The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Long-time Chapala resident Raymond Margolis died in a Guadalajara hospital on Thursday, May 1 in the wake of a violent assault by three thieves who stormed into his home on Avenida Francisco Madero.
The Jalisco Finance Secretariat has admitted that it will be unable to fulfill its promise to hand deliver all annual car registrations paid for online or at banks or convenience stores across the state.
Under a presidential decree put into effect last month, the distribution and exploitation of surface water resources throughout the vast Lerma-Chapala watershed will henceforth be managed under a formalized set of regulations that ostensibly provide a legal shield for Mexico’s largest lake.
The Chapala branch of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is taking a stab at improving customer services with the opening of a new office located at the corner of Calle Zaragoza and Privada Zaragoza, about a half block away from the former location.
Staff from the Chapala Ministerio Público (MP or district attorney’s office) were back at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) campus on Wednesday, April 16 for the second round in the newly instated bimonthly outreach program designed for expatriates.
Gerardo Degollado turned into the prodigal son of Chapala’s political scene after retaking his seat on the city council following a one-year leave of absence.
Expo Ganadera, Chapala’s first-ever stock show, opens Saturday, April 26 for a ten-day run featuring exhibitions of horses, cattle and other farm animals, special entertainment events and plenty of family-oriented activity.
Plans for renovating Calle Revoulcion, the site of Ajijic’s weekly tianguis street market, are on hold until the Chapala government receives a federal funding package that isn’t expected until August or September, according to Mayor Joaquin Huerta.
The light and joy of Ajijic’s 11 Easter Sunday Masses flickered when Father Alfredo Arreola, the Roman Catholic parish priest, announced that he will soon be transferred to become the director of Tlaquepaque’s Sanctuaria de Nuestra Señora de Soledad.
