Sun02092014

Last updateFri, 07 Feb 2014 11am

Back You are here: Home News News Guadalajara

City’s bike-share plan at risk as Canadian firm files for bankruptcy

The Canadian company given the task of setting up Guadalajara’s public bicycle hire program filed for bankruptcy in Montreal last month, citing huge debts.

Read more...

New bus stop screen helps keep passengers informed

A prototype electronic screen displaying information on approaching city buses has been installed at a Guadalajara bus stop.

Read more...

State university rejects more than half of applicants

Only 44 out of every 100 applicants have been accepted to study at the University of Guadalajara (UdG) in the next calendar year.

Read more...

Narcos burn buses following arrest of Jalisco Cartel kingpin

Residents of Zapopan’s affluent Patria Universidad neighborhood awoke early Thursday morning to the sound of military helicopters buzzing overhead and the sight of troops rumbling by in jeeps and armored vehicles.

Read more...

New parking options near city airport

A glut of low-cost parking alternatives has sprung up on the highway close to the Guadalajara International Airport.

Read more...

Flu cases and deaths increase in Jalisco, Mexico

Earlier this week, state and federal health officials indicated this season’s flu outbreak seemed under control, but now the number of those ill with the virus is multiplying rapidly in Jalisco and the rest of the country.

Read more...

New labs to open doors for Guadalajara innovators

An alumni group from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created a Jalisco non-profit and along with the state government plans to create four laboratories by 2016 for entrepreneurs in science and technology to develop and test their ideas.

Read more...

Local video game maker first to arrive in Digital Creative City

A local multimedia firm has become the first company to move into Guadalajara’s much vaunted Ciudad Creativa Digital, or Digital Creative City, in downtown.

Read more...

Deaths reported as flu season spikes

At least eight people have died from the flu virus in Jalisco over the past month, health authorities revealed this week. 

Read more...

Flood relief to repair last fall’s tropical storm damage

Federal and state flood relief funds from last September’s tropical storm Manuel are at last being distributed to 29 municipalities hard hit by flooding.

Read more...

A fashion salute to Guadalajara

Making waves on the inaugural runway at this week’s Intermoda fashion expo were some spectacular designs honoring some of Guadalajara’s most heralded landmarks created by local fashionista María Rosario Mendoza of the Takasami fashion house in Guadalajara (www.takasami.com.mx).

10% of Guadalajara metro area lacks water, sewer

With more than 4.3 million people in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, and urban expansion that comes in fits and starts, some 10 percent of the population lack water and sewer service.

Read more...

Under fire city councilor digs in

A Guadalajara city councilor – once tipped to become the first female governor of Jalisco – is  facing criminal charges for breaking into her own office this week.

Read more...

Work to restart on city’s modern art museum

Construction is set to restart on the modern art museum overlooking the Huentitan canyon on the northeastern outskirts of Guadalajara.

Read more...

Rainbow Warrior docks in PV

The Rainbow Warrior, the flagship of the environmental organization Greenpeace, will be docked in Puerto Vallarta from Saturday, January 11 through Tuesday, January 14 and will be welcoming aboard visitors.

Read more...

Racing bus drivers cause record fatalities

A new record has been set after five pedestrians died under the wheels of city buses during the first ten days of 2014. In most of the cases, the drivers fled the scene of the accidents.

Read more...

Reducing fires is major goal of Primavera Forest’s new governing body

A new, more independent era has begun for the much-beleaguered Bosque de la Primavera, the huge forest that hugs metro area Guadalajara’s west side and acts as a climate regulator, as well as “lung” that filters atmospheric contaminants.

Read more...

White cycle campaign highlights bicycle safety

Activists hang a chain of white bicycles cut from paper outside the Casa Jalisco, the residence of Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.

Read more...

Growing city airport looks to the future

The Guadalajara airport is expanding a terminal and adding more space in immigration to prepare for more international travelers.

Read more...

Man shot dead at Chapalita glorieta

Four men are in custody after a 37-year-old businessman was shot to death at the Glorieta Chapalita last Friday.

Read more...

Governor to move into official residence

Aristoteles Sandoval has gone back on a campaign promise and will be moving his family into the Jalisco governor’s official residence in Guadalajara, the Casa Jalisco.

Read more...

 

Member Of...

Network of Websites - Lake Chapala

Proudly a member of Network of Websites - a monitored compilation of quality websites adhering to strict standards of integrity, security, modern technology, and benefits to the community.