Both governments signed the agreements of tourism promotion and drinking water supply connections between municipalities

To encourage the consolidation of the Manzanillo-Costalegre corridor as a major attraction for international tourism markets, the governor of Jalisco, Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz and the governor of Colima, Mario Anguiano Moreno signed in Barra de Navidad, two interstate agreements, one of tourism promotion and the other of drinking water supply connections in between municipalities.

The agreement on tourism development between Jalisco and Colima aims to boost the brand Manzanillo-Costalegre, and position both beach destinations, which will improve the promotion, road infrastructure and air connectivity. In this way, it is intended to make the corridor Manzanillo-Costalegre-Vallarta, the most important in the Pacific.

On the matter of infrastructure, Sandoval Díaz stated that with the support of the President, Enrique Peña Nieto, the Highway 200 will expand, from Manzanillo to Puerto Vallarta. For this, there are already allocated 500 million pesos for its remodeling, the work will have a final budget of three billion pesos and will be completed in the current administration.

It is also sought to strengthen and increase national and international air connectivity.

The Intermunicipal Drinking Water Agreement will provide water to the communities of El Rebalse in Cihuatlán, Jalisco, and La Culebra in Manzanillo, Colima, with which a sustainable supply will be ensured.

During the meeting between the governors, Aristóteles Sandoval announced an investment of 166 million pesos, in a first step, to restore the beach area and clean up the lagoon in Barra de Navidad, which some time ago were affected by the passage hurricane Jova.

The purpose of this investment is to recover tourism and benefit the environment of the coast, the Jalisco governor pointed out that "it is not only about regaining the beach, it is about maintaining its ecosystem, to clean it up, to do a whole project in the basin, it is to make this the most important area of the Pacific, from Puerto Vallarta to Manzanillo, so that investments are ignited here and it returns to being the same as before (Barra de Navidad) ".

The leaders of the two entities that signed the agreement said that the differences between the representatives of Jalisco and Colima have been left behind, for which at this moment they are working with a vision for the future, putting ahead the interest and welfare of the people, through the attraction of investment and the generation of employment.

Besides the governors, the event was attended by, the mayors of Cihuatlán, Jesús Huerta and of Manzanillo, Virgilio Mendoza Amezcua; the District 18 Rep. of Jalisco, Gabriel Gomez Michell; the general secretaries of the governments of Jalisco and Colima, Arturo Zamora Jiménez and Rogelio Rueda Sánchez, respectively; the Secretaries of Tourism of the signatory states, Jesús Enrique Ramos Flores of Jalisco and Hector Faustino Sandoval from Colima; the rector of the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Antonio Leaño Reyes, and special guests.

[readon1 url="http://www.jalisco.gob.mx/es/prensa/noticias/7727"]Source: Jalisco Gob Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Gabriel J. O'Shea Cuevas said that one of the priorities on the health subject is to ensure its effective, timely and quality access

When initiating the works of the first Strategic Planning Workshop of the Social Protection System in Health, the Dr. Gabriel J. O'Shea Cuevas, National Commissioner of Social Protection in Health, pointed out that one of the priorities of the President Enrique Peña Nieto on the health issue, is to ensure effective, timely and quality access to health services to the over 53 million individuals enrolled in Seguro Popular.

He added that the workshop, which is aimed at holders of State Social Protection Regimes in Health (REPSS), aims to define and structure in a joint manner, the policies that in the subject, will drive the actions of the agency in its charge for the coming years.

Similarly, the National Commissioner of Social Protection in Health, said that 10 years after the creation of the Social Protection System in Health, there is also the objective of improving the living quality of Mexicans who are affiliated to the Seguro Popular.

It was also noted that this exercise will define and unify the concerns and proposals of each REPSS, for the welfare of Seguro Popular affiliates.

Finally, O'Shea Cuevas called for holders of State Social Protection Regimes in Health to participate in strengthening the social protection system and thus contribute to the individual and collective development of the Mexican population.

PROGRAM IN GROWTH

It should be noted that one of the objectives of the Seguro Popular is to provide timely and quality services to its members, for this reason, the National Commissioner of Social Protection in Health, Gabriel J. O'Shea Cuevas recalled that from January to June of this year, the health units that provide services to the agency in charge, have already conducted 42.2 million consultations to the beneficiaries.

