General News

Chapala’s Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) mayoral candidate Moy Anaya has been put under special guard by state police following a violent confrontation between several of his sympathizers and men allegedly associated with the rival Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Five young women will vie for the crown title at the sixth annual International Ambassador of Agave and Tequila beauty pageant to be held Saturday, May 5 at the open-air forum on Chapala’s waterfront Malecón.

Dozens of unionized employees of the Chapala government staged a demonstration inside City Hall Wednesday, May 9 to demand compliance with worker rights and benefits to which they are entitled.

Seven candidates in the running for election to head the Chapala government formally kicked off their respective two-month campaigns on Sunday, April 29.

The Chapala government has chalked up a potentially significant win in the prolonged legal battle it is waging against MK Ideas Tech and Comers, the partner companies granted a concession to install and operate parking meters in the city center under the 2010-2012 administration.

In response to concerns over a recent spike in home burglaries, Chapala Public Security Director Adán Dominguez has activated an emergency cell phone number to make direct contact with an English-speaking police officer.

Cooperation and mutual trust should be the building blocks for crime prevention, according to Chapala authorities who hosted a public meeting Friday, May 4 aimed principally at calming the frazzled nerves of the community’s foreign residents.

Members of the Chapala City Council rejected a proposal by colleague Juan Carlos Pelayo to revoke the concession granted to Grupo Integral de Recolección y Reciclados de Occidente (GIRRSA), the private outfit contracted to take over the municipality’s solid waste collection service.