TVC Networks recorded on Saturday September 7 in Puerto Vallarta a special program called "Adopt Vallarta". It aims to show the friendly face to animals of this city through capsules of television programs.

The goal, according to the marketing manager of the company's television, Andrea Varona, is to show the actions in favor of animals that are performed in the city at civic associations involving PV Animal, Peace, Angelicat, SPCA, in addition to the animal collection center, in an event open to the public that will be taped and subsequently distributed to the pay channels TVC, TVC Deportes, Platino, Pánico, Cine Mexicano and ArtTVC, as well as youtube and social networks.

They will be addressing issues such as the result of the abandonment of pets in the streets. Also from 9am there will be free sterilization and adoptions of dogs and cats of all ages.

There will also be the participation of the private initiative, such as Westing Regina Hotel, labeled as "Pet Friendly", due to the facilities provided for visitors traveling with their pets.

Similarly, the destination will be promoted as an animal-friendly city, inviting visitors to enjoy it with their pets.

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He was quite a character of the Old Vallarta

The leader became ruler in four municipal governments

Carlos Everardo Robles Herrera was secretary general of the Federation of the CTM from 1974-1992, and four times alderman of Puerto Vallarta. When he died on Saturday night in Guadalajara he was 77 years old, and apparently he was about to publish a book on his memoirs that he had been writing for several years, shaping and writing the experiences not only in trade unionism and politics, but also Vallarta memories of the last century, where he was one of the creators of this tourist destination.
Also son of a trade unionist, Apolonio Robles Gil, although his father was a leader in the CROM, and Carlos Everardo, would become the leader of the CTM in Puerto Vallarta. He was born on May 14, 1936, in Corona Street in the property marked with the number 33. His mother was Enedina Herrera Herrera.
He had just turned 18 when on May 14, 1955, he obtained his first taxi permit, it was the sixth to be awarded in this city, then Carlos Everardo knew whom was to be fundamental in his union career, Heliodoro Hernández Loza. He was among the founders of the first taxi union, to constitute the section of the National Union of Motor Carriers.
"There were only seven site cars and we needed to be 23 drivers to form the union", he told in an interview 10 years ago to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the CTM in Puerto Vallarta. He recalled that in the worker parade of 1955, the CTM was a contingent that was not even a block away, and then a leader of the strongest labor union, CROM mocked them by saying "the dwarfs have already gotten angry", decades later in one of the last shows that headed the leader of the CTM in 1991, he said "well the dwarfs have already grown and plenty".
He happened to live in the times of unionism when the leaders were continuously reelected", he said when talking about his life in the CTM, where after 20 years as head of the Union of Trasportistas y Similares, he became in 1974 the secretary general of the Federation of the CTM, a position which he held until 1992.
It was also during his administration when he promoted housing actions that led the pattern for the first two housing units in Vallarta: Infonavit CTM and La Aurora.
Away for more than 20 years from the limelight of politics, he lived in Pitillal delegation, where in recent years he was engaged in writing his memoirs. He wrote from his memories of childhood, and of the time in 1963 when he was the interpreter of Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, because he knew English, which he had learned in the first language school that existed in Vallarta.
Or of those stories in his mobile-office, a white van, and that with his portfolio it was the office of the CTM, "when I got to the secretary general of the CTM, it did not have a brick cut in half" would say who during one of his many periods endowed this labor union with its own site, the building that was located on the street of Colombia, laying the foundation stone the maximum chief of the CTM, Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, also in what would be the sports unit of the CTM in Coapinole.
It was in the deed signing of the ten acres in Coapinole in which he would have a confrontation with Heliodoro Hernández Loza, as Robles Herrera wanted to do it on behalf of the unions of taxi drivers, but he was told that he had to do so on behalf of the federation.
"It was the permit holders and the drivers the ones who put the money; finally it was done as was asked by Don Heliodoro; it caused me pain; that was the only time I did not agree with who was always my guide and example".
The changes came
It was when Hernandez Loza's death, months after the death of his father, Apolonio Robles Gil, that amid a labor movement, Robles Herrera leaves the general secretariat in 1992.
"For me the absence of Don Heliodoro marked me, it was time to get away, and without him I knew that nothing could be the same", were the words of Carlos Everardo when he spoke about the ending of that chapter of his life.
"I think that I was able to understand that when don Heliodoro died, unionism would no longer be the same, so I left with the satisfaction of having given a heritage to the union, and the rest as they say is another story", this is how concluded the last interview he gave to this reporter in August 2003, when I was compiling the material for writing his memoirs, unpublished book at his death, which happened Saturday night.
Yesterday afternoon his remains would arrive to Puerto Vallarta, where they would be mourned at Funeraria San Jose, the remains of the CTM member who also passed to history as the only one who was alderman four times: first in the three years of José Vázquez Galván (1968 -70), after in the period of José Baugmarten Joya (1974-1977), later with Rafael González Pimienta (1980-1982) and finally in the administration presided by Rodolfo González Macías (1992-1995).

