The Governor of the State of Jalisco, Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz visited the region of los Altos de Jalisco to place the first stone of the Regional Hospital of Arandas and inaugurate an emergency helipad in this same location.

Among the facilities there will be in the Regional Hospital, are 18 inpatient beds, an operating room, a room for giving birth, eight offices, a shock room, a waiting room, laboratory service, x-rays, blood transfusion service, multipurpose room, kitchen area, laundry, pharmacy, toilets for patients and medical staff, government area, bedroom for physicians and general services. It is expected that the work is completed by 2014 and benefits more than 94,000 people without social security in the region.

Sandoval Diaz reminded everyone that the welfare policy that his administration promotes focuses on knowing the basic needs of the person and then in investing in infrastructure to help improve their quality of life, as is the case of this work. He added that during his administration there will be a search to expand health coverage to more remote regions of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, and so meet the Government's duty to provide quality health services for all of Jalisco.

The governor said that he was proud of the responsibility with which the mayors of the region have driven the project of the Regional Hospital, as this work responds, after many years of being ignored, the requirement of bringing to these people the quality medical care that they need.

The Governor also thanked President Enrique Peña Nieto for contemplating the construction of regional hospitals in Jalisco, within the Master Plan of Basic Infrastructure.

The event was attended by the Secretary of Health, Jaime Agustin González Álvarez; mayors in the region, led by the mayor of Arandas, Omar Hernandez Hernandez, local deputies and the federal deputy Cecilia González Gómez.

THIS IS HOW HE PUT IT:

”With these actions we are showing that our Government is aware that we cannot play with the health of the people of Jalisco, it can't be negotiated, nor neglected. The health of our children since they are in the womb, of their mothers, our seniors, preventive care at any age is a priority for our government.“

Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz
Governor of the State of Jalisco

THE CLUE:

The estimated cost of construction for Arandas Regional Hospital will be more than 87 million dollars and will benefit the municipalities of Arandas, San Miguel el Alto, San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, San Julian and Jesus Maria.

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This Friday, July 5, 73 thousand students from preschool, elementary and jr. high of Costa Norte will conclude the 2012-2013 school year. They will be working more closely with parents, says the head of the Derse.

The Costa Norte Regional Delegate of the Ministry of Education (Derse) Palomera Roberto Preciado, pointed out there was a pre-registration system failure for the 2013-2014 cycle and some students will enter schools far from their homes, for which during 1-12 August queue tickets will be delivered to parents who require to make a campus change.

He said that for the next period the Derse will work with them so that their children have a better academic performance.

"We need the parents to be very supportive of their children. Send them to school well fed and with their homework completed, have them get close to their principal, teachers and area leaders. This school year ends next Friday, but on their return in mid-August of the 2013-2014 school year, we will be very aware of everything that has to do with the students", he said.

Although the school year ends this Friday, in some schools, classes were suspended since Wednesday, according to the head of the Derse, due to the realization of administrative procedures for the delivery of report cards and official transcripts from the Ministry of Education.

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On the occasion of the triathlon "Battle of Orendáin" which will be held on Sunday July 7, in commemoration of the centenary of the Mexican Army establishment, the Public Safety Station, through the Municipal Transit under-management reports that there will be a partial closure of Avenida Francisco Medina Ascencio.

The traffic deputy, Jose de Jesus Rodriguez Campoy, explained that the center lane of the north-south Boulevard will be closed from the Integral Port Administration (API) to the entrance to Marina Vallarta at the height of the whale, with a schedule of 7 : 00 to 11:00, and in the case of the side lane in that direction, the closing will take place on the same stretch from 00:00 hours on July 7 until eleven o'clock.

In regards to the side lane from south to north, the circulation will be in the opposite direction, ie from north to south and the side lane will operate normally.

He said that to ensure the smooth running of this operation, it will have the support of 30 road agents, who will be at all times in the middle of the traffic flow to guide motorists.

Campoy Rodriguez considered that the effect on the roads will not be great because it is Sunday and the traffic flow at that hour of the morning is not high, but the public is recommended to take precautions and use alternate routes , in this case Mexico avenue and Francisco Villa, and follow the directions of the road elements for better traffic flow.

