The government of Puerto Vallarta that is presided by Ramón Guerrero, through the Commissariat of Preventive and Traffic Police, implemented the operative "Secure commerce", as part of the actions that are carried out to reinforce the security in the municipality to render certainty to the visitors and the general population.

In the operative there is the participation of approximately 70 police officers who carry out rounds on motorcycles, segways and on foot, in the center area and the touristic strip of the city in order to prevent crime. At the same time, the officers interview with the people in charge of the shops, inviting them to actively participate in the security of their businesses, reporting any suspicious act or person immediately when detected, as well as to secure the doors of their shops well, have internal security measures and have the emergency numbers at hand. It should be noted that the vigilance will be reinforced even more at night, due to the fact that crimes or acts of vandalism could present themselves with greater ease, but with the support and coordination of the authorities of the three levels of government, work is being done to reduce the incidents of crime to the minimum and continue maintaining Puerto Vallarta as a safe touristic destination.

Therefore, the Commissariat of Preventive and Traffic Police, headed by Major Rogelio Hernández de la Mata, confirms its commitment with the citizenship and continues with the implementation of different preventive programs and actions, with which it has managed not only to lower the crime index, but also to capture suspects and in this way continue guaranteeing the security of the municipality.

The citizenship is also invited to contribute with the authority by means of making reports and for this they are at their disposal at the free number 066, 29 00 502 and 29 00 507 where their call will be attended with complete confidentiality.

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If paid in January and February, in addition to his creditors off in May and will have no problems surcharges or fines Revenue deputy said Jorge García de Alba.
 
For Vallarta community fail to pay your property tax, municipal government, presiding Ramón Guerrero continues to offer discounts of 15 percent during the months of January and February, and 5 percent in March. Further discounts for retirees, pensioners, widows, the elderly and persons with disabilities are granted.

"The importance of paying your property taxes, is that exercise this budget works to their advantage and this will have an incentive for prompt payment, ie, if paid in January and February, as well as being creditors of the discount, in May and will have no problems surcharges or fines, or some other concept "said Deputy Director of Income Jorge García de Alba.

He reiterated that for retirees and pensioners, the discount is 50 percent to present original and copy, pensioner or retiree credential as appropriate, or, income stub or letter of survival and their official identification. Also widowers receive 50 percent off, showing original and copy, marriage certificate and death certificate of the spouse.

He noted that for people with disabilities, presenting his credential disabled or heel of income, and the certificate that certifies disability of 50 percent or more from an official medical institution, and adults aged 60 to 74 years show his birth certificate and official identification in original and copy, obtained in the same way as 50 percent off when you make your payment in a single instalment

While young seniors between 75 and 79 years receive a discount of 60 percent and citizens 80 years or more, shall be applied a 80 percent discount, for it must present a birth certificate and official identification, also in original and copy.

Garcia de Alba said that so far reported a stable statistical average collection of property, citizenship and expects further approaching the various collection points to meet the payment of this tax which helps to keep the works in benefit of Vallarta.

It seeks equality of opportunity and development for men and women, as well as comprehensive care for local families

Towards equality and gender equity in Puerto Vallarta, as well as the eradication of violence in all its forms, in 2013 the Municipal Institute for Women, strengthened its activities focus on citizenship, having provided a total of two thousand 441 psychological services, legal and nutritional counseling, in addition to the support provided two thousand 162 heads of households.

In this period, also provided training to 121 people in activities for personal and professional development, and conducted 26 awareness workshops in schools in basic and professional level, public institutions and government agencies, and was announced Ariadne Meza Montejano, director the municipal agency.

"Through these actions, we work on the development of preventive strategies with a gender perspective, that promote equality of opportunity and development for men and women," explained the official.

For this purpose, he explained, was offered free counseling psychological matter to those who suffered some kind of violence, which the full recovery not only of women but of the family in general is driven, to have a better quality of life. In this area of ​​care was provided to 351 thousand people during the previous year.

049 thousand Vallarta also received legal advice from the municipal institution, who were directed to different government departments to find a legal solution to the problem that crossed.

