General News

JANUARY

Smokeless zones ... Strict federal laws have been implemented further restricting smoking in public and tobacco promotion in Mexico.

Around 50  people held a demonstration on December 10 in the Guadalajara city center to mark  International Animal Rights Day, a global observance dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of animal rights and advocating for the ethical and humane treatment of animals.

The latest Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine that offers protection against the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant is now on sale in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, according to the city’s two largest pharmacy chains.

Construction of the Guadalajara International Airport’s second runway should be completed by January 2024,according to Martín Pablo Zazueta Chávez, director of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP), the facility’s operators.

When you look at all the various kinds of dishes that Guadalajara (and to an extent Jalisco) has apportioned to Mexico’s amazing culinary catalog, it’s not surprising that it is considered one of the world’s best “Food Cities.”

Drugs by courier

Alert National Guard officers discovered 53 cardboard boxes containing 598 kilos of marijuana that had been delivered to a courier firm at  the Guadalajara International Airport for dispatch to the southern state of Quintana Roo.  No arrests were made.

The construction part of the University of Guadalajara’s unfinished Museum of Environmental Sciences (Museo de Ciencias Ambientales), the most expensive museum ever to be built in Guadalajara, is likely to be completed next year after the state legislature recently approved Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro’s 2024 budget.

Guadalajara municipal police broke a record in their annual holiday handout, “Nos Toca Regalar,” gifting 39,000 toys to local children, compared to last year’s total of 36,500.