The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Both Guadalajara and Mexico City have canceled their New Year celebrations amid rising Covid-19 cases. Although Jalisco has yet to report any cases of the Omicron variant, confirmed infections increased by 21 percent between November 29 and December 29, health authorities said on Wednesday.
The Zapopan Family Development Agency (DIF) is seeking suitable families or couples who are willing to act as temporary guardians to young people who would otherwise be residing in a children’s shelter.
A firefighter from a Jalisco Environment Department (Semadet) brigade has been sentenced to five years in prison for starting a major fire in the Bosque La Primavera on March 30, 2020.
The Mexico chapter of Democrats Abroad (DA-Mexico) has selected Guadalajara as host city for its 2022 Annual General Meeting, to be held March 11 through 13. It will be the organization’s first in-person conference since 2019.
New year concert
Acclaimed Ukrainian violinist Anastasiya Petryshak, 27, will perform with the Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes at a special start-of-year concert scheduled Saturday, January 8, 7:30 p.m. at the Conjunto de las Artes, located just off Guadalajara’s northern periferico (beltway).
Jalisco Administrative Tribunal (TJA) magistrates last week approved the “habitability” of residential apartments being sold in the Villa Panamericana (2011 Pan American Games athletes village), which will allow them to be officially escriturados (titled).
Guadalajara’s Michin Aquarium has expanded its Achcalli farm to include several new species of animals, including flamingos, ducks, turtles, capybaras and miniature pigs.
Both Guadalajara and Mexico City have canceled their New Year celebrations amid rising Covid-19 cases.
As in years past, the Guadalajara Zoo has gone one step further in embracing the seasonal spirit, hiring an underwater Santa Claus to join the fish and other sea creatures in the aquarium to astonish the little ones.