Montejano Meza explained that one of the services that joined in 2013, was the nutritional advice, which was launched in October through workshops on nutrition, meal planning, and attention to the problems of obesity, malnutrition, diabetes mellitus , hypertension, dyslipidemia (high cholesterol) and weight control, with the sole purpose of contributing to the health and welfare of the families of Puerto Vallarta. All these services are offered at no cost to the public through professional in each of the subject.

In the field of personal and professional development, conducts training workshops in computing culture, beauty, jewelery, personal defense, development of piñatas, crafts, make-up and massage, with a cost recovery ranging from 20 to 50 weights and going to pay for materials and instructors.

On the issue of preventive education workshops focusing on students in elementary, middle, high school and college, as well as parents of preschool, where topics such as bullying, values, family violence were addressed were performed, parent relations and child nutrition, dating violence, domestic violence, alcoholism, self-esteem, eating disorders, bringing information to 736 people.

Similarly, were given to 170 members of the Commissariat of Preventive Police and Roads, workshops Gender Equity and Violence, and Constructive Relations, is also working with staff of the Eighth Naval District and coordinating the Jalisco Institute Women, various issues were addressed through the Forum for Equality and Non-Violence, and the Workshop for Prevention and Eradication of Violence.

Riviera Nayarit is the destination with the greatest number of certified clean beaches in Mexico, with six. The Office of Visitors and Conventions of Riviera Nayarit received the results of 2013 corresponding to the sampling for the maintenance of the certifications of the five certified beaches of the municipalities of Banderas Bay.

To these is added Chacala beach of the municipality of Compostela, which since 2011 has received its certification of clean beach, which is already in process o being certified again in the following dates, an imminent fact, informed the president of the Hotel and Motel Association of Compostela, Rossanna Araujo.

In the recent meeting of the Certification Committee of Clean Beaches of the State of Nayarit, that is conformed by instances of the three levels of government, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) re certified as clean beaches: Nuevo Vallarta Norte, Nuevo Vallarta Norte 2, Nuevo Vallarta Sur, Bucerías and the Los Muertos beach in Sayulita.

It is also being sought to certify another beach, although it is still in its initial stage. The Integral Touristic Project Costa Capomo, is looking this year to obtain one more certification this year in this matter.

"Part of the project of Fonatur (The National Fund for Tourism Promotion) for this year, is to carry out all the studies and procedures to obtain this certification", commented the regional delegate for Nayarit, Francisco José Méndez Vargas.

In the sample that is made to determine the quality of the sea water, to be considered a clean beach, it should show less than 100 enterococcus according to the parameters of the norms that it handles.

The beaches of Riviera Nayarit that are certified, constantly show around 10 enterococcus per each 100 ml. Even in the rainy season, when the sea is more mixed, they have not passed from 91 enterococcus.

It should be noted that in Mexico there are only five beaches certified as "Blue Flag", among which is Nuevo Vallarta Norte, of Banderas Bay, in Riviera Nayarit. Another certification that shows the cleanliness of the beaches of the destination.

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The municipal government of Puerto Vallarta, is working on the rescue of green areas and public spaces in the different colonies of the city, with the objective of having optimal places for its use by the population while contributing to the preservation of the environment.

An example of these actions, is the lagoon of Coapinole, where personnel of the Municipal Public Services carried out this Friday, the cleaning and integral rehabilitation of this space, by carrying out the trimming of trees, removal of weeds and trash, painting of tree trunks and tree sprouts, among other things, with which more life is given to this natural site that is visited every day by dozens of children and adults to spend time together and do sports.

Regarding this, the Director of Municipal Public Services, Guillermo Salcedo Contreras, explained that although the rescue actions of green areas is carried out since the beginning of this administration, this work is also part of a program in which each director of the City Hall adopts a city zone for the rehabilitation and conservation of its public spaces, as instructed by the mayor, Ramón Guerrero Martínez.