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The month of September is the month of theater in Puerto Vallarta, so the Vallarta Institute of Culture (IVC) by the hand of the master Fabián Alberto Sahagun, director of the Municipal Theatre and the director and producer Edgar Treviño, present during the national holidays a large package of plays in the forum of the Cuale Cultural Center.
There are three scenic proposals, the first is "The Toothbrush", a play of the absurd to be presented every Wednesday of September at 8 o'clock at night. It is worth noting that this setting is winer of the Encounter of the Theatre of the Interior in Lagos de Moreno and won the first place in the category of Best Director at the State Theatre shows, where it also won for best actress for the performance of Veronica Muñiz.
"How to be Gay and not die trying" is the second of these scenic presentations and is dedicated to the homophobia of some people in the country. It is five murder cases of homosexuals, focused on the search of how to survive when the eyes of society are set on the topic with judgment and criticism. This work is also mounted by Producciones Raquítica, under Edgar Treviño, it is presented on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 o'clock at night.
In the case of the master Alberto Fabián Sahagún Orozco, director of the Municipal Theatre, he presents the play "Letters to the Divine Prisoner" winning piece of the Encounter of the Theatre of the Interior in Lagos de Moreno, created and directed by Alberto Fabian himself, which he only presents this Saturday and Sunday, at 8 o'clock at night, on the stage of the Cuale river Island.
Thus the Vallarta Institute of Culture invites the entire community to enjoy local talent through these three presentations of affordable theater 50 and 60 pesos per person respectively.

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*Becoming the first state-level institution to obtain such recognition, it will be in early November when the results are disclosed.

The System for Integral Family Development (DIF) of Puerto Vallarta credited the first assessment made by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) of the convocation to get the Distinction Inclusive Company "Gilberto Rincón Gallardo 2013".
This award is given to companies or institutions, public or private, for hiring vulnerable persons including (elderly, disabled and people living with HIV) and developing actions to promote equal opportunities and non-discrimination.
Magaly Fregoso Ortiz, president of the Municipal DIF led the meeting and assessment review that was conducted by the authorities of the Ministry of Labor and asserted that the municipal government works to protect the rights of people with disabilities, the elderly, women and all the Vallartans in conditions of vulnerability.
She reported that of the nearly 400 people who work in the institution, 80 of them were hired for being in a vulnerable situation and invited companies to join the project and especially to respect the rights of the people, regardless of status, sex, race, religion, sexual preference, age or disability.
Meanwhile, Barajas Violeta del Carmen Soto, Assistant Trainer of the DIF said that after the evaluation, the only thing that is missing is that the verifier committee makes a verdict and it will be in November when the results are disclosed.
Thus, the Municipal DIF System became the first institution in the state in having such recognition granted by the Ministry of Labor, which aims to encourage participation in the generation of employment opportunities for women and people in vulnerability.
It should be noted that Distinction Inclusive Company "Gilberto Rincón Gallardo 2013, is promoted by the Undersecretary of Labor Inclusion and its substantive areas, through the federal labor delegations, state operating committees and networks of labor relations.
The Labour Ministry expects that by 2013 at least a thousand companies receive distinctions of Inclusive Business "Gilberto Rincón Gallardo" for good labor practices.

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The head of the Ministry of Health of Jalisco (SSJ), Jaime Agustin Gonzalez Alvarez led Wednesday's ceremony marking the National Day of the Altruistic Blood Donor. In the event he said that the Blood Transfusion Center of Jalisco (CJTS) registered an increase in altruistic donation of blood, from 7 percent recorded last year to 20 percent today.

González Álvarez explained that this situation is due to the support received from some companies and "significantly, through the Federation of University Students of the University of Guadalajara, which has been following us and which has been more in contact with us. The youth come to donate blood altruistically".

The health secretary said that the interaction of his agency with the industry sector will continue in order to get voluntary participation.

He also clarified that the celebration around the altruistic donation is marked in the calendar for August 25, and he stressed the importance of giving a little blood to help others, because any person, at some point in its life, could require a transfusion. As an example, Alvarez Gonzalez himself donated blood at the end of the formal ceremony.

Meanwhile, the owner of CJTS, Maria Guadalupe Becerra Leyva said after the celebration of the International Day of Voluntary Donations, that two months ago there has been an increase in donations through 14 extramural campaigns, capturing in this period, 355 units of blood. "Today we reported 20 percent of charitable giving. The goal for next year is 30 percent", he said. He also assured that this objective can be achieved with the help of college students.

Jalisco collects on average 130 thousand units of blood per year, corresponding to 9.2 percent of the national collection, of which 70 percent comes from institutional blood banks: IMSS, ISSSTE, civil Hospitals and CETS.

