General News

At press time, the mayoral race in Jocotepec remains inconclusive, although Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) incumbent José Miguel Gómez López holds a slim 63-vote lead over Futuro candidate Hugo García Vargas, according to results reported Wednesday by the Consejo Electoral in that municipality.

It’s the season for nature lovers at lakeside to keep an eye out for after-dark spectacles as different types of night-blooming cereus cacti burst into flower in their gardens and neighborhoods.

Alejandro Aguirre Curiel and his Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) ticket nailed a decisive victory in the June 6 local election, foiling incumbent Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya Aguilar’s bid to recapture control of the municipal government for a second three-year term.

June 1 marked exactly one year since the first confirmed case of Covid-19 was registered in the municipality of Chapala, coming almost three months after state health authorities detected the spread of the viral disease in Jalisco.

Persons inclined to consume alcoholic beverages over this weekend might want to hustle to stock up their household bars before the Chapala government imposes temporary restrictions on local liquors sales.  (A ban won’t be in effect in Guadalajara, however!)

Those Chapala area residents who had expressed concern over the efficacy of the Sinovac Covid vaccine may be relieved by the recent decision taken by the World Health Organization to approve the Chinese-made shot for emergency use for people over 18.

A giant banner strung up on the facade of Chapala City Hall shows the local soccer team, which finished runners-up in the May 23 Copa Jalisco final against Cihuatlán. 

The first round of inoculations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus were administered to persons 50 to 59 years old and pregnant women age 18 and up past nine weeks of gestation, at various lakeshore locations this week, starting Monday, May 31.