He stressed that in the case of the lagoon, besides being a meeting place for the neighbors of nearby colonies, is also a place inhabited by species like turtles, fish, white herons and ducks, from there comes the importance of keeping it in the best conditions, for which besides the performed tasks, each week it will be given maintenance, so that it continues being a pleasant place for the population and so that its natural surroundings are taken care of.

Salcedo Contreras, explained that in the last days, 14 species have been rescued "and we are going to continue supporting in whatever way possible all the green areas of the municipality. There are around 350 green areas, for this reason the mayor wants that each director makes himself responsible of a zone to give maintenance to all the parks".

Finally, he invited the citizenship to collaborate with these tasks by not throwing garbage in this space nor in the interior of the lagoon and to not damage the wild fauna in there, "it is only allowed to feed the turtles by throwing tortillas or cookies, but no garbage because in the end it is so that everyone lives well and so that all the citizens have a better quality of life".

In the place there was also the presence, during the development of the day, of the director of the Municipal Council for the Promotion of Sports and Youth Support, Juan Rincón Flores, responsible for the care of this zone, who pointed out that the conservation of the public and sports areas, will be made with the joint effort of the personnel of the different departments, neighborhood groups and general citizenship, "all the departments are fully involved in this project".

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Through a support group seek to overcome the loss of loved ones in the elderly.

In order to provide psychological support to seniors Comprehensive Care Center for the Elderly (CAIAM) under the System for Integral Family Development (DIF) of Puerto Vallarta, are given therapy on thanatology through the association Let's help Vallarta.

The purpose of the president of the Municipal DIF, Fregoso Magaly Ortiz, is that older adults have the services holistically, including food, medical care, physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation and counseling.

According to Aracely Martinez, a member of the association Let's help Vallarta, therapy on thanatology is taught through a mutual support group with which it seeks to help adults overcome the loss of their family, so it will work through mutual aid, training and individual consultation on the loss of loved ones also through sessions a general survey of the needs of asylum, seniors and staff to further provide training to reinforce the quality will be performed service already given in that municipal institution.

. "The elderly are the most losses have, and already in the final stage of life, as they are not to find meaning to live, sit, breathe, eat and sleep and go to bear losses along of his life, "he said.

The goal of these therapies, said Aracely Martinez is helping to work on forgiveness through the different techniques offered Vallarta Let's help and thereby help them free themselves from the penalties and continue life with greater joy and fulfillment the remainder of their life.

Let's help should be noted that Vallarta is a private non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing different types of therapies, including Gestalt, alternative medicine, acupuncture, Aztecs flowers, music therapy, among others that help detoxify the emotions that day day to accumulate in the body.

"We are dedicated to detoxify the emotions, to promote a full life, a happy life free from suffering, and also have areas like thanatology, or human development training to help you have a clear path," said Martinez.

Let's help Vallarta is located in Marina Palmira 126 Albatross colony in the back of the hotel Royal River.

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The Management of Ecology and Environment carried out the official closure of the "Program for the Protection and Conservation of the Marine Turtle" by means of which, 133 thousand 502 turtle offspring were liberated, of the one thousand 960 collected nests in the different beaches of Puerto Vallarta.

“As part of the undertaken actions, we have posed ourselves the necessity of having a marine turtle protection program to generate consciousness in the population. With the restructuring of the municipal program it became not only an achievement of the municipality, but also an achievement of the society that joined the protection efforts" said the director of Ecology and Environment, Luis González Guevara.

During the period of this program on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 39 organized groups were attended, who carried out liberations of these turtles; in general there was the participation of nine thousand 198 people in programmed liberations, while approximately three thousand people got near the incubation corral to liberate turtles that were being born.

“Even more significant than the number of liberated turtles is the participation of society in this program, each day there is a greater number of people interested in participating in protection programs" pointed out González Guevara.

Also, with the participation of the officers of Civil Protection and Firefighters, as well as the Municipal Police, there were nightly walks by the beaches of this city, watching in this way two thousand 900 kilometers of beaches for the safekeeping of ridley turtles and their nests, for which they were given a recognition for the support that they provided.

