General News

The Liverpool department store in Guadalajara’s Plaza del Sol (formerly Fabricas de Francia) has closed its doors, although a new incarnation of this branch of the upmarket retail outlet is set to open September 28 about a mile away in the sparkling new Distrito La Perla shopping complex, located on Avenida Mariano Otero on the former site of the Kodak plant.

Tapatio competitors are doing Guadalajara proud at the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games.

Mexican Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell has indirectly accused parents who have filed court injunctions in a bid to get their offspring vaccinated against Covid-19 of being selfish.

ORCHESTRA CATERS TO ‘GAMERS’

The Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) will perform themes from TV series and video games, including “Game of Thrones,” “Super Mario Bros” and “The Legend of Zelda,” Sunday, September 5 at the Conjunto de Artes Escénicas.

Inhabitants of Ajijic, San Antonio, San Juan Cosalá and other lakeshore communities have joined forces to take their grievances concerning invasions of federal land bordering Lake Chapala directly to authorities at the regional headquarters of the National Water Commission (Conagua), the federal agency in charge of oversight of the areas in dispute.

A Guadalajara teen who suffered severe burns in an accident at a church involving fireworks has been airlifted to a specialist hospital in Galveston, Texas, thanks to the intervention of a Mexican charitable institution.

A pair of endangered Caribbean manatees (a subspecies of the West Indian manatee) have found a new home at the Guadalajara Zoo.

For the second consecutive year, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forced the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce into moving its annual International Mariachi and Charreria Festival onto digital formats, although a few live performances are still scheduled.