In the State there are 35 blood banks, of which five are institutional and the rest belong to private companies.

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Social Communication
Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta

* The courses and workshops are aimed at people who intend to learn a trade and start their own business

On September 2 will begin the school year 2013-2014 at the Center for Training and Community Development, which offers 18 workshops to the Vallarta population that wishes to learn a trade and start their own business.

"In the Training Center they are teaching skills that allow people to develop themselves personally and professionally and have the possibility of earning a cash income, besides creating jobs for others", said the director of the institution that belongs to the Municipal DIF, Mr. Cesar Venegas.

He said that the quota of the workshops that will begin on Monday of next week run from 15 to 20 people. In most courses there are morning and evening hours.

Have you thought about learning a trade and improving yourself? In the Training Center there is the offer of 18 workshops including: beauty culture, sewing, baking, crafts in bar, piñatas, crafts in textile paint and packaging

In addition to English, spa therapy (massage), fashion and design, nails, volleyball, karate and dance.

On Saturdays there is the offer of the workshops: maintenance and repair of air conditioners, food and beverage preparation, computers and basketball.

It should be noted that the courses are certified by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) through IDEFT. The requirements are two passport-size photographs, original birth certificate, and a copy of the voter registration card and curp.

More information in the phone 299 6434 or in Ecuador street, esquina 21 de Marzo of the colony Coapinole.

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In 2013, as part of the National Crusade "No Hunger" promoted by the Federal Government, the System for Integral Family Development (DIF) Jalisco will invest 437 million 711 thousand 357 pesos in their food programs, which will benefit 324 thousand 850 people in the 125 municipalities of the state that are deficient in their diet.

It also aims to operate jointly with the Ministry of Development and Social Integration (SEDIS) of the state and municipal DIF, besides with the actual beneficiaries, up to 40 sustainable community kitchens, in order to generate a greater impact in reducing hunger.

The general director of DIF Jalisco, Consuelo Jiménez González del Rosario said that the welfare agency will direct its efforts in three of the five areas comprising the National Crusade, one of these is to promote an adequate nutrition for people in poverty.

"We will also help to reduce acute child malnutrition and to improve indicators of weight and height, and we will promote community participation and mobilization of people against hunger and poverty", said González Jiménez.

She explained that, currently, one million 628 thousand 724 citizens of Jalisco suffer food shortages, which represents 22.1 percent of the total population of the state. In 78 municipalities, less than 25 percent of the people live in this situation, while in the other 47, the range of people who have trouble meeting nutritional needs is between 25 and 50 percent.

Gonzalez Jimenez added that DIF Jalisco undertakes a social commitment with a two-track approach: "First we will address the issues of immediacy, but we will also create conditions for improving production and income capabilities."

The planning director of DIF Jalisco, Melanea Leonor Orozco Llamas said that this model is currently working in the community of San Andrés Cohamiata, in the municipality of Mezquitic, where there was a survey of 311 households, of which, 103, in which 574 people are living, had severe food shortage.

"We want those who are in severe food scarcity to become beneficiaries of the dinning that is being enabled there", she said. She also expressed confidence in that "with all the other charity that they already have, such as pantry, breakfast and other kinds of rations, the rest of the people can be covered".

Another strategy that the DIF Jalisco will implement will be to strengthen social and human capital, so that individuals and groups are active subjects of their own development. For this the vocation of Community Development Centers will be redirected to generate value-added chains.

In Jalisco, the National Crusade "No Hunger" of the Federal Government will be implemented in six townships: Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, El Salto, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and Mezquitic.

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Classified as the first event of its kind in Puerto Vallarta, Tattoos 4 Food on Saturday grossed over 29 thousand dollars in kind for the foster home Máximo Cornejo.

The event started at 9 am in the studio Vallarta Ink, where eight tattoo artists, served people that attended to get a tattoo and in exchange donated nonperishable food, cleaning supplies and diapers. The last tattoo was finished at 10pm.

José Sanjuan, one of the organizers said that this first edition was a turning point to continue with similar events each year to support various associations.

"It is the first time in the history of Vallarta that an event like this is made, but we had friends who came from Guadalajara, Tepic, San Luis Potosi, Monterrey, and we know that we will do it again next year," said Sanjuan.

After the event a party was held which had a cost of 30 pesos, with which fruit and vegetables were bought for the foster home.

