General News

Motorists hot-footing it into Guadalajara from the Lake Chapala area, as well as from the city airport, had a double-take this week after an imposing new statue greeted them moments after they completed the long curve onto Avenida Lazaro Cardenas by the Tapatio Hotel.

Cyber crime, that most modern of extra-legal maladies, goes by-and-large un-punished in the state of Jalisco, according to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE).  

To commemorate World Aids Day, Friday, December 1, Jalisco’s Department of Health (SSJ) is offering activities centered around prevention of the disease which has claimed millions of lives worldwide.

Jalisco, often touted as a major engine of job creation for the nation, has broken its own record this year for generation of new work, with over 103,789 positions created from January through October.

Ground-breaking reforms approved by the Jalisco legislature last year mean that next July’s elections in the state will contain an equal number of candidates of both sexes.

Federal police and members of the armed forces converged on a property in the Jalisco municipality of Ixtlahuacan del Rio that they believe manufactured marijuana edibles (probably cookies), a rarity in Mexico. 

Two of the world’s great spirits-producing regions, Scotland and Jalisco, are being represented together for the first time, supposedly, vis-a-vis a unique product hitting the shelves this week: tequila aged in single malt scotch barrels.

This weekend, the pine tree festooned town of Tapalpa will offer – along with fresh, alpine air – two days of music and art, free of charge, as part of the Festival Tapalpa 2017.