On Saturday, April 27th the Harkness Institute is celabrating Founders Day with a gala event on the beach in Bucerias!  Come enjoy the food, fun and help support the future of our young people!

ENRIQUE GUZMAN ACTOR RECEIVES 5 AWARDS IN PUERTO VALLARTA

Homenaje Trayectoria presents the photo exhibition of Mr Scott Breitag,and Murray Billet

As part of a series of strategies that have been developed to boost tourism in downtown Puerto Vallarta, Luis Angarita Mayorga, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, Carlos Gerard Guzman, Director of the Municipal Tourism Office have completed a new initiative to promote the sculptures on the Malecon.

In February the CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & SPA finished successfully the training of the sixth generation of young participants of the educational program Youth Career Initiative (YCI).

CADI'S celebrate their festivals by early spring

Currently working on remodeling some rooms for safety and comfort of small as well as the purchase of teaching materials

As has become a tradition in the DIF Puerto Vallarta, seven Care Centers and Child Development (CADI'S) celebrated the arrival of spring with colorful festivals full of color and joy, where the little ones in each of the rooms involved with rounds , songs and impersonations shared with the president of the social service agency, Magaly Fregoso Ortiz.

Accompanied by parents, Magaly Fregoso Ortiz enjoyed the scenery and the dances that educators prepared for the guests, this as a sample other than the skills developed by small, such as agility, coordination and socialization during the fellowship with peers.

Each of the CADI'S endeavored to prepare and present the festival more emotional for the parents, who were delighted to see their little ones dresses beautiful, flowers trees and graceful animals.

For his part, the president of the institution said that the administration has worked internally to streamline resources and that children have truly comprehensive care, is currently working on the renovation of some facilities for safety and comfort, and in the purchase of educational materials.

"Our commitment is that children develop in a comfortable, caring and safe for you parents work with  peace of mind that they are growing happily stay in the DIF, which are specifically created for low-income families and working mothers.

Soon, with the help of private sector initiatives, we reinaugurando these spaces to benefit hundreds of children and their families, "said

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17th Annual Festival de Primavera.  In the last week of March the sun moved from a path below the equator to one above it, and on Wednesday, March 20st, which marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it hovers directly over the equator, equally dividing our hours of daylight and darkness.

The presence of visitors was evident on the beaches, in the center and along the waterfront on Saturday, thousands of tourists paraded through the malls and supermarkets stocked up on food and drinks to enjoy the splendid weather we experienced during the day.

The preliminary report of the Hotel Association cites a forecast of occupancy that would exceed 70 percent this weekend with a tendency to increase over the same, starting Thursday, the figures would be exceeding 90 percent, since many workers are only given Thursday and Friday which generates a long bridge on the occasion of the call week.

Also yesterday launched the security operation involving 800 elements of various agencies from all levels of government.

For the National Tourism Confederation (CNT), during this holiday period, Mexico will receive just over 10 million domestic and foreign tourists who will travel around the country. In Puerto Vallarta is expected to arrive between 300 and 450 000 domestic tourists for 15 days, similar to that of the local population in the region which gives an idea of ​​the rush of people to come. The expected economic benefit is estimated of between 350 and 500 billion pesos during the next 15 days

It is estimated that the average cost per trip that made ​​national visitors will be 832.9 pesos, while foreigners exert an outlay of 2000,205.2 pesos.

Jorge Davila Flores, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur) provides an economic flow of 41. 000,538 million pesos during Easter.

If you leave on vacation during this season, the insurer MetLife mentioned that you should plan your trip in advance and make a budget, and you grab your bags and go to the adventure can affect your financial health.

Before you leave, make a list of the main costs to be carried out, be sure to compare prices, consider lodging, food, entertainment and souvenirs. Once you define how much your trip is, reserve at least 15% of the total for an emergency.

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VALLARTA GUARANTEES A LOT OF FUN TO OUR SPRING BREAKERS

Puerto Vallarta is filled with spring breakers who have been arriving over the last two weeks.  Coming from different cities from all over the United States and Canada, our airport was extremely busy with hundreds of flights in and out of our city.

After finishing the main tower of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in 1952, the path was laid to finally finish the original designs Priest Rafael Parra Castillo had envisioned, these included a crown he designed on top of the tallest tower.

This original concrete crown was placed on top of the church in 1963, it was there until the Colima earthquake hit the city on October 9th, 1995, an event that in Puerto Vallarta was felt as a VII intensity tremor/quake on the Mercalli Scale.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish (Church)
 
Puerto Vallarta's parish Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is a city icon, it dominates Vallarta's downtown skyline and is one of the favorite symbols and landmarks of the city, both in photos, shirts, logos and postcards.

If you've been to Vallarta, you have surely visited it, if you are to visit the city, add it to your list of things to do in town, it not only is great for your souvenir photos, you'll get a glimpse of one of the most important monuments of the city and the spiritual center of the Catholics in town (religion in Vallarta).

Guadalupe Nettel

The text 'Natural Histories' by Guadalupe Nettel, won the Ribera del Duero, one of the most important in the genre of story

The manuscript natural Stories of the Mexican writer Guadalupe Nettel (Mexico City, 1973) was imposed to 862 stories from 24 countries participated in the III International Short Story Award Ribera del Duero, one of the most important gender and bestowed in Spain.

The prize is endowed with 50,000 euros (64,000 dollars), according to the president of the jury, the Spanish writer Enrique Vila-Matas.

Vila-Matas said "narrative tension" in the work of Nettel and said that in hers stories "the anomalous sits in the everyday."

Natural histories together, five long stories that reflect the animal and human ferocity.

"I started reading stories when I was little, the Edgar Allan Poe, and was my entry to the literature," said the writer, who also made ??forays into the novel and the essay.

Nettel, mother of two and resident of Mexico City, said she was "happy" to have won the award because the story has always been her favorite genre.

For her, the story has to be concise so as not to bore the reader but ultimately requires a few minutes of reflection to process the shock and the shock caused. The novel, however, is "is like a long journey, a voyage".

"The story has to win by knockout and novel points always wins."

Nettel's book, which uses as metaphors for human behavior goldfish, cats, a snake Chinese and cockroaches will be edited  by Páginas de Espuma.

Among the six finalists had another Mexican, Ignacio Padilla (Mexico City, 1968), who participated in the manuscript The volatile and fauces.

In addition, the Spanish were finalists and Eloy Ernesto Calabuig Blight, Argentine and Uruguayan Gustavo Nielsen Cristina Peri Rossi.

The jury was composed of the Spanish writers Cristina Grande, Ignacio Martínez Piso, Marcos Giralt Torrente and Samanta Schweblin Argentina.

Also present were the director Foam Pages (publisher of the winning book) Juan Casamayor, President of the Regulatory Board Designation of Origin Ribera del Duero, José Trillo and Secretary of the regulatory board, Alfonso Sanchez, secretary of the jury.

In this third edition of the biennial competition, the prize received 863 texts, about 660 of the second edition and 500 of the first.

This Saturday, March 23rd, all non- essential lights and electric equipment will be turned off by the Resort staff. Guest, local clientele and employees were invited to join this cause for the planet.