General News

After a six-hour session, the Jalisco State Congress approved a measure to strip suspended Supreme Court magistrate José de Jesús “N” —accused of sexually abusing a minor—of immunity from prosecution.

Guadalajara-born ballet star Isaac Hernandez will take one step closer to home when he switches companies from the English National Ballet to the San Francisco Ballet in July.

While the deadline for the annual renewal of registration for vehicles with Jalisco license tags is March 31, the date when the maximum ten-percent discount for early payment runs out is Monday, January 31.

A federal tax modification will benefit Fido and Kitty’s owners in 2022 when the 16-percent IVA tax will be dropped from pet food purchases.

Thursday, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro announced that he is Covid-19 positive, shortly after taking a test when he was informed that he had been in contact with people infected with the virus.

The current wave of Omicron cases is taking its toll on workforces in both the public and private sectors—the Guadalajara Reporter notwithstanding!

Despite the record number of Covid-19 cases in the state, all but 0.5 percent of Jalisco primary and secondary schools (13,357) reopened January 17, Education Secretary Juan Carlos Flores Miramontes reported Tuesday. 

Jocotepec’s fiestas patronales will continue unabated to their January 16 finale, despite the state ban on all such celebrations taking effect from January 14 to February 12, and a recent surge in coronavirus cases in that community.