The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT) has released a 73-page ibook that goes into detail about the state’s Ruta de Tequila (Tequila Trail), as well as providing plenty of useful information and links to all things related to Mexico’s famous liquor.
A royal battle is brewing after nine Jalisco state legislators visited the historic town of Temacapulín (Temaca), scheduled to be flooded to make way for the 200-million-dollar Zapotillo curtain dam under construction on the Verde River in the northeastern Los Altos region of the state.
Lorena Jassibe Arriaga, wife of Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval and newly installed president of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) de Jalisco, the decentralized public assistance agency, knows her own mind.
It’s been a tough year for firefighters in Jalisco. A substantial increase in the number of brush and forest fires has tested the resolve of firefighting forces in the state, as the “dry” season reaches its temperature peaks.
Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has signed an agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to improve urban development in Jalisco.
Making good on a campaign promise, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has announced that he will shortly provide details on benefits for the unemployed.
“Those who have lose their jobs will not have to worry about how they are going to feed their children,” Sandoval said. Unemployment insurance will enable those made redundant to enter training and prepare to find work again, he added.
The hottest time of year is almost upon us and the National Water Commission revealed on Monday that the temperature in Santa Rosa, Jalisco reached a scorching 43.5 degrees Celsius.
Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval wants to extend mayors’ terms of office in the state from three to four years. He believes three years is insufficient time for municipal administrations to generate plans and put them into practice satisfactorily.
The initiative would not prohibit mayors from taking leave of office to run for higher office, Sandoval said. Sandoval barely served two years of his term as mayor of Guadalajara before stepping down to campaign for governor.
Under state government instructions, schools and public offices across Jalisco will run an earthquake evacuation simulation on Monday, April 22, noon.
