The objective of this program is that children and young people actively involved in creating, developing and carrying out their rights

For children and young people understand and enforce their rights, the System for Integral Family Development (DIF) of Puerto Vallarta, chaired by Magaly Ortiz Fregoso, invites children and youth of the town to join the program DIFusores Children.

The DIFusores Children program aims to promote and disseminate the Convention rights for children and adolescents, is why the body care visit various educational institutions to report to children about their rights, so they know the guarantees with that count, and identify the resources that are granted by law.

Sergio Rojas Paul Rodriguez, program coordinator, said that the aim of they know their guarantees fundamental objective the prevention of crimes affecting the overall development of children.

He said the aim of the competition is for children diffusers create spaces for children and adolescents have the opportunity to express and publicize the rights of children in their community. "We prepare children to learn not only their rights but also their duties," he said.

It should be noted that through state DIF 228 scholarships were awarded for a total of 2000 pesos per child, which will be of benefit to families participating in prevention programs of the Office of Child Protection. Department in their programs served a total of 11 thousand 500 children and their families.

For more information we invite you to turn to the program offices located in the Department of Child Protection (IPR) in Coapinole colony.

The objective of this program is that children and young people actively involved in creating, developing and carrying out their rights

For children and young people understand and enforce their rights, the System for Integral Family Development (DIF) of Puerto Vallarta, chaired by Magaly Ortiz Fregoso, invites children and youth of the town to join the program DIFusores Children.

The DIFusores Children program aims to promote and disseminate the Convention rights for children and adolescents, is why the body care visit various educational institutions to report to children about their rights, so they know the guarantees with that count, and identify the resources that are granted by law.

Sergio Rojas Paul Rodriguez, program coordinator, said that the aim of they know their guarantees fundamental objective the prevention of crimes affecting the overall development of children.

He said the aim of the competition is for children diffusers create spaces for children and adolescents have the opportunity to express and publicize the rights of children in their community. "We prepare children to learn not only their rights but also their duties," he said.

It should be noted that through state DIF 228 scholarships were awarded for a total of 2000 pesos per child, which will be of benefit to families participating in prevention programs of the Office of Child Protection. Department in their programs served a total of 11 thousand 500 children and their families.

For more information we invite you to turn to the program offices located in the Department of Child Protection (IPR) in Coapinole colony.

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Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection and Fire Puerto Vallarta, who started with the rescue manoeuvres.

Quick action by elements of the Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection and Fire-fighters to the rescue of two workers who were suspended in a cage at about 40 meters while performing maintenance work on a hotel tall.

Realizing what happened fellow workers reported the facts to the authorities immediately going several officers of the Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection and Fire Puerto Vallarta, who started with the rescue manoeuvres.

The maneuvers lasted for over half an hour due to a difficult to access place, ropes were used and not without difficulty that lead people to the fifteenth floor where he proceeded to provide pre-hospital care to Jose Cruz Flores 47 Raúl Muñoz old terraces and 44, who had high blood pressure and nervous breakdown, being transferred to the clinic 42 Social Security.

It was at 10:00 am on Monday when two painters performing work on the façade of the hotel Secrets Vallarta Bay located on Calle David Alfaro Siqueiros and Febronio Uribe in the hotel zone Las Glorias, they were within a basket on the floor 15 and suddenly one of the pulleys that hold the rack gear broke down and was released, so were only supported by one of the pulleys. However, they were rescued by local elements.

Once the rescue of employees, staff Municipal Civil Protection conducted devoted to inspect the scene, detecting the fault is caused by the poor condition of the gears of the rack, so that the corresponding recommendations turned to compliance with proper maintenance of work equipment.

In the accelerated globalization processes there are tendencies that present new opportunities and challenges regarding exterior policy in order for the population to reach wellbeing, assured the Governor of the State of Jalisco, Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz.

“In Jalisco, since the beginning of our administration, we have placed wellbeing as a fundamental axis for the Government actions", he stated when participating in the First Government Panel of the XXV Meeting of Ambassadors and Consuls, in the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.

“To look for points in common that allow us to confront in a better way these challenges of the modern world is the strategy that we have established in Jalisco, because we are sure that in the cooperation between individuals, strength can be achieved".

The Governor reckoned the international meetings carried out in Jalisco during the first year of his administration, like "Mexico, Business Summit", which generated in the state investments for more than 500 million dollars and the actions performed outside the country to strengthen the structure of las Casas Jalisco, like the one located in Chicago, which received the non profit status. He pointed out that those actions contribute to the study of the new social phenomenon, which is the returning immigration. It is estimated, he said, that in between 2005 and 2010, at least 1.4 million Mexicans returned to the country. To understand that phenomenon will allow us to take the necessary actions to convert it into a generator of economic development of the state.

