The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A throng of students from lakeside’s Instituto Tecnológico Superior (ITS) and various higher learning institutions in the Guadalajara metro area packed shoulder to shoulder in the filmmaking studio at Chapala Media Park Wednesday, November 19, to hone their skills in digital visual arts at a training workshop on the application of the Assimilate Scratch platform.
Ajijic’s boisterous salute to spiritual patron Saint Andrew the Apostle kicks off Friday, November 21, continuing on a festive roll for the rest of the month.
In the course of next week, Chapala’s IMSS health clinic number 40 will relocate its services from the facility on Calle José Navarro-Estación to a new home at Avenida González Gallo 23.
Moisés Torres Ramírez has been appointed to act as interim commander of the Chapala police force following the November 10 resignation of Public Security Director Ramón del Arco Pérez.
Customers of the Jocotepec subsidiary of Banamex are scrambling after discovering that the bank closed its doors several weeks ago and transferred all accounts to the Chapala branch office.
In sync with thousands of migratory birds that have started winging in from Canada and the United States for the winter season, the fifth annual Festival de las Aves del Lago de Chapala will take flight on Friday, November 21, with ten days of diverse cultural, educational, academic activities aimed at raising public awareness and appreciation for the preservation of Lake Chapala’s rich natural bounty.
The Chapala municipal government will apply for a loan from the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (Banobras) as spelled out in an debt restructuring initiative approved by a majority vote at the October 28 session of the city council.
While the official holiday calendar marks the third Monday of November as the date to commemorate the 1910 outbreak of La Revolución Mexicana, festivities in the Lake Chapala area will take place on two different dates next week.
After more than a week of heated wrangling over the most desirable method to refurbish Ajijic’s central streets, the verdict is in. Municipal authorities have prevailed in their plan to resurface four blocks of roadway with cobblestones fixed in concrete, providing temporary jobs to 40 unemployed local construction workers.
