The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco’s new Mobility Law that became operative this week details a series of infringements that drivers commonly ignore and that are frequently overlooked by traffic cops.
Monday, November 18 is a national holiday commemorating the Mexican Revolution. Government offices and banks close for the occasion, reopening for normal business hours on the following day. As mandated under federal labor laws, full- and part-time domestic workers and other salaried employees are entitled to a day off with full pay.
Governor Aristoteles Sandoval signed Jalisco’s Ley de Libre Convivencia into law Friday, November 1, just hours after the State Congress had passed the bill the night before.
Jalisco’s traffic cops will be monitored with cameras and microphones as they interact with the public in a bid to reduce corruption.
The Jalisco state government is to help people find better jobs by sponsoring English speakers to take the TOEFL ITP examination.
Jalisco health authorities have noted a sudden spike on the number of cases of mosquito-transmitted dengue in the past week, with 196 classic and 84 hemorrhagic cases registered.
U.S.-based clothing manufacturer Benefit Apparel is to open a factory in Los Altos de Jalisco, creating 750 direct jobs in the state, it announced at last month’s International Business Summit in Guadalajara.
Thousands of businesses will be offering discounts of between 10 to 40 percent throughout the third edition of El Buen Fin, Mexico’s equivalent to Black Friday, which takes place from Friday, November 15 to Monday, November 18 (a holiday marking Mexican Revolution Day).
A Frida Kahlo boutique hotel in Guadalajara is just one of 29 hotel/resort projects that will be developed in Jalisco over the next five years, according to the state Tourism Department. In all, investment is expected to reach around 27 billion pesos (2.1 billion dollars).