"We are convinced that there are advantages in the state so that the international community puts Jalisco in their agenda". Among them, he cited the central project of the Creative Digital City, which will be the first cluster of creative cultural and industrial economies of Mexico, and which will place the entity at the same level of cities such as Montreal, in Canada and London, in the U.K., where similar organisms operate.

He also talked about the actions carried out by his Government to guarantee that Jalisco continues being the giant food producer of the country, which represents not only a global challenge but is also a key factor so that Mexico is able to achieve food security. And he asked for the support of Mexican diplomats for the denomination of the place of origin of the tequila.

Sandoval Díaz also announce that on March, the state will be the host of the International Food Security Seminary, which is one of the international events that will be celebrated in the state during 2014.

A little before, the Secretary of Foreign Relations, José Antonio Meade, announce that next week, Jalisco will be hosting the Parliamentary Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Region.

“The creative city in which Guadalajara has transformed itself, the spaces of competitive advantage that the state of Jalisco has, make many people think that they could reproduce the type of ecosystem that gave way to Silicon Valley in the United States", expressed the head of the Ministry of Foreign Relations when speaking to the Jaliscan Governor.

During his stay in Mexico City, the governor of Jaliso had private meetings with the ambassador of Mexico in the United States, Eduardo Medina Mora; with the ambassador of Mexico in Germany, Patricia Espinoza; with Francisco Suárez Dávila, ambassaador of Mexico in Canada; with Julián Ventura Valero, ambassador of Mexico in China, and with Lorena Larios, adjunct director of global themes of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.

THIS IS HOW HE SAID IT:

“The value of the agricultural production of the state surpassed 27 billion pesos and the one of livestock production reached 67 billion pesos. Today there is still a lot of room for growth if we manage to link the field of technology to achieve an ordered and sustainable development".

Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz

Governeor of the State of Jalisco

THE DATA:

Jalisco provided 12.59 per cent of the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country in 2012.

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• More than 36 thousand 500 jobs that already existed were inscribed in the IMSS

At the closing of 2013, the state of Jalisco placed first place at a national level in regards to formalization of employments. A total of 36 thousand 594 employments that already existed were formalized when they were inscribed in the Mexican Institute of Social Insurance (IMSS).

This was the result of the 10 thousand 700 labor inspections that were carried out from March to December through the Management of Social Prevision of the Ministry of Labor, under Juan Fernando Ramírez Arrona, who informed that of the total of registrations before the IMSS, seven thousand 238 correspond to agricultural workers.

It was made known that this month, the company Bioparques de Occidente attended the installations of the Ministry of Labor situated in Calzada de las Plamas No. 30 to present the corresponding documentation for the registration of two thousand 594 agricultural workers who recently inscribed in the IMSS, and who will work in the harvest season 2013-2014.

With this, the Ministry of Labor offers unprecedented results in the history the agriculture of Jalisco and is an example on a national scale, before the lack of protection for agricultural workers in Mexico.

Municipalities will be regularized

The director of Social Prevision announced that next year, they will continue with the labor inspections, looking to formalize the greatest possible number of employments that currently exist but that lack the benefits provided by law.

Also they will seek that the 90 city councils of Jalisco that don't have their employees inscribed in the IMSS, adhere to an agreement, through which it is intended to benefit all those employees that for years have worked without this provision.

Ramírez Arrona comands a group of 17 inspectors, which during the period of March to December of 2013 have been carrying out inspections that made possible to formalize the greatest number of employments in the history of Jalisco.

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In many ways, La Bahía de Navidad, on Mexico's Costa Alegre ("Christmas Bay on the Happy Coast"), is an inexpensive, small-town version of up-scale Puerto Vallarta four hours to the north. With a Mexican population of just a few thousand friendly folks, the 500 or so full-year expats integrate easily into Barra de Navidad and Melaque, the two towns on the bay. Melaque is a typical ocean-side Mexican village where fishing, agriculture, and tourism provide a relaxed lifestyle for the locals. Barra de Navidad is chic and picturesque, with good restaurants and jumping nightspots, anchored by the elegant Grand Bay Hotel on the south-east side. Both of these towns receive thousands of winter visitors each year, primarily Canadian snowbirds celebrating their escape from the freezing weather back home by sunbathing and drinking frosty margaritas.

The Bahía of Navidad has rightfully earned a reputation as an outstanding wintering destination, and a full-year retreat for those folks that love hot weather. The bay is well-connected by air to both the United States and Canada, and the rest of Mexico, with flight times of just a few hours. The influx of winter visitors provides plenty of stimulation and seasonal business opportunities for those expats searching for a full-year retreat.

