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Outer city ring road back on track
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 15:45
- Written by GR Staff
The Tlajomulco municipal government has cleared the way for work to resume on the 110-kilometer “macrolibramiento,” the ambitious outer city beltway planned to run in a semi-circle to the south of the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
Zapopan mayor axes police chief
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 15:37
- Written by GR Staff
Zapopan Mayor Hector Robles has fired his chief of police in a bid to “reinforce security strategies” in the metro area municipality.
City inks agreement with Changwon
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- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 15:13
- Written by GR Staff
Guadalajara has inked a sister city relationship with Changwon, the eighth most populous city is South Korea.
Changwon Mayor Wan Su Park visited Mexico this week to sign the agreement alongside his Guadalajara counterpart, Ramiro Hernandez.
Four charged in tourism minister murder case
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- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 16:13
- Written by GR Staff
Police have arrested four members of a local drug cartel in connection with the slaying of Jalisco Tourism Secretary Jose de Jesus Gallegos Alvarez on March 9.
Tapatia nun to become saint
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 17:02
- Written by GR Staff
Guadalajara-born nun Maria Guadalupe Anastasia García Zavala (Madre Lupita) will become a saint on Sunday, May 12 in a special ceremony in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
Attack on young campers sparks outrage
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- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 16:06
- Written by GR Staff
Four inebriated men armed with machetes attacked a group of 22 young campers enjoying an overnight sleep out in the area of rock formations known as El Diente, located to the north of Guadalajara in the municipality of Zapopan.
The campers were aged between 6 and 16 and members of the Dragon Brigade. They were accompanied by three adults and were preparing for a rappelling course the following day.
Speed camera ‘blockers’ don’t work, traffic agency confirms
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 16:14
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco Secretaría de Movilidad (SM) officials say U.S. manufactured anti-photo license covers designed to make car tags invisible to speed cameras do not work. Selling the micas (covers) with the promise that motorists will be able to escape speeding tickets is fraudulent and should be denounced at the Consumer Protection Agency, say Movilidad officials.
H&M is to open store
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- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 15:15
- Written by GR Staff
Swedish multinational retail-clothing company H&M is to open its first store in Guadalajara in the Plaza Galerias.
Operating since 1947, the chain has 2,800 branches in 48 countries and is the second biggest retail clothing company in the world with more than 95,000 employees.
Rented planes help control forest fires
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- Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 16:09
- Written by Michael Forbes
Two firefighting aircraft rented by the Zapopan municipal government from the United States last week were put to use immediately.
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