Slow sales forecast for this year’s ‘Buen Fin’
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- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 11:36
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Thousands of businesses will be offering discounts of between 10 to 40 percent throughout the third edition of El Buen Fin, Mexico’s equivalent to Black Friday, which takes place from Friday, November 15 to Monday, November 18 (a holiday marking Mexican Revolution Day).
Right-wing rage as governor approves equality bill
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- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 11:31
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Governor Aristoteles Sandoval signed Jalisco’s Ley de Libre Convivencia into law Friday, November 1, just hours after the State Congress had passed the bill the night before.
Official dengue figures top 1,000 mark
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 11:07
- Written by GR Staff
The official dengue figures for 2013 are double those for the whole of last year, the Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) reported this week.
State government to fund TOEFL English exams
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- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 11:26
- Written by GR Staff
The Jalisco state government is to help people find better jobs by sponsoring English speakers to take the TOEFL ITP examination.
Internet access ‘a human right,’ says university researcher
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 11:05
- Written by GR Staff
Purchasing a computer may be cheaper than ever before but accessing the internet is still too costly for many Jalisciences, studies show.
US clothing firm to open factory in Jalisco
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- Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 13:35
- Written by Duncan Tucker
U.S.-based clothing manufacturer Benefit Apparel is to open a factory in Los Altos de Jalisco, creating 750 direct jobs in the state, it announced at last month’s International Business Summit in Guadalajara.
New law seeks to reduce discrimination in Jalisco
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 11:02
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The Jalisco Congress will debate a bill that seeks to identify and punish discrimination in the state.
Jalisco hotel boom set to continue
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- Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 12:24
- Written by GR Staff
A Frida Kahlo boutique hotel in Guadalajara is just one of 29 hotel/resort projects that will be developed in Jalisco over the next five years, according to the state Tourism Department. In all, investment is expected to reach around 27 billion pesos (2.1 billion dollars).
Equality bill provokes rabid reaction from Jalisco’s right
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- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 10:45
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Conservative groups have mobilized in an effort to block the passage of a law that would enhance the rights of same-sex couples in Jalisco.
Jalisco State Congress passes equality bill
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- Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 12:04
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Jalisco took a step toward sexual orientation equality late Thursday, when the State Congress approved the Ley de Libre Convivencia with 20 votes in favor, 15 against and one abstention.
Jalisco’s recovering tourist sector courts big-spending Russians
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- Published on Friday, 27 September 2013 11:42
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Boosted by an influx of international tourists from far-flung destinations such as Russia, Jalisco has reversed the recent decline in the number of visitors flying into its airports.
Michoacan struck by outbreak of narco ‘terrorism’
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- Published on Friday, 01 November 2013 12:02
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Blurring the lines between drug-related violence and terrorism, suspected cartel gunmen attacked two dozen electricity and gas stations in Michoacan in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Bank robberies in Jalisco close in on record
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- Published on Friday, 27 September 2013 11:29
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco is just one heist away from a record year of bank robberies.
Governor blocks start of oral trials in Jalisco
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- Published on Friday, 25 October 2013 11:43
- Written by Duncan Tucker
To the displeasure of Jalisco’s judiciary, Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has vetoed next year’s planned introduction of open court hearings where prosecutors and defense attorneys present their cases before a judge.
Governor’s wife dubbed ‘Lady Pulparindo’
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 12:25
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco’s First Lady, Lorena Arriaga, who heads the state Family Development Agency (DIF), was ridiculed on social networks this month for delivering unhealthy candy bars to impoverished indigenous children instead of nutritious food supplies.
Gay rights bill stalls in Jalisco Congress
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- Published on Friday, 18 October 2013 14:32
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval affirmed this week that he supports a bill that would enhance the rights of same-sex couples but is not in favor of gay marriage.
Jalisco suffers as Manuel batters western Mexico
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 12:15
- Written by Duncan Tucker
At least four people were killed in Jalisco on Sunday, after tropical storm Manuel made landfall near the port of Manzanillo, Colima and proceeded to wreak havoc across western Mexico.
Mass fish deaths in Lake Cajititlan
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- Published on Friday, 18 October 2013 14:19
- Written by Michael Forbes
Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of Lake Cajititlan this week, provoking fears of serious contamination in the water basin often referred to as Chapala’s younger sibling.
Bill to control public protests submitted to State Congress
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 11:55
- Written by GR Staff
National Action Party (PAN) state legislator Gabriela Andalon has submitted an initiative to regulate marches and demonstrations in Jalisco that could provoke the wrath of defenders of civil rights.
Jalisco deputies mired in expenses scandal
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- Published on Friday, 11 October 2013 11:12
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Razors, tampons, tacos, candy bars, Frosted Flakes – just some of the personal items that members of the Jalisco Congress have charged to expenses despite being the best paid state legislators in Mexico.
Jalisco’s overcrowded prisons thinning out
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- Published on Friday, 20 September 2013 11:54
- Written by GR Staff
Overpopulation at Jalisco’s prisons has decreased this year, mainly thanks to large numbers of federal inmates being transferred to penitentiaries in other states.