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.
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.
Tourism infrastructure ramps up in Costalegre
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- Published on Friday, 09 August 2013 12:26
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco Tourism Secretary Enrique Ramos Flores has announced a 1.75-billion dollar in investment by 32 developers in 14 projects along the Costalegre.
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.
Free use of Jalisco beaches disappearing
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- Published on Friday, 09 August 2013 12:11
- Written by Sean Godfrey
Mexico’s beaches are of inalienable public dominion and no statute of limitations can infringe this right, according to federal regulations governing the use and concessions along the nation’s coast, navigable waterways, beaches, estuaries and federal maritime zone.
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.
Puerto Vallarta is ‘coming for you’
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- Published on Friday, 02 August 2013 12:14
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Representatives of the Puerto Vallarta tourist board traveled to Guadalajara and Leon on Sunday and Monday to promote the Pacific Coast resort.
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.
Cruise ship tourism in decline
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- Published on Friday, 02 August 2013 12:13
- Written by Duncan Tucker
A number of cruise ship destinations on Mexico’s Gulf and Caribbean coastline are suffering from a severe lack of business.
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.
Same-sex unions bill ratified in Colima
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- Published on Friday, 26 July 2013 12:45
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Colima has formally approved same-sex unions, with six of the state’s ten municipalities ratifying the bill passed by the local congress earlier this month.
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.
Hurricane Jova funds finally come through
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- Published on Friday, 12 July 2013 11:56
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Almost two years after Hurricane Jova devastated the Jalisco coastline, the State Congress finance commission has finally approved a credit of nearly 300 million pesos to help repair the damaged communities.
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.
Police arrest suspect in MacKintosh murder case
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- Published on Friday, 28 June 2013 19:24
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco state police say they have arrested a man in connection with the October 2012 murder of 64-year-old Canadian expatriate Ron Lloyd MacKintosh in Barra de Navidad.
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.
Another Vallarta police jefe bites the dust
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- Published on Friday, 21 June 2013 15:38
- Written by Michael Forbes
Puerto Vallarta has lost its third police chief in eight months after Silvestre Chavez Garcia failed a mandatory integrity and psychological evaluation.
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.
Colima roadblock causes delays
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- Published on Friday, 21 June 2013 15:27
- Written by GR Staff
A federal police checkpoint set up on the southbound lanes of the Manzanillo-Colima highway this weekend caused a four-kilometer tailback near the town of Tecoman.
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.
US citizens deported from Puerto Vallarta
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- Published on Friday, 21 June 2013 14:56
- Written by GR Staff
Four U.S. citizens wanted in connection with the sexual exploitation of minors and child pornography have been detained in Puerto Vallarta and deported, Jalisco Government Secretary Arturo Zamora said this week.