The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
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.
An appreciative audience enjoyed a close gander at a fascinating array of 19th- and early 20th- century treasures that were brought for evaluation at the Faux Antiques Roadshow, held Saturday, October 25 as a fundraiser for the Tepehua Community Center education program.
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.
The unexpected launch of an infrastructure and street improvement project in the center of Ajijic has provoked heated criticism of the municipal government, a rumpus among the village populace and a brewing debate over the pros and cons of modernization.
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.
Chapala is decked out for the Dead of the Dead weekend with a fanciful display of giant skeleton figures lined up in the heart of the city.
A group of highly qualified registered nurses and educators have designed and developed a physician-sponsored health care assistant program so that bilingual area Mexican men and women can learn professional and health care skills that will prepare them for jobs in private homes, nursing homes and medical offices.
Sports buffs looking for a change-of-pace spectator event should get a kick out of the Lucha Libre wrestling program on the bill for Saturday, November 8, 7:30 p.m., at Chapala’s Municipal Colisuem, located on the north end of Avenida Madero, next door to the main soccer pitch.
