Tragedy strikes at local race
The tragic death of a young Ajijic athlete put a damper on the Chapala leg of the November 13 national race series titled “Moving Mexico for Your Health.”
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The tragic death of a young Ajijic athlete put a damper on the Chapala leg of the November 13 national race series titled “Moving Mexico for Your Health.”
A Chapala family got a lot more than they bargained for after booking a moonlight cruise on the Batur Lake Chapala tour boat to celebrate a birthday party among friends and relatives.
November 8 dawned like a typical fall day on the shores of Lake Chapala. Under sunny skies, folks placidly went about their everyday business, showing no signs that a world scale political shakeup was brewing on the horizon.
An early-morning tip-off called in to the Chapala Police Department led to the November 16 capture of a local man suspected of operating with a gang linked to a recent string of business burglaries.
Despite below average rainfall registered in Jalisco over the wet months of 2016, Lake Chapala has recovered enough water to supply Guadalajara for the next six years.
At an award ceremony November 3, the Vocational Skills Training Committee of Butterflies en Mexico (BeM)/Mariposa Project, A.C., headed by Mac Whyte, President of BeM, presented Laura Ochoa Hernandez of Tepeque with a diploma for the completion of her Front-of-Restaurant/English apprenticeship at La Mision Restaurant.
Over 900 people have signed up to walk, jog or run for health in the Chapala branch of the second annual Carrera Nacional Moviendo a México por tu Salud, scheduled for Sunday, November 13 at different locales across the nation.
“Protection for Lake Chapala has priority on the government agenda, “declared Jalisco Governor Aristóteles Sandoval during a November 8 visit to kick off the Chapala Limpio program aimed at keeping the proliferation of aquatic weeds in check.
The LGBT communities from Guadalajara and lakeside are coming together for the first Chapala Pride festival set for Saturday November 12, under the slogan “For our Constitutional Rights.”