General News

A big turnout is expected for lakeside’s Stand Together Rally and March Saturday, set for January 21 in conjunction with the Women’s March on Washington and call-to-action events planned in dozens of other cities across the United States and around the globe.

For Chapala area residents keen to promptly deal with annual fiscal responsibilities and take advantage of early bird discount rates, the Reporter has put together a quick guide to paying 2017 property taxes and water service fees.

Chapala’s first 2017 homicide case went on record Sunday, January 1 after a corpse was found on a foot trail leading off the Libramiento bypass located a short distance from the entrance to Chula Vista Norte.

Cruz Roja Chapala (CRC) is beefing up services with a shiny new vehicle added to its aging ambulance fleet.

In opposition to the hefty January 1 increase in gasoline prices, lakeside social media is blazing with messages calling for citizens to join the outcry and pressure government authorities by holding back payment of local property taxes and water service fees until the top discount period runs out at the end of February.  Unusually scant turnout at the municipality’s places of Iayment this week suggests that the movement is gaining traction among Mexican citizens and foreign residents alike.  

Ajijic will welcome 2017 in high spirits on Sunday, January 1, with the wild and whacky Desfile de Año Nuevo parade put on by residents of the west-end Barrio de Guadalupe.  

Inhabitants of Chapala have eagerly jumped on the nationwide bandwagon in opposition to the hefty January 1 increase in gasoline prices. 

Extravaganza Mexicana 2017, a lively show to benefit Cruz Roja Chapala (CRC), is scheduled for Saturday, January 21, 4 to 7 p.m. at Rancho Cortijo 4 Lunas, located on the western outskirts of Ajijic.