General News

The Chapala municipal government and the local branch of Jalisco’s Health Ministry are collaborating on a week-long public health campaign geared for sexually active women ages 25 to 60.

A first step towards resolving persistent traffic and noise problems that plague the community was achieved through an amicable dialogue with local officials during a June 3 meeting convened by the Lakeside Community Council.

The future of Chapala’s Hotel Villa Montecarlo, owned and operated by the public Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG), is unclear after it was revealed this week that the facility has been running at a loss for the past three years.

Ajijic’s waterfront will be transformed into a temporary outdoor sports arena on Sunday, June 15 to house Jalisco’s first Beach Wrestling Tournament and a side-by-side contest in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

Libby Townsend has just announced plans for a fun-filled Fajita Party at La Bodega restaurant on Saturday, June 22, from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. She hopes the event will generate enough money to buy school supplies for the Tarahumara children attending the indigenous boarding school in the Copper Canyon.

Passersby are noticing that the Riberas del Pilar bazaar that helps support Los Niños de Chapala y Ajijic (NCA) has a whole new look. The bold blue and gold color scheme features iconic NCA student “Stick Man” painted on the door.

Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Díaz and Eruviel Ávila Villegas, his counterpart from the Estado de México, came together this week to ink a new pact that sets out clear terms for effective water source management in the Lerma-Chapala watershed, solidifying a pathway to protect and preserve Lake Chapala.

Gerardo Pantoja Ramírez, director of Chapala’s Instituto Tecnológico Superior, and Jalisco Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Jaime Reyes Robles were captivated by the crash course on Scratch software presented June 3 by Sofia Films CEO Daniel de la Vega.