The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Controlled chaos is an appropriate term to describe the initial rollout of the Covid-19 inoculation campaign for seniors age 60 and above who reside in the municipalities of Chapala and Jocotepec. Vaccinations got underway Tuesday, March 16.
Jamay and Poncitlán are the first two municipalities in the Lake Chapala region to begin providing inoculations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus to senior citizens 60 years of age or older.
Like a giant human jigsaw puzzle dismantled by political winds and reassembled by deft hands, Chapala’s City Hall staff has undergone a major shakeup over the past week.
Don’t blame the messenger.
The latest local place to get tested for Covid-19 opened its doors last week when a mini-laboratory popped up in the northwest corner of the Soriana supermarket parking lot in Chapala.
In a flurry of activity in the last days before taking an election-season leave of absence, Chapala Mayor Moisés appeared March 4 at the inaugural ceremony for an eight-meter tall statue of the Virgen de Guadalupe erected at the main entry to Atotonilquillo.
A huge cargo truck apparently lost brake power while traveling south along Avenida Madero around 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
Scores of women in the north shore corridor peacefully took to the streets Monday, March 8, to commemorate International Women’s Day, keeping Chapala, Ajijic and Jocotepec buzzing with activity throughout the entire day.
Chapala’s Ecology Department has issued a regrettable death sentence for the emblematic tree that has shaded the atrium of the village church in Cruz de la Soledad for almost 100 years.