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They seek to detonate the domestic and foreign investment in the area and consolidate a sustainable tourism model

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (28/JUN/2013.) - The deputy Juan José Cuevas Garcia said in a press conference that he will present in a plenary session a legislative initiative of agreement through which he will prompt the governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz to consider the relevance of moving the headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism of the State (Sectur) to the City of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.

This as a strategic measure to direct uptake and utilization of federal government support to detonate the domestic and foreign investment, promote economic development and competitiveness in the area, as well as consolidate the sustainable tourism model of this important destination.

Jalisco notes that there are several alternatives to vacation where there is a promotion of cultural tourism, religious, magical towns, business and tourism of sun and beach. In this context, the municipality of Puerto Vallarta distinguishes itself. Given its importance, he says that it is convenient to make strategies and take actions to exploit the natural advantages of geographic location and increase and strengthen its tourism development.

He states that in May of 2013 the Federal Ministry of Tourism through the Tourism Board of Mexico introduced the Comprehensive International Promotion Vallarta-Nayarit, which will spend more than ten million dollars to promote these two destinations as a single product. For which they should promote specialized and accessible financial schemes that serve to promote tourism investments, a situation that is not currently happening in that destination.

Another argument is that the Managment of Tourism of the Port fails to meet the needs and demands of the public and private sectors in the area, for which considering a strategic relocation of the ministry to Puerto Vallarta will create tangible and immediate results in the economic and human aspects.

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In order to evaluate the progress of the works to prevent floods that run in the Portales, streamline its process and allow for the arrival of all the resources for its completion, the mayor, Ramon Guerrero Martinez, met Tuesday with the Director of Preventive Regulations and Financial Instruments of the Disaster Fund (Fonden) of the Interior Ministry, Claudia Núñez Peredo, Roberto Davalos, Secretary of Infrastructure and Public Works of the State Government and Hector Perez Partida, undersecretary of Finance in the state, with whom he also made a tour of supervision.

During the meeting, the mayor of Vallarta presented the state in which these works are kept, which have increased by 70 percent and already show the benefit they represent for the different colonies of this area of ​​the city. But it is important that the resources reach the municipality on time, so that they can finish before the month of September, which is the deadline for implementation.

He also took advantage of this meeting to manage more resources of the Fopreden for the realization of other upstream projects with an investment of 30 million pesos and likewise, addressed to the Secretary of Infrastructure and Public Works, the project to expand to four lanes the nearly 14 miles of the Mexico avenue and the construction of the collector that is required in the area.

This work is one of the commitments we have with the state governor and represents an investment of about 150 million, "it will allow us to solve the final problem of the Mexico Avenue related to floods but also to be one of the principal axes of mobility within the municipality, "said Guerrero Martinez.

He noted that he will seek to achieve a resource pool of the three government levels of in between 120 and 150 million pesos for the rehabilitation of roads.

For his part, the undersecretary of Finance Hector Perez Partida, found that it was a productive meeting, "because it will unlock everything, to give it agility, especially for companies that are participating in the construction of these works, so that they have sufficient liquidity to complete them in time". "

During these projects, the mayor was accompanied by the Councillor Mendoza Susana Carreño, president of the Disaster Prevention Committee, the CEO of Infrastructure and Services of City Hall, Oscar Delgado Chavez and deputy director of Disaster Prevention and Firefighters, Sergio Ramírez López, besides the commander Nicolas Hernandez Arvizu, head of the regional base of Disaster Prevention of the state.

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There were even uncovered drains in some areas

It is the image of the destination and it looks pretty sloppy since a few weeks ago

Francisco Medina Ascencio Avenue, the main artery of the city and undisputed image of the port to the domestic and foreign tourism, looks pretty neglected since several weeks ago.

Entrepreneurs and hoteliers of Vallarta have been lamenting lately about the neglect and abandonment in which the city's main avenue has been left, which connects the northern entrance with the southern exit of Puerto Vallarta, to the hotel zone and downtown city​​.