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The local deputy, Gustavo Gonzalez Villasenor, went to the town of San Sebastian del Oeste where he cut the inaugural ribbon of the Artisan Expo Sale of Soyatán 2013, to support the arts and culture, as well as the work of artisan groups in their development and the improvement of their economy. González Villaseñor pledged to continue working hard to keep supporting the bill and contribute to tourism promotion and the marketing of artisanal creations. During the opening ceremony, the local legislator received from the President of San Sebastian del Oeste, Yecenia Pulido, an award for providing support to the event, in which the deputy stressed that she will continue supporting women in remote communities in their training in craftsmanship and other trades as this allows them to grow, to be better people every day and contribute to the welfare of their families. It is noteworthy that this exhibition will be open to the public from August 15 to 18 in the corridors of the City Hall of San Sebastian del Oeste, where one can find traditional, frayed, beaded accessories, embroidery, among other handmade items, as well tasting typical dishes of the region.

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The civil partnership Alas en Libertad is inviting to the campaign of collecting bottle caps in order to gather as many as they can to sell them to a recycler, to generate funds to support poor people with cancer.

Ammsi Bautista, spokesman of the association, said that this is the second year the campaign is performed, through which it was possible to help a lot of people from various regions of the state and even the country, which are taken care of in the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, "what was gathered served many people who don't have the resources for transport expenses or medication."

He explained that it is the staff of the Guadalajara association which is responsible for selecting people who need support, "among them last year, were some of Puerto Vallarta, this support is even, there is no differentiation in origin or other characteristics but simply in the degree of need that you have. "

The promoter of the campaign also explained that the help is mainly for adults since they have found that there are many campaigns to collect resources for children, but there are many adults who suffer a lot to gather resources to travel to Guadalajara, spend the night in the city, buy food and transportation, and many, for the lack of these resources, do not follow the treatment.

"We want people to not have to stop going to the hospital for lack of money, whatever can be gathered should be for support, so that stays of patients who are facing health difficulties and derivative financial problems for no longer being able to work are sponsored. "

About the collection centers of bottle caps, he said that these are in several known points of the colonies of this city, he mentioned the Kublis café on Avenida Francisco Villa, some supermarkets and convenience stores that are identified with a sign alluding to the campaign .

About the event on September 7th, he said that it will go from noon to 10 pm, for which a program is being organized that includes popular artists, musicians, singers, clowns, dance and some other surprises with the intention that many people pass by and contribute with bottle caps or resources for this cause.

"We'll be in the city center on the boardwalk. We want to collect many bottle caps but also raise awareness of the importance of supporting the less fortunate and those who suffer from this disease. We invite you to get to know testimonials from people that with this aid have been able to get ahead, especially with the social solidarity of this initiative".

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Starting next Wednesday, the photographs of the 8 beautiful girls who are part of this event will be published in the city's official website so that the public votes for its favorite

The candidates for the contest "Miss Vallarta 2013", participated last weekend in a photo shoot where the material will be published next Wednesday in the city's official website (www.puertovallarta.gob.mx) so that citizens vote for their favorite, and whoever gets the most support, will also have an extra point during the final.

They are eight beautiful young women who are trying to honorably represent Puerto Vallarta in the different events held in the city, besides being promoters of the natural beauty and attractiveness of this tourist destination to its visitors.

Some of the young participants are: Blanca Esther Meza Rodríguez, from the Bobadilla colony; Valeria Magdalena Gutiérrez Ruiz, representative of the López Mateos colony; Dulce Guadalupe Sánchez González of the delegation of El Pitillal; Brissa Alondra Peña Valadez, of Bobadilla; Elvira Saraí Campos Moncayo, from Real Ixtapa and Andrea Citlally Curiel Rodríguez, from El Pitillal.

All of them will participate in the final the next September 14th, where they will display their presence and growth to be crowned "Miss Vallarta 2013". It is noteworthy that in this photo shoot, the contestants were accompanied by the Municipal Director of Tourism, Carlos Gerard, and it took place at the Hotel Barceló, which is one of the sponsors of this event.

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In order to benefit the children of the foster home Máximo Cornejo, six tattoo professionals Conducted an event called "Tattos 4 Food", on Saturday August 17th. They will exchange their labor for nonperishable food and cleaning products.

Its organizers say that it is the first time an event of this type is held in Puerto Vallarta. They will be tattooing those who are interested from 9 am to 9:30 pm, on Saturday night, in the studio Vallarta Ink, located in Lazaro Cardenas 247, Colonia Olas Altas.

In exchange they will be requesting nonperishable food, powdered milk, diapers and cleaning supplies. They will also be receiving cash donations, which according to the tattoo artist who calls himself José Sanjuan, will be used to buy more food or a refrigerator.

"With the cash, the next day, they will buy fruits and vegetables, because they need that too. This is the first time in the history of Vallarta that something like this is done, we perform this event in the United States every 4th of July, for the benefit of orphans and widows of soldiers who did not return from the war", said Sanjuan. He added that he and his partner Kiki Guerrero, visited the foster home to get to know their needs.

Finally, he stressed that one hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated and they will only receive nonperishable food, powdered milk, diapers and cleaning supplies.

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