The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The municipality of Zapopan has launched a ground-breaking program to get its 150,000 “ni-nis” off the streets and into a productive activity.
Speaking recently about the progress of the ambitious Santuario de los Martires (Martyrs’ Sanctuary), Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, the former archbishop of Guadalajara, said while work on the church structure is almost 80 percent complete, the total project, including all the adjacent infrastructure, has advanced by a mere 20 percent.
More than 500 victims of traffic accidents in Jalisco in 2013 will be remembered on Sunday, November 17, 11 a.m. in Guadalajara’s Plaza de la Liberacion, where a “tree of life” will be erected.
Anyone who would like to learn more about Israel and its history and culture should head down to the Expo Guadalajara between November 30 and December 8, when the Middle Eastern country is the guest of honor at the humongous Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), the biggest literary event of its kind in the world.
This Friday, the Jalisco state government launches its most ambitious plan to date to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities caused by people driving while intoxicated.
Authorities hope that some 6,000 taxi drivers will register for the “Taxi Seguro” program discouraging drinkers from getting behind the wheels of their vehicles.
Drinking and driving is considered the primary cause of traffic accidents in Jalisco, particularly in Guadalajara, with the holiday season in December and January always bringing a peak in the number of fatal incidents.
A 19-year-old mother stuffed the corpse of her seven-month-old baby inside a teddy bear and then reported her as missing.
Around 600 Guadalajara schoolchildren packed the Degollado Theater this week to receive bilingual copies of New York Times bestseller “Otis,” written and illustrated by Loren Long.
