If they would only cry “fore” first!
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- Published on Friday, 31 January 2014 10:54
- Written by GR Staff
Neighbors of the Mayan Palace resort in Jarretaderas are complaining that they are under attack — by golf balls.
US fugitive nabbed in Puerto Vallarta
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- Published on Friday, 17 January 2014 10:44
- Written by GR Staff
Agents of the National Immigration Institute (INM) detained a U.S. fugitive Wednesday who was wanted by the FBI in connection with 23 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, Arturo Zamora, the Jalisco government’s secretary general, announced Thursday.
Two killed in Puerto Vallarta shooting
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- Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 13:40
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Two men from Zapopan were shot dead and another was left seriously injured after their car came under fire in downtown Puerto Vallarta last month.
Local Rotary to host Barra de Navidad Chili Cookoff
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- Published on Friday, 17 January 2014 09:25
- Written by GR Staff
The Costalegre Rotary Club hosts its seventh annual Chili Cookoff on the main plaza in Barra de Navidad on Sunday, January 26, from noon to 6:30 p.m.
Social media confab coming to Vallarta
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 11:24
- Written by GR Staff
Puerto Vallarta will host Engage Mexico, an annual social media conference, at the Sheraton Resort & Convention Center from November 14 to 17.
Vallarta Navy League distributes a whopping 5,000 toys
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- Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 11:46
- Written by Dale Hansen
On January 7, the Puerto Vallarta Navy League and the Casa Magna Marriott Hotel delivered more than 5,000 toys to children in Puerto Vallarta and areas of Nayarit in celebration of Three Kings Day.
New partner jumps aboard ‘New Cancun’ tourism project
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 11:49
- Written by GR Staff
The announcement that the Fondo Nacional de Infraestructura (National Infrastructure Fund or FNI) will become a partner in the Chalacatepec tourist complex – dubbed by Jalisco’s former governor as Mexico’s “New Cancun” – will contribute significantly to the economic regeneration of the region, says Francisco Ayon, president of the administrative committee of the Instituto de Pensiones del Estado de Jalisco (IPE), the pension fund for state workers, another of the investors in the polemic 1.3-billion-dollar project.
Restaurant burns down in Vallarta
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- Published on Friday, 10 January 2014 11:44
- Written by GR Staff
A restaurant on Puerto Vallarta’s Playa de los Muertos that had opened for business on December 17 burned to the ground on January 7.
White case judge mired in controversy
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 11:44
- Written by GR Staff
The judge who earlier this year jailed a Puerto Vallarta lawyer for the “presumed” extortion of the late Thomas White has found herself at the center of a storm following allegations that she attended a party thrown by the late millionaire’s chief attorney.
Lynne Benoit retires as Canadian consular agent
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- Published on Friday, 03 January 2014 12:20
- Written by GR Staff
Lynne Benoit, the Canadian Consular Agent in the Puerto Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit area for the past 20 years, has stepped down from her position as of January 1.
Until the very end, White claimed he was a victim of a big conspiracy
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2013 11:27
- Written by Michael Forbes
Just prior to his death, Thomas White had reason to believe that his ten-year ordeal in the Puerto Vallarta prison may have been coming to a conclusion.
Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit in joint promotion campaign
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 December 2013 12:46
- Written by GR Staff
Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit are being jointly marketed under a 36-million-dollar campaign to promote Mexico’s tourist industry in the United States and Canada.
Norovirus warning for Vallarta hotels
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2013 11:25
- Written by GR Staff
With the high tourist season approaching, Puerto Vallarta hoteliers have been advised to be alert to the threat of norovirus, the vomiting disease whose season runs from November through March and peaks in January.
PV to recall landmark movie next week
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- Published on Friday, 22 November 2013 14:05
- Written by GR Staff
The Centro Universitario de la Costa (CUC) this month celebrates 50 years since the filming of “The Night of the Iguana,” the movie that put the Pacific coast resort on the tourist map.
Jailed pedophile dies in Puerto Vallarta
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 September 2013 15:17
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Thomas Frank White, a convicted pedophile from San Francisco, died at the age of 78 at a Puerto Vallarta hospital on Tuesday morning.
PV police target domestic violence
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- Published on Friday, 22 November 2013 14:03
- Written by GR Staff
The Puerto Vallarta police force has created a special department to focus on domestic violence.
Juarez Cartel kingpin detained in Nayarit
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:33
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Federal police arrested alleged Juarez Cartel boss Alberto Carrillo Fuentes, alias “Ugly Betty,” at a hotel in the popular resort of Bucerias, Nayarit on Sunday.
Puerto Vallarta cooks up a treat
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- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 11:38
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Twenty-seven hotels and restaurants are participating in Puerto Vallarta’s 19th International Gourmet Festival, which runs from November 14 to 23.
Vallarta’s digital cabs aim to be mini business hubs
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:22
- Written by GR Staff
Puerto Vallarta’s two taxi unions have inked an agreement that gives the go ahead for digital technology to be installed in the resort’s cab fleet.
Win big at Vallarta fishing tourney
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- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 11:37
- Written by GR Staff
The 58th International Fishing Tournament of Puerto Vallarta takes place from November 13 to 16. There are major prizes up for grabs, including 180,000 pesos for whoever snags the biggest sailfish, another 150,000 pesos in the marlin category, 120,000 pesos for the biggest tuna and 80,000 pesos for the biggest mahi mahi.
US citizen murdered in break-in at Vallarta home
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- Published on Monday, 19 August 2013 14:49
- Written by Duncan Tucker
A US citizen was killed in an apparent robbery at his home in Puerto Vallarta on Saturday.