If your dream haven includes sunny beaches, good restaurants, friendly people, fishing, boating, and surfing in a small-town setting, then this area will put a special smile on your face.

Punta de Mita took the top spot as a family friendly surf vacation destination on the surf portal www.theinertia.com.

The Riviera Nayarit has been keeping itself in the spotlight in different specialized tourism publications. On this occasion, surf portal www.theinertia.com gave it first place among the Top Five Family Friendly Surf Vacation destinations.

Punta de Mita was highlighted as the best place to go for this audience according to writer Matt Thomson, thanks to its beginners’ breaks, warm water and fantastic amenities for families.

The article makes note of the differences of surfing as a youth, when any wave and any place was great, to surfing when one is married with children, when safety suddenly becomes an issue and conditions need to be right for kids.

“The sunny coastline just north of Puerto Vallarta is full of surf potential. Surfers have been coming here for decades, drawn to the wide variety of waves and picturesque backdrops,” states Thomson in the article.
 
The complete Top 5 list includes Punta de Mita in the Riviera Nayarit; Belize; Playa Negra in Costa Rica; Tofino in British Colombia; and Siargo Island in the Philippines.

He also says El Anclote is the best place for beginners’ breaks: “The waves are long, rolling and break in both directions, offering the chance for multiple surfers on each wave.”
He adds: “Punta Mita is a bit of a playground for the world’s rich and famous and the accommodations reflect this.”

Matt Thomson is also the founder of www.wavevacation.com, another page dedicated to recommending top surf spots, where he also mentions Sayulita.

“Don’t miss the nearby funky surf town of Sayulita which features a beginner point break, horseback riding, ATV tours, zip lining and great restaurants,” he says in the article.

He also considers the tour to Marietas Islands a must. These publications and recommendations are the result of the constant promotional efforts expended by the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB).

You can read the articles here: http://www.theinertia.com/surf/the-5-most-family-friendly-surf-vacations/

http://wavecation.com/search/breaks/mexico/mainland-mexico/sayulitapunta-de-mita.

It is well known that education means development everywhere; I see it as very indispensable, therefore I am betting on education”, commented the MBA student of the University of Guadalajara, Adelaida Vianey Breceda Piedra, who this day received from the hands of the Municipal President, Rafael Cervantes Padilla, a support of 25 thousand 739 pesos to be able to travel to Spain in occasion of an academic exchange with the Pablo de Olive University, in the city of Seville.

Arnulfo Ortega, president of the Comparmex

After having been officially inaugurated, “Mi Tienda” sells what is produced in 14 municipalities of the district

Puerto Vallarta Jalisco News.- Arnulfo Ortega, president of the Coparmex in Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay, manifested that we should promote the consumption of natural products, of the best quality, that are made in this region.

He said that in the past week he assisted to the official inauguration of “Mi Tienda”, situated very near the Francisco Villa Avenue of Puerto Vallarta, where the best handmade “products” are sold.

“It is very important that the products of our region are made known. And that the interest is raised for all those entrepreneurs who want to start a small business”.

“Here the important thing is to promote the products of the region. All the family businesses, start out with a hope to grow. I consider that this part is very important, where there has been the idea of giving a small push to all those who are interested in promoting the products of the region”.

Of course they are natural, first rate products. I consider that it is a grain of sand for all those who are interested, as they will confront negative situations.

For example, in Puerto Vallarta good bread is sold. We started in 1990, so that is 24 years in the local market. Besides our company is generating between 85 and 90 direct employments. Evidently we have placed our bets on the quality of our product, he concluded.

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Gianni Ramírez Ocampo clarified, that before carrying out the road works, the drinkable water and sewer networks will be modified: “all the basic infrastructure will be entirely new, this implies civil work and the placing of lights in a 2.5 kilometer long structure”.

Tepic, Nayarit News.- Gianni Ramírez Ocampo, Secretary of Public Works of the government of the state, revealed that in the continuation of the boulevard Aguamilpa, the state government will invest around 45 million pesos.

He explained, that with the work more than 20 thousand families that live by the zone will be benefited and the work will be finished in a period of 3 months, “maximum”.

He clarified, that before carrying out the road works, the drinkable water and sewer networks will be modified: “all the basic infrastructure will be entirely new, this implies civil work and the placing of lights in a 2.5 kilometer long structure”.

Ramírez Ocampo underlined, that this work will be carried out by the nayaritan company El Caminero: “it is a local company, that I am sure will guarantee the works, it is El Caminero, a company with a lot of years of experience in this type of work, it does a lot of work for the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, and I dare to say that it is one of the 10 biggest companies of the Pacific, between Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit and of course Colima. This guarantees the execution of the works because it means that it has financial capacity, so we will not have any problem”.

