The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco’s registered voters will go to the polls Sunday, July 1 to elect Mexico’s next president, a new state governor, Senators and Deputies to sit in federal chambers, representatives in the state legislature and mayors and councilors for 125 municipal governments. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A dramatic car crash on the Ajijic highway early Monday, June 25 left four passengers injured and extensive additional damage in its wake.
After completing barely one quarter of the reconstruction of the 16-kilometer roadway linking the Guadalajara-Octolán highway to Chapala’s city limits, Jalisco’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works (SIOP) and the federal Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) suspended the rehabilitation project at the start of this month.
Barreling down the final stretch on the 2018 campaign trail, candidates for Chapala’s mayor seat are drumming up support with final campaign activities ending Wednesday, June 27.
Chapala’s Patronato de Tenis, headquartered at the Parque de la Cristiana, will host its second annual National Youth Tennis Tournament, programmed for Thursday, June 21 through Sunday, June 24 under the auspices of the Federación Mexicana de Tenis and the Asociación de Tenis de Jalisco.
After a recent green light from the city council, the Chapala police department is preparing to invest in the purchase of a half-dozen vehicles to renovate its depleted patrol fleet.
The Sunrise Rotary Club has enjoyed a productive year under the tenure of President Bill Wilson, who handed the gavel over to Hector España this week.
Presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya turned up unannounced in Chapala Friday, June 15, appearing first at a huge rally held near the waterfront Malecón in support of Jalisco’s Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) gubernatorial contender Enrique Alfaro, local mayoral aspirant Moisés Anaya and other District 17 candidates.
The Lake Chapala Shrine Club this month donated 57,115 pesos to the Mexico City Shriners Children’s Hospital, now the largest Shrine Hospital in the world.