Defeated candidate looks to the future
Having failed in his bid for the Jalisco governorship, Enrique Alfaro now has his eye on the local elections in 2015.
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Having failed in his bid for the Jalisco governorship, Enrique Alfaro now has his eye on the local elections in 2015.
The Instituto Jalisciense de Asistencia Social (IJAS) has issued a call for candidates for its prize for the most deserving charity of the year. This year’s prize will total 300,000 pesos, courtesy of a private benefactor.
Around 7,00 primary school teachers in Jalisco will take professional evaluation exams on Friday.
Jalisco Police Chief Carlos Najera has denied rumors that he will take a leave of absence in order to come back refreshed under the new administration of governor Aristotles Sandoval, who takes office on March 1, 2013.
Jalisco’s novel electronic voting system appears to have met performance expectations, with only minor foul-ups reported during the July 1 election.
A day after Ramiro Hernandez of the PRI won the mayoral election, his defeated opponent pledged to fight the result.
With almost one million birds dead, Mexican authorities have declared a national animal health emergency to help prevent the spread of N7N3 avian flu from chicken farms in Jalisco to other parts of the country.
Poultry farmers are continuing the slaughter of chickens infected with N7N3 avian flu in the Jalisco municipalities of Tepatitlan and Acatic.
As expected, Aristoteles Sandoval of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won the election for governor of the state of Jalisco, albeit by a much smaller margin than most opinion polls had forecast.