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The secretary of Tourism, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, said that Mexico's cultural heritage is the great differentiator that can give the country an edge in the global tourism market.

In the world we are relevant in regards to tourism and undoubtedly we are one of the greatest comparative advantages in the country's cultural and historical heritage, he said.

Ruiz Massieu explained this by opening the XIII International Congress of Tourism, organized by the National Tourism Business Council (CNET) where he pointed out that one of the objectives of the SECTUR is to bring tourism to the highest level and to diversify the offer.

He stressed the importance of coordinating the efforts of the government and the private and social sectors, particularly in cultural tourism, in order to give value to the culture-tourism binomial, because the latter, he said, is nothing if you have no content, a depth that gives meaning to the tourist experience.

The head of the Tourism Ministry stated that at present, all countries are trying to articulate their government actions to join tourism and culture, in order to increase the flow of visitors and generate economic development.

In the case of Mexico, he said, the President Enrique Peña Nieto created the Tourist Office, which works to boost tourism, and a public policy is being designed to allow that the government actions align, in order to add value to the cultural heritage that makes our country different.

"We are convinced that our cultural heritage is our strength", said Ruiz Massieu, noting that tourism is important, but it is also a means to help generate wealth for all.

He lauded that the theme of the XIII International Tourism Congress is precisely cultural tourism, as it joins the project to promote Mexico and, in particular, give a strong boost to our culture.

The event was also attended by the president of CNET, Pablo Azcárraga, the Chairman of the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta), Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, the Rector of the Universidad Anahuac, Jesús Quirce Andrés, and there was the attendance of the CEOs Tourism Promotion Council of Mexico (CPTM), Rodolfo López Negrete, and the National Fund for Tourism Development (FONATUR), Héctor Gómez Barraza.

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"In our government we strongly believe that the generation of knowledge is essential to achieve development" said the Governor of the State of Jalisco, Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz, when delivering the State Prize for Science, Technology and Innovation today at Casa Jalisco.

The governor noted that the main objective of his Government in this area, is that Jalisco grows from a model that incorporates the knowledge generated in the state to the productive sector, "for which" he added, "it is necessary to generate a virtuous circle, starting in science and technology learning". This was said in reference to the triple helix model that his administration has promoted, which coordinates the efforts of academia, the private sector and the Government.

In order to achieve this goal the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology (SICYT) was created, for which the Governor expressed his willingness to steadily increase its budget in the same rate as it is increased nationally.

He recalled that the President, Enrique Peña Nieto, has pledged to increase, by 2018, the budget for science and technology to one percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), the minimum recommended by international standards.

This increase will directly benefit the states, but he added that Jalisco should make a parallel effort so that the federal push is not diluted and detonates development, from the applied and socialized knowledge.

To achieve this goal, the Governor showed the importance that Jalisco doubles by 2014 the percentage of GDP that today is devoted to science, technology and innovation, as well as that the entity goes up in the national ranking of patent registration - one of the most relevant indicators to measure the development in science and technology - and where Jalisco currently ranks fourth. "Only by making a commitment to science and technology we will be able to face and overcome many of the problems we face as a society", he stressed.

On the other hand, the state governor recognized the winners of the State Prize of Science, Innovation and Technology, who he said, are a testament to how knowledge serves society: "I'm sure the winners, in all editions of this recognition have made a valuable contribution to scientific and technological development of our state, and consequently, the growth of Jalisco".

"In Mexico we can no longer afford to consume second-hand science and technology," said Sandoval Diaz, "we need to generate our own knowledge and become actors because only then we will be in the route of wellbeing".

The Governor was accompanied in the presidium by the Secretary of Innovation, Science and Technology, Jaime Reyes Robles; the Secretary of Education, Francisco Ayón López; the director of the Council for Science and Technology of Jalisco (COECYTJAL), Hector Eduardo Gómez Hernández; and the representative of Education Institutions in the Board of Directors of COECYTJAL, Roberto Carrillo López; the president of the Council of Industrial Chambers of Jalisco, Juan Alonso Niño Cota, and the rector of the University of Guadalajara, Izcóatl Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla.

THIS IS HOW HE SAID IT:

"Even though we have great challenges in this field, Jalisco is not in its infancy in the areas of science, technology and innovation. We have a lot of talent to boast about. We have made great progress, this thanks to you. Today we want to leverage that effort and build together a strong state, where growth is the product of knowledge and where each and every one of the citizens recognizes the importance of education, science, technology and innovation".

Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz
Governor of the State of Jalisco

THE DATA:

Since 2001 the State Prize for Science, Technology and Innovation is awarded through the COECYTJAL. The recognized categories are Science, Innovation, Technology, Thesis, Early Research and Outreach. One hundred and fourteen applications were received, of which six projects were awarded, one for each category.

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