General News

Jalisco’s Programa de Verificación Vehicular Obligatoria (obligatory vehicle emissions testing program) is in a constant state of flux, no more so than in 2016. The year has started with several changes that will culminate with the launch of a completely revamped program, authorities say, later in the spring.

Andres Moreno, 37, once dubbed the world’s heaviest man, died on December 25, two months after he underwent extreme weight loss surgery at a Guadalajara clinic.

A new unit dedicated to investigating missing persons has opened under the umbrella of the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (FGE) in Guadalajara.

Jalisco student Mario Manuel Gurrola Morga has become the second youngest Mexican to be selected to continue their studies under the mentorship of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Gurrola is in the sixth semester of a degree course in Computer sciences at the  Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zapopan and will be working on an algorithm prediction research project at the Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

Senior officers at the Jalisco Red Cross are urging automobile owners paying their annual registrations (refrendos) to say yes to the voluntary donation of 30 pesos destined for the institution.

Thousands of pilgrims are starting to swarm the rural village of Cajititlan de los Reyes this weekend to demonstrate their devotion to the town’s religious patrons Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar, better known as the Wisemen of the Orient. 

Temperatures through the first three months of 2016 in Jalisco are likely to be around one degree Centigrade lower than normal, according to meteorologist Ángel Meulenert of the Universidad de Guadalajara.  

Traffic authorities seem to be loosing the battle with savvy entrepreneurs looking to cash in on drivers eager to avoid paying fines for speeding.