In a couple of emails sent to Vallarta Opina, hoteliers and entrepreneurs report that the last great repair that was made in Medina Ascencio Avenue was during the month of March of last year, prior to the completion of the Tourism Tianguis of Mexico when the ridges were fixed, potholes were capped, sewers were repaired, the surrounding streets and avenues were signaled, besides arranging in an exemplary manner all of the garden areas.

However, a year and three months later, Medina Ascencio Avenue looks generally quite neglected and even abandoned, despite that the current city administration has prioritized the installation of a sprinkler irrigation system, a process that continues to advance toward the international airport of this city.

The reproachful comments are mainly related to the overgrown grass in the central ridges, dry palms falling on the turf and the shrubs which are overflowing and invading in some sections the central lanes of the city's main avenue.

There are also references in different areas of the avenue, of open sewers and broken grids which represent a real danger to pedestrians and motorists.

They point out that the strip does not represent the image of a tourist destination presumed to be of first class with quality services, as the Medina Ascencio offers a depressing picture, unworthy of a beach destination like Puerto Vallarta, that during the last two decades has stood as the second national tourist destination, just behind Cancun.

In both emails received on this journal, the authors point out that the municipal government has to take action on the matter as soon as possible, as the summer season formally starts next Friday afternoon, with the end of the school cycle.

THE CLUE:

The reproachful comments are mainly related to the overgrown grass in the central ridges, dry palms falling on the turf and the shrubs which are overflowing and invading in some sections the central lanes of the city's main avenue.

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The Municipal Department of Disaster Prevention received several reports of flooded farms, logs and fallen branches

The effects of tropical storm "Delilah" were felt strong, last night, in the region of Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay, where floods were reported in several different directions of both municipalities.

"Delilah" was located at 22:00 hours at 245 kilometers southwest of La Fortuna, Jalisco, according to information provided by the National Weather Service, an agency of the National Water Commission (Conagua).

According to the report of the Municipal Disaster Prevention Department, the heavy rain that hit Puerto Vallarta began about 20:15 pm and lasted until after 21:45 hours, but the first half hour of torrential rain was enough to flood streets and avenues of the city, especially the avenues Francisco Medina Ascencio and Francisco Villa, and the surrounding streets in colonies like Versailles, Diaz Ordaz, Vein, Gaviotas, Los Mangos and all the Fluvial Vallarta area, as well as in various colonies of the delegation of the Pitillal.

The National Weather Service reported about 12 o'clock Monday night that the Tropical Storm Dalila began to move away from domestic shores and, therefore, of the coast of Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit, although the weather phenomenon could intensify to hurricane levels during the early hours of this Tuesday.

The circulation of Tropical Storm Dalila causes cloud disintegration towards the states of Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit and southern Sinaloa, which will promote strong to very heavy rains on those states, according to last night's National Weather Service report.

The Municipal Department of Disaster Prevention received several reports from last night, especially due to home-room flooding, fallen tree trunks and branches, as well as stone material and debris dragging. At press time, about two in the morning, the biggest mishaps or casualties had not been informed in this journal , although reports were received from many cars stranded on streets and avenues of the city.

THE CLUE:

The circulation of Tropical Storm Dalila causes cloud disintegration towards the states of Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit and southern Sinaloa, which will promote strong to very heavy rains on those states.

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The enterprise that caused the death of tons of fish has already been closed down.

A spill of molasses and other feed enrichment products for pigs and cattle, from a company located in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zuniga, caused fish kills at the dam of the population of San Pedro Valencia, municipality of Juárez Acatlán, polluting that site which is the main source of employment for 250 people living in the community of the same name.

According to information from the fishing cooperative, it is estimated that the loss is over 300 tons of produce, tilapia and carp, but most troubling is the degree of contamination that could reach the water which is currently at 20 percent of its storage capacity, which the villagers hoped that would recover in this rainy season.

Due to the events that have been presented, the fishing cooperative will file a complaint made ​​against those responsible for the ecocide.

