The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
With divorce rates and problems of family disintegration on the rise in Mexico, Jalisco’s Consejo de la Judicatura (Judiciary Council) and the state’s DIF family services agency have joined forces to address the issue of legal and social conflicts that impact the lives of children and adolescents growing up in broken homes.
Lake Chapala’s natural fish population has declined at an alarming rate over the past several decades, primarily due to over-exploitation of the resource and antiquated capture methods that prevent new generations from flourishing.
In the interest of saving lives and assuring the best possible care for patients facing medical emergencies, Cruz Roja Chapala’s International Volunteers committee (CRIVC) has developed a handy and low-cost Medical Information Kit that can serve as a vital guide for first responders and doctors.
Founded in 1955 as a cultural and social club for Chapala’s small enclave of English-speaking residents, the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) has evolved into a multifaceted non-profit association serving both foreign and native inhabitants at lakeside.
With the 2014 United States election cycle now in progress, the Guadalajara Consulate General sponsored an outreach session on the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) on Tuesday, January 14 at the Lake Chapala Society headquarters in Ajijic.
Officials at the Chapala branch of Banamex are accepting payment of the annual car registration (referendo) for Mexican-plated vehicles.
Since time immemorial, humans have traced rustic pathways into the mountain range overlooking Lake Chapala’s north shore. One of the trails that has become a popular route among hikers and mountain runners, as well as generations of highland farmers and hunters, leads out from upper Ajijic to El Tepalo, the first of three waterfalls located in the Cerro de la Chupinaya.
Distinguished by her dynamic and perpetually cheerful personality, Silvia Flores stands out as the lakeside area’s trailblazer in the fields of family planning, reproductive health care and sex education.
Inspectors from Chapala’s regulations office and local police are keeping a watchful eye on the Rancho del Oro site where a cellular phone transmission tower has been under construction.
