The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
The Jalisco state government is to help people find better jobs by sponsoring English speakers to take the TOEFL ITP examination.
Blurring the lines between drug-related violence and terrorism, suspected cartel gunmen attacked two dozen electricity and gas stations in Michoacan in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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.
To the displeasure of Jalisco’s judiciary, Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has vetoed next year’s planned introduction of open court hearings where prosecutors and defense attorneys present their cases before a judge.
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).
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval affirmed this week that he supports a bill that would enhance the rights of same-sex couples but is not in favor of gay marriage.
Jalisco took a step toward sexual orientation equality late Thursday, when the State Congress approved the Ley de Libre Convivencia with 20 votes in favor, 15 against and one abstention.
Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of Lake Cajititlan this week, provoking fears of serious contamination in the water basin often referred to as Chapala’s younger sibling.