The municipal delegate, Arceo Arturo Evangelista, said that the problem began on Friday June 21 with a spill of what looks like molasses to a tributary of the dam and three days later, in the community of San Antonio Mazatepec they reported that the water was getting very red, therfore the town immediately made these facts known to the State Department for Environmental Protection (Proepa) to investigate these events.

In that sense, the actions in concrete started, where first the inspection points were defined by the Fishermen's Cooperative in coordination with the Municipal Government, making a tour of all storm water channels and drainage, thus reaching a company, in which it was found that large quantities of molasses were overflowing of its facilities to a canal that leads to the dam, and due to the rains that occurred in the week, made it so that the material spilled into the dam.

For now, the municipal authority of Juarez Acatlán ruled to quarantine the dam, and is waiting for laboratory results emited both by the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) and the State Water Commission (Conagua), instances who took water and fish samples to determine the nature and degree of damage.

It is worth noting that staff of the City Public Works, has been cleaning the area since last June 27 and implemented a pit for the final destination of the dead fish, while people from the Administrative Office coordinated themselves with the Department of Disaster Prevention to cordon off the affected area and safeguard the physical integrity of the population. Likewise they coordinated their activities with Public Security to alert the community about the problem of pollution and keep people away from the water.

On his behalf, the mayor of Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Ismael del Toro, said that as soon as he was aware of the environmental disaster that was caused by the company which also caused the death of fish in Hurtado Dam, being more affected the municipality of Acatlan, he ordered the closure of the company.

Likewise he requested the mayor of Acatlán de Juárez, as well as instances of state government, which have a coordination dedicated to such problems, to find a quick solution. He also noted that the violations of the company in question, are enough to keep it inoperative.

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With an originality that included the linens and food containers, plates of the 22 institutions of our country were presented. Dishes with autochthonous and original flavors decorated the culinary exposition of high school students of sixth semester, held at the premises of the University of the Valle de Atemajac, Campus Puerto Vallarta.

The teacher Luis Ignacio Zúñiga Bobadilla, general director of Univa-PV congratulated all of the participants of this magnificent culinary sample. Likewise he recognized the work of the teachers María Magdalena Bustamante Andalón coordinator of the High School and María Esther Zúñiga who is in charge of the organization of the event, as well as the head of the High School Eduardo Castelo Ceica, for their enormous support and attention to this type of events.

The general director mentioned that these type of academic exercises go beyond the classroom, leading them to obtain professional experience which besides being in the field of competition, allows them to put into practice what they learn in the classroom, where they acquire confidence and create knowledge, which is an important aspect of the interactive pedagogical model.

Gastronomy, Mexican patrimony

The sample was a complete success, as expressed by the special guests, household parents and administrative and support personnel of the House of Studies. In this sense the teacher María Esther Zúñiga, coordinator and responsible of the subject Touristic Patrimony of Mexico, said that the participating group, Sixth Semester has distinguished itself for its dedication and being in charge of all the logistical aspects, which range from buying inputs to the preparation of meals, some of them with ingredients brought from their place of origin.

Lastly it was mentioned that they were gastronomic samples from the representative dish of each state of the country. Two hundred members of the university community were invited, including teaching and administrative personnel, special guests and students. The work of high schools was always in teams. The formal colouring of the presentations gave life to the almost 80 meters of exposition in which they invested a little more than five thousand pesos. The time required for planning was several weeks, with hundreds of hours dedicated to collect ingredients and finally, their preparation and transport. It is worth noting that everything was made by young enthusiasts from high school under the supervision of the teacher Zúñiga.

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On this Sunday; it will start in the rodeo of Las Juntas

His family and friends who still remember him, will make a small tribute, to whom in life was one of the most beloved and appreciated characters of the region.

Editorial Staff.

Puerto Vallarta Jalisco News.- With the objective of commemorating the good father and loyal friend whom in life was Rodolfo Domínguez Valle, who also distinguished himself for being one of the most beloved and appreciated characters of our region, this Sunday 23, his family and friends who still remember him, will organize a small tribute in his memory, precisely with one of his life passions, which was his love for the equestrian activity.

