The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
With the New Year’s holiday falling on a Friday, government agencies in Chapala will begin the collection of 2016 taxes and fees on Monday, January 4. For local residents keen to deal promptly with fiscal responsibilities and take advantage of early bird discount rates, here is a basic guide to effecting payments.
It’s an itsy-bitsy critter, small enough to fit on a ten-peso coin. Eleutherodactylus grunwaldi, a.k.a. Grunwald’s Chirping Frog, is a rare species recently discovered deep in the Sierra de Manantlan mountain range spanning the states of Jalisco and Colima.
The Chapala government anticipates operating on a budget of slightly over 216.5 million pesos during 2016. The figure is substantially lower than the 331 million budget the previous administration set for 2015.
Chapala resident Octavio Romero Alvalos, 35, the popular waiter at Mom’s Deli and Café, drew on an agonizing personal experience to create a loving and giving Christmas tradition.
Ajijic residents who have been left on hold for the past six weeks will be relieved to learn that Telmex has finally completed an upgrade of its local Internet equipment and resumed business for new Infinity service contracts.
For the first time ever, the Jalisco State Congress has set aside specific funding to control the spread of lirio aquatico (water hyacinth) in Lake Chapala.
Local dog owners are advised that while a local leash ordinance has yet to be enacted, tourist inspectors on guard at the Chapala and Ajijic waterfront promenades may approach them to request they keep their pets collared and leashed in those areas.
If you’re wondering why the Chapala government is sinking three million pesos into remodeling the median strip in front of city hall, you have to get inside the head of Mayor Javier Degollado.
Arlin Herrera, 13, a resident of the Love in Action children’s shelter in Chapala, recently competed at the Copa Mykonos gymnastics competition in Leon.