The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Juan Diego Castro Morales and Fredi Rayo Razo have vaulted over the first hurdle to qualify as independent candidates for Chapala’s mayoral race, set for June 6, 2021.
It’s a fun name to learn to pronounce; Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos. It’s easier if you pretend it’s two words, Ixtla and then huacán.
Following a December 21 alert of suspicious activity spotted in the vicinity of the Chapala Media Park, municipal police captured five male suspects apparently involved in stealing computer equipment from the vacant tech business complex.
Good things are bound to happen when community leaders put their heads together for a common cause.
Every year at Christmas time expat motorists at lakeside share accounts of victimization by money-hungry traffic cops.
Demonstrating solidarity with Chapala families most vulnerable to the Covid-19 health emergency, the OXXO convenience store chain has donated a load of goods to be distributed to those most in need through the local Family Development Agency (DIF).
Following up on the December 13 protest march in defense of the mountain range overlooking Lake Chapala’s north shore, 20 young activists took it a step further four days later by staging a citizen closure of the Punto Niza residential complex currently under construction on the hillside of Chapala’s Barrio de Lourdes.
Due to risk of Covid-19 transmission, lakeside area Roman Catholic churches have scaled back their traditional Christmas season activities.
When Chapala’s land registry department (Catastro) begins collecting 2021 property taxes on January 1, it will be operating with innovative payment methods designed for the convenience of the taxpayers as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