The concentration point for those who desire to participate in this horse ride, will be in the premises of the rodeo of the delegation of Las Juntas, where the group will gather to start their journey at ten o clock in the morning, initially following the main streets of the delegation of Las Juntas and from there retaking the road to their final destination which will be the town of El Zancudo.

The invitation is open to horsemen and horsewomen, as well as all of the regional charro associations, including those of the municipalities of the zona costa and sierra de Jalisco as well as from Bahía de Banderas and Compostela of the state of Nayarit who would like to incorporate themselves into this typical country ride which has become a great tradition and, at the same time, a recreational activity.

For this event, there will be the support of the municipal government of Vallarta headed by the major Ramón Guerrero Martínez, who has given instructions for the implementation of a security system and special transit to facilitate the passing of the horses and to be able to offer help in case of an emergency.

To end the day and to conclude with excellence the festivities in honor of the esteemed engineer Rodolfo Domínguez, there will be a lunch gathering in the ranch that is the property of Mr. Antonio Arreola, located in the community of El Zancudo, which will also have folk music to liven the environment.

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In between the administration of ecology, authorities and environmental associations

In partnership with Wildlife Connection, Profepa and the Marine Corp Administration collaborating to guard fishing activities

Editorial Staff

Puerto Vallarta Jalisco News.- The director of Environment and Ecology of Puerto Vallarta, Luis González Guevara, confirmed that they are already collaborating with Wildlife Connection, around the strategies for the protection of the dolphin and the integration of a database for their identification, while they solicit to the Department of Environmental Protection (Profepa) and the Marine Corp Administration, to make coordinated actions for keeping watch over the fishing activities in the shores of the municipality and thus avoid the extinction or damage of this specie.

He pointed out that up to date the death of three cetaceans has been registered, the last one was found last Tuesday 200 meters from the coast line of Palo María, it being an adult female of a length of approximately 1.90, in an advanced state of decomposition, without signs of lacerations or marks which suggests that it was a death by natural causes. However pointed out González Guevara, it is not yet certain if the death could have been caused by non allowed fishing practices, motive for which coordinated actions are promoted for its vigilance.

What he did discard definitively, was that the quality of the water could be the cause of death, as she was found in a certified beach that is monitored each week with positive results.

The official indicated that even though the case is not severe, it is a topic which must be attended, for which there is the support of Wildlife Connection, winner of the Ecological Merit 2013. The organization has experience working with this specie, as well as in identifying its different groups with the objective of creating a database at a local level in which the points where the deaths are being detected can be registered, of dolphins as well as of turtles. This information will be incorporated into a national database.

Furthermore, he pointed out that the proposal was delivered to the Profepa and the Marine Corps Administration to develop "coordinated actions geared towards the vigilance and verification of net fishing. It is going to be made randomly and we are going to go to different beaches" with the end of "determining what is happening, what are we finding, legal and illegal fishing activities, what type of net is being used, if it is allowed or not and if it is closed season".

Likewise, there will be a promotion of an adequate execution of touristic and recreational activities so that the life and health of this cetacean is not put into risk, as well as of the whales and other species which inhabit or visit this bay. The population also needs to be aware that they have to keep the passageway of rivers and streams clean, as the trash ends up at sea and could cause the obstruction of the digestive system of these sea creatures which could end in their death.

Luis González commented that from the three dead dolphins found up to now in the coast of Vallarta, only one of them, which was a calf, had propeller marks, for which he recommended that those who make use of propeller boats, that if they detect or get near a group of dolphins, that they do so at a moderate speed, especially in between the months of May and August which is when they are born and run a greater risk of being hurt by the propellers.

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Grand-TelescopeIt is an instrument that will enable studies which reveal information about the origin of the first galaxies of the universe and render great scientific and academic contributions, defined the specialist in radio-astronomy José Antonio García Barreto, referring to the Large Millimeter Telescope “Alfonso Serrano”, which recently initiated its first stage of scientific operations from the Sierra Negra volcanoe, in Puebla.