struck a large area of western Mexico Wednesday, including most of Jalisco state.

Poorly cared for and threatened by pollution, Jalisco’s agave growing region is in danger of losing its status as a world heritage site.

The Jalisco State government spent more than 155 million pesos on publicity last year. That’s more than ten million dollars for billboards, print, online, television and radio ads that announce the state government and its activities.

Jalisco is to receive an unprecedented 837 million pesos in federal funds to invest in security and overhaul its police force.

The expansion of the final stretch of the Guadalajara-Colima autopista (toll road) from two to four lanes could be completed as early as June.

If the campaign for governor of Jalisco was just about visibility, there would only be one winner.

As Rector Marco Antonio Cortes Guardado delivers his annual report to invited guests at the public University of Guadalajara (UdeG), Jalisco gubernatorial candidates Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval of the PRI (left) and Fernando Guzman of the PAN (right) share a laugh, while Fernando Garza of the the PRD shows off his multitasking skills by operating two cell phones at once.