In a move that may be copied by other tourist centers in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta’s municipal government has opened an office to attend specifically to the multiple needs of visitors and foreign residents.
Even the leafy neighborhood of Chapalita has not been immune to the violence that has periodically gripped the metropolitan area over the past few yea...
Last week, the picturesque Jalisco town of Lagos de Moreno celebrated the 450th anniversary of its foundation.
Leading up to the Easter vacation, Puerto Vallarta authorities removed many illegal billboards and canvas signs, and also painted over ugly wall publi...
- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 43,717.57 an increase of 1,219.6 points from Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Despite recently suffering a first home defeat of the season to Santos Laguna, local soccer team Atlas remains just two points behind Tigres at the to...
In February, local Rotarians Barbara and Bill Wilson flew to India to be part of National Immunization Day, when 2.3 million World Health Organization...
Distinguished Mexican academic and award-winning media commentator Leo Zuckerman provided a well-rounded analysis of Mexico’s economy to an attentive ...
Jorge Bergoglio, who became the first Latin American Pope on Wednesday, has long faced accusations of collaborating with the military junta that ruled...
John Milton Kading died on March 18 near his Chapala home at the age of 68.
Lovers of literature at the American Society (Amsoc) are meeting on the third Thursday of each month (usually) to discuss books and “have a barrel of ...
Barbara’s Bazaar proprietor Tom Thompson is seeking community support to install a statue of Buddah in the public park adjacent to Ajijic’s waterfront...
One might think a writers’ conference would be a stodgy affair featuring egg-heads pontificating pie-in-the-sky views.
The eyes have it
Galeria La Manzanilla featured the paintings of Guillermo Gil Gonzales for its Meet the Artist Reception season finale on March 8. ...
Jalisco Open
The third edition of the ATP Jalisco Open tennis tournament take place from Monday, April 8 to Saturday, April 13 at the first-class Tel...
Tarantulas
Don’t miss the Power Point presentation by tarantula expert and protector Rodrigo Orozco, who is featured on page 11 of this week’s newsp...
A smaller PEACE
It would be a vast understatement to say that community leaders in the northshore were caught off-guard by the news of the demise of ...
When 13-year-old Kevin Levesque performed his first Broadway-style number in his parent’s living room, he knew he had found his calling.
Rural photos
Amazingly beautiful photographs by Rodd Pye taken during Xill Fessenden’s recent field workshops are on exhibit at Ajijic’s Quattro Gall...
Eighty-one artists, members of the Ajijic Society of the Arts (ASA), entered and exhibited 200 pieces of artwork into the 30th Annual Judged Show on M...
A professional enforcer investigates the brazen robbery of a high-stakes mob poker game in this crime thriller adapted from a novel by George V. Higg...
I was about to start a game of racquetball with my friend Rodrigo Orozco when his cell phone beeped. The text message was from an unknown caller. “I’v...
A string of seven days to do nothing but relax and enjoy mindless television is rare for anyone in the newspaper business – at last it came during Hol...
The bowl hasn’t changed much since the Neolithic era, 4,000-10,000 years ago, said Julie Lasky, the deputy editor of the New York Times’ House & G...
Want to take home the flavors of Mexico while here on a short visit? Try a 2.5-hour tour of Tlaquepaque with Mexican Food Tours.
Surveys carried out by the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) in recent years show that around 80 percent of those covered in the national hea...
Most Mexicans with handsome incomes head to Whistler or Vail for their winter skiing experiences. But those without such financial resources, or thos...
Two hundred years after it was published, hundreds of Tapatio literary enthusiasts will celebrate World Book Day by reading Jane Austen’s classic nove...
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