Governor wants four-year terms for mayors
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 17:58
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval wants to extend mayors’ terms of office in the state from three to four years. He believes three years is insufficient time for municipal administrations to generate plans and put them into practice satisfactorily.
The initiative would not prohibit mayors from taking leave of office to run for higher office, Sandoval said. Sandoval barely served two years of his term as mayor of Guadalajara before stepping down to campaign for governor.
Governor’s wife heads up DIF
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- Published on Friday, 03 May 2013 17:09
- Written by GR Staff
Lorena Jassibe Arriaga, wife of Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval and newly installed president of the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) de Jalisco, the decentralized public assistance agency, knows her own mind.
AH1N1 death
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:28
- Written by GR Staff
A 41-year-old man in the Jalisco town of Lagos de Moreno has become the state’s first AH1N1 flu victim of 2013.
UN-Habitat to aid local authorities
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 14:10
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has signed an agreement with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to improve urban development in Jalisco.
State offers stimulus program for arts projects
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:22
- Written by GR Staff
If you are trying to nurture an artistic project in any part of Jalisco, it may be eligible for financial support through a stimulus program offered by the State Culture Department.
Temperatures rising
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- Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 14:07
- Written by GR Staff
The hottest time of year is almost upon us and the National Water Commission revealed on Monday that the temperature in Santa Rosa, Jalisco reached a scorching 43.5 degrees Celsius.
Court in session: Jalisco tries to catch up
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:08
- Written by GR Staff
Students at the Tec de Monterrey University campus in Guadalajara gathered recently to witness a courtroom drama, the like of which could become the norm in Mexico in years to come.
Simulation exercise planned for April 22
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 13:00
- Written by GR Staff
Under state government instructions, schools and public offices across Jalisco will run an earthquake evacuation simulation on Monday, April 22, noon.
Citizen’s Movement blocks bus fare hike
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 11:50
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The ongoing dispute over bus prices in Jalisco continued this week, with the Citizen’s Movement (MC) quickly putting a halt to a one-peso rise in fares implemented on Tuesday.
Pushing for English
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 11:13
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval wants more teachers and students in the state to learn English.
Business leaders want crackdown on informal labor
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- Published on Friday, 29 March 2013 06:00
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The president of the Guadalajara chapter of the National Chamber of Commerce (Canaco) has called on Governor Aristoteles Sandoval to crack down on informal labor in Jalisco.
State plans huge public transport shake up
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 13:01
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Imagine the Guadalajara metro area populated by thousands of sleek, clean, modern buses with electronic payment systems, driven with care by professionally trained drivers.
Jalisco struck by nearly five murders per day in 2013
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2013 12:30
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The murder rate in Jalisco has soared in 2013, with an average of 4.7 killings per day in the first two and a half months of the year.
Internet coverage to extend far & wide
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 12:44
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has announced that he aims to expand internet access from 42 to 70 percent of the Jalisco population during his six-year term in office.
Replacement for slain tourism secretary named
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2013 11:34
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Following the assassination of Jesus Gallegos on March 9, hotelier Enrique Ramos Flores was sworn in as Jalisco’s new Secretary of Tourism the following Friday.
Governor sticks to pledge to save towns from forced deluge
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 12:40
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Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval met with the director of the National Water Commission (CNA) last week as he kept up his campaign to save three communities from being inundated to make way for the massive Zapotillo dam on the Verde River in the northeastern region of the state.
Spring equinox at Guachimontones
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2013 11:17
- Written by GR Staff
Just an hour’s drive west of Guadalajara, the town of Teuchitlan is the place to visit for spring equinox celebrations this weekend.
Dengue cases on the rise
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 12:22
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Jalisco has recorded a 264-percent rise in the number of cases of dengue fever in the first three months of the year, compared to the same period in 2012.
Governor enacts austerity measures
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2013 11:12
- Written by Duncan Tucker
As one of ten austerity measures proposed by Governor Aristoteles Sandoval, the Jalisco government is selling 500 vehicles designated to state officials in the previous administration.
Lagos celebrates
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:30
- Written by GR Staff
Last week, the picturesque Jalisco town of Lagos de Moreno celebrated the 450th anniversary of its foundation.
Reforms could lead to emptying of Jalisco’s overcrowded prisons
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- Published on Friday, 22 March 2013 11:11
- Written by GR Staff
More than half of the inmates housed in Jalisco’s prisons system could be released if the State Congress finally approves penal reforms first proposed back in 2008.