For his part, Erubey Hernández, responsible for this program, pointed out that with the total of liberated turtles the nine kilometers of beach that the municipality protects would be covered, "we are pleased with the results, the goals were surpassed and for the first time in a long time we have data that allows us to have a clear idea of the behavior of the turtles in the municipality" he commented.

It is noteworthy, that for the next marine turtle season that starts in the months of June and July, it is intended to have a greater covering and nightly increase in the traveled beach distance and the application of turtle conservation techniques in the style of a natural protected area.

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Municipal authorities got together with local plastic artists to present the program Regulation and Administration of the Cultural - Commercial Activities, through which it is sought to join efforts for the recovery of public spaces, give order to the activities and identify the problems and opportunities for the improvement for the work of this sector.

It was a total of 50 graphic artists who attended this meeting, in which there was the presence of the director of the Vallartan Institute of Culture, Sergio Zepeda Moreno, the sub-director of the institution, Gerardo Daniel Padilla, the councilwoman Guadalupe Anaya Hernández and the under-manager of Inspection and Rules, José Raúl Agraz.

The representative of the Management of Inspection and Rules, was the one in charge of presenting the objectives of this program, which he said, besides giving order to the activities of this sector, allow to neutralize the bad practices, the disloyal competition and the differences there are among artists; it also contributes to the rescue of the downtown area, the better use of public spaces and the strengthening of the working conditions of the plastic artists who use the pier to carry out their creations and the promotion of their works.

He explained that these actions carry a legal framework, and for their development, a coordination network is being integrated in between the Management of Inspection and Rules, the Management of Registry and Licenses, the System for the Integral Development of the Family and the Vallartan Institute of Culture, as well as the council commissions of Education, Inspection and of Equity and Human Development that are presided by the councilwomen Guadalupe Anaya and Doris Ponce, respectively.

For his part, the director of the Vallartan Institute of Culture, Sergio Zepeda, pointed out the commitment of the municipal government with the local artistic sector, "we want to privilege their development as plastic artists for the patrimonial value that all of you represent towards Puerto Vallarta”. He added that the first action in this route will be the registration and rising of a new registry of those involved, besides the delivery of official IDs which will certify them before the different municipal authorities.

He advanced that work is already being done in the management of resources before the Ministry of Culture of the State, with the intention of generating the necessary equipment to strengthen the promotion of the artistic activities of the city, for which they have already settled the foundations for the creation of the Parque Los Artistas, as well as the conditions, so that in the second semester of this 2014, the Cultural Television Channel of Puerto Vallarta starts working; tools which will be at the disposal of the Vallartan creators at all times.

The plastic creators were an important part of this first dialog, as they also supplied their proposal about the different lines and strategies that should be followed so that this program achieves the proposed objectives.

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"We are looking for ways in which fixed and semi fixed merchants have options for places and more support, so we have organized ourselves to establish a local market here in Bucerías, where tourists and people of the town, can buy our products in only one place" pointed out, José Luis López Soto, leader of the new organization called Gremio Unido de Comerciantes y Anexos de Bahía de Banderas AC, which is in a protocolization process before the Public Notary for the next days.

He explained that this idea was born thanks to the generosity of one of the merchants that belongs to this Guild, the lady, who provided access to a property that is located in the center of Bucerías, where according to the measurements made, there will be space for 30 stands of 3 by 3 meters and wide corridors so that the people are able to walk easily.

He added that as merchants they have observed that when tourists get to Bucerías, be them national or foreign, they ask if there is a market and we don't have a market here, he commented after pointing out that among his mates there are various types of businesses like the sale of fruit and vegetables, which is of vital importance, sale of food, crafts, clothes, jewelery and more, then, he said, with this idea it was decided to conform the organizatio "to support each other and do what we want, which is the local market of Bucerías" he said.

Finally, he pointed out that they hope to materialize this project in the following day, after cleaning and conditioning the terrain, because they wish to take advantage of the high season, as well as be ready for the next vacations of Easter and Holy Week, in this sense, he indicated that they will try to make the stands presentable, typical, but above all, he said, that the place is clean because that attracts foreign and local tourists.

