General News

Recalibrating for the final haul of his three-year term of office, Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta has named two new officials to fill department chief vacancies and shuffled around several other top staffers to other positions.

Tapping excellent political connections, innate business sense, abiding love for his hometown and the proverbial Luck of the Irish, John Francis O’Shea Cuevas seems to have everything going for him to lead Jocotepec to a bright and prosperous future.

For years, the brave men of the Chapala Fire Department were largely ignored by the local community, which has been blissfully unaware of the difficult conditions they  are forced to labor under.

Much is now changing, thanks  in large part to the efforts of local organizations and their networks that extend into the United States.

Frustrated by his inability to promptly bring order out chaos at Chapala’s waterfront commercial zone, Carlos Rosales Pérez has thrown in the towel as head of the municipality’s Regulations office less than a month after taking up the post.

An exhibition of traditional Mexican equestrian arts will be presented in a fiesta atmosphere Sunday, August 31 at Ajijic’s Lienzo Charro arena, located on Calle Revolución, a block and a half south of the highway.

Residents of Ajijic’s west end joined Cahapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta and other municipal officials for two ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Monday, August 11 to unveil recently completed public works projects on Calle Flores Magón and Privada Francisco Villa.

Workmen are going gang busters to finish repaving Ajijic’s Calle Revolución after Chapala’s Public Works Department chief Elia Ibarra resolved a minor dust-up with town administrator Hector España over the project blueprint.

Cadres of Jalisco traffic police returned to the Chapala area on Saturday, August 2 to continue the Salvando Vidas (Saving Lives) program aimed at catching motorists who drive while under the influence of alcohol.