The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
To kick off a grand plan to transform Chapala into a prime tourist destination, the new municipal government is refurbishing the median strip in front of city hall to create a wider, pedestrian-friendly esplanade.
Due to my misinterpretation of available information, my wording in the third paragraph of “Health Van’s future in Doubt,” an article published in the October 10-16, 2015 issue of the Guadalajara Reporter, is incorrect.
Rehabilitation of the San José chapel and the repair of other damage caused by a flash flood that struck Ajijic’s La Floresta subdivision on Thursday, September 17 are progressing steadily, Asociacón de Colonos President Fernando Plata Salaman told this newspaper.
As big cheese officials began comfortably settling in behind their desks this week, more than 100 of the Chapala government’s working stiffs were shocked to learn they were being handed walking papers and left to their own devices to find new employment.
A volunteer army of local merchants, school kids, average citizens and government workers marshaled by Chapala Mayor Javier Degollado entered battle last weekend to beat back the massive invasion of lirio acuatico (water hyacinths) that has taken siege of Lake Chapala’s shoreline.
Blankets of lirio (water hyacinth) swelling along shoreline and ever rising waters are visible signs of a four-year lucky streak for Lake Chapala.
If there is one public issue Rafael Escamilla Ramos would call a personal passion, it’s social responsibility in caring for the environment.
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has sent an initiative to the state Congress that would provide a legal framework for popular app-based taxi services such as Uber to operate.