"We have already agreed on how we are going to work and it is going to look very nice, I am very excited because this is what we want, to work for the people and that the people see that we have a little market here in Bucerías because it is necessary. Our countrymen come to the beach and they can't find were to buy, so they go to the malls where they sell at a higher price, and here we have the opportunity to offer a lower price in a town environment" he concluded.

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With an investment superior to 6 million pesos, the Government of the People carries out the Program of Support to the Investment in Equipment and Infrastructure of the Component of Substitution of Ecological Marine Motors 2013, in benefit of the fishermen of the municipalities of Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, El Nayar, Rosamorada, San Blas, Santiago Ixcuintla, Tepic and Tuxpan.

So informed the secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development and Fishing, Emeterio Carlón Acosta, who detailed that this program consists in the delivery of 93 exterior motors, eight minor vessels and GPS navigation systems, with the intention of increasing the income of the families dedicated to this activity.

He pointed out that this support is greatly important for the economic development of this sector, as it contributes to the conservation of the environment and, in consequence, to the preservation of the fishing zones, as the intention is to put damaged and old motors out of circulation, which already pollute too much.

This contribution benefits many families that depend on fishing, as in this way the production and commerce of the marine products is carried out with more efficiency and better results.

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In relation to 2012 the number of crimes of every type in Puerto Vallarta during the recently concluded 2013 diminished 17.4 per cent, due to, among other strategies, the performance of an increasingly qualified corporation that is attentive to the measures of reaction and prevention, affirmed the Director of Public Security, Traffic, Civil Protection and Firemen, Rogelio Hernández de la Mata, who admits nevertheless, a temporary increase of suicides in the past June and July:

“…Compared to last year, it is 17. 4 percent lower, in other words, the number of crimes this year were less than the previous year, unfortunately in the months of June and July the number of suicides increased…”

Furthermore, he stressed that the security at the beach destination was guaranteed during the last annual quarter with the Christmas and the end of the year operative. Concerning the influx of more than a million tourists, who created an economic impact of almost two million dollars he said:

“.. There were more than a million visitors, in these last three month and also an economic impact that has been really considerable, with more than a million 800 thousand dollars..”

In 2014, he added, we intend to take care of the lacks in equipment, a need posed to the state government through the Attorney General, from who a timely answer is expected.

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As part of the process of professionalization of the officers of the Commissariat of Traffic and Preventive Police, the Regional Academy qualified during the year that is ending, a total of 938 officers in diverse subjects contemplated in the National Plan of Public Security.

In this regard the boss of the Academy, Mayor Porfirio Villa Olalde, informed that the qualification courses began on January 14th of 2013 and finalized the past December 20th, and had as an aim to train the public servants in the new police model which includes 51 basic subjects, among them, transparency in police performances, respect to Human Rights, first aid, police tactics and techniques, juridical framework, shooting practice, strengthening of the police performance, social contact, handling and preservation of the scene, rappel, counter-ambush and handling of the suspects.

This training process was aimed at front-line police, second and third officers, as well as commanders and sub-commanders, who randomly assisted these courses in a way that did not affect the service that they provide.

During the whole year, in addition to the program foreseen by the Regional Academy of Police, the uniformed participated in courses – workshops given by the State Commission of Human rights, the Management of Environment and Ecology, as well as the qualification offered by the instructors of the Sheriff's office of Santa Barbara, as part of the agreements of collaboration and fraternity that exist between the U.S. city mentioned above and this tourist destination.

Regarding the educational personnel, the academy currently has 15 instructors of which 10 have their required certifications and in the majority of the cases, their academic level is of a master's degree, others have a bachelor's degree and are currently working on a certificate.

For 2014, the Mayor Porfirio Villa Olalde advanced that there are several projects to expand even more the range of courses that are given to police officers and traffic patrols, in relation to the new justice system of Mexico, police management, update in the functions of public security, the role that the police plays to prevent human trafficking, child prostitution and other subjects of great importance for this tourist destination.

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