The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Luz del Mundo (Light of the World) temple in Guadalajara’s Colonia Hermosa Provincia has been inundated with its faithful this week as church members from around the world converge to celebrate their yearly Holy Convocation.
Opposition councilors in Guadalajara say the carousel attraction installed in the historic center has been an abject failure, and is a drain on the city’s resources.
A proposal to amend the official name of Guadalajara to “Guadalajara de Alcalde” in honor of Friar Antonio Alcalde will not proceed, its chief promoter, Guadalajara city councilor Luis Cisneros, said this week.
Guadalajara’s vehicle booting initiative that began June 5 in the city center is being enforced slowly but surely.
August 8 was International Day of the Cat, a date created by the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2002 that seeks to raise awareness about “the ways to take care of our feline friends in a holistic manner.”
The piles of uncollected garbage piled up on the streets of Guadalajara are finally shrinking, mostly thanks to an emergency program put in place by the municipal government.
Governor Enrique Alfaro said he will lobby federal authorities to reduce the high cost of using two toll roads in Jalisco and Nayarit: the highway from Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta, and the Guadalajara Macrolibramiento (outer ring road).
Dignitaries gathered Monday for the inauguration of a new “mosaic” mural depicting Friar Antonio Alcalde, located on the Paseo Alcalde at the intersection of Normalistas near the Normal traffic circle.
The large parking space under the Plaza de Liberacion in the Guadalajara centro historico is set for a major makeover over the coming months.