He said that the number of accredited health units for CAUSES (Universal Catalog of Health Services) in the January-June period of 2013 amounts to 122 units, and in the period from 2004 to June 2013 there is an advance of 10 thousand 910 from a universe that is susceptible to accreditation of 12 thousand 769 establishments.

He explained that for the operations covered by the Fund for Protection Against Catastrophic Expenditures, so far 739 services have been accredited, and for the XXI Century Program, 315 hospitals have been accredited.

He said that through the Catastrophic Expenses Fund, the total number of validated cases in 2012 to June 30, 2013 amounted to 169 thousand 587, and the ones corresponding to this year, amount to 72 thousand 378 validated cases.

Finally, with reference to the operations covered by the XXI Century Program, it was made known that in the first half of this year, 5 thousand 767 operations have been covered, which accumulates in total to 166 thousand 131 procedures performed from March 2008 to June 2013.

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/10/11/realiza-seguro-popular-taller-sobre-planeacion-estrategica"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

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The spraying of agrochemicals has started to save the palm trees found in the central median of highway 200, which are affected by a fungus that causes them to dry, reported Gonzalo Calderón Preciado, director of Rural Development in Banderas Bay.

He said that this problem has caused the death of 25 palm trees that were not taken care for in time, but they have established control mechanisms and with the work done they will be able to rescue the palms, because also in this process they are going to fertilize them, he reported.

He said that it was specialized people who failed to detect the problem and that these palms have nothing to do with the problem of the palm weevil.

Then he explained that the presence of the Red Palm Mite is located in the area of Nuevo Vallarta, the Marina and Villas Varadero, which is why the State Plant Health Committee began to fumigate and the Rural Development Directorate removes the palm leaves from trees, pokes them and fits them in a bag to keep the pest in the area and thus, by not having plant material, it dies in a month.

He said that it is forbidden that a palm leaf comes out of Nuevo Vallarta; then he announced that the transfer of palms from other states is one of the major problems faced by the municipality together with not installing surveillance and checkpoints (S&C) to prevent mobilization which currently is unchecked.

The budget for implementing this as a municipality, he said there is no such, however, there is staff support, because the resources have to come from the federal government and it is unknown how much is available for that, although the Plant Health Committee of the State is also part of the federation he said, after assuring that there are resources to deal and work with the emergency.

Finally, he said that the State Committee has spoken to its counterparts from Jalisco, so that they also take action. He stressed that nurseries also have a lot to do with it because palms are mobilized without permits and there is were they are trying to make people aware; meanwhile, two nurseries have already been found with the Red Palm Mite in the community of Jarretaderas and he said that they have already been quarantined so that the plague does not spread.

[readon1 url="http://www.periodicoexpress.com.mx/nota.php?id=279189"]Source: Periódico Express de Nayarit Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit will visit Montreal, Toronto, New York and Philadelphia from October 23 – 31 to promote the region along with the “Live it to believe it!” campaign spearheaded by the MTB

As part of a joint promotional effort Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit are undertaking a promotional tour from October 23 – 31, which will include their participation in the International Tourism and Travel Show (ITT) in Montreal, the most important travel event in Canada, in order to attract a larger number of tourists from this region.

The tour is part of the promotional campaign led by the Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) using the slogan “Vallarta-Nayarit Live it to believe it!” It will make stops in Montreal, Toronto, New York and Philadelphia.

A press conference will be held on October 29th during the tour and will include the top media outlets in New York City. The executives from the Convention and Visitors Bureaus from Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta will be present to highlight each destination’s new attractions.

“We’re visiting the top agents in every one of these cities offering presentations that will allow each destination to showcase its attractions and any new tourism offerings in the region. We’re also engaging in media interviews with top outlets,” said Guillermo Ohem, Director of the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust.

The presentations are intended to reach a considerable number of travel agents as well as a general audience through interviews with the premier media outlets that lead the way in the tourism industry. This will serve to reinforce efforts currently underway with the airlines to increase the number of incoming tourists.

“As we’ve stated before, we’ve been able to increase the number of flights to our destination through the Vallarta-Nayarit campaign. Now, all of the promotional efforts we’re putting into place are helping people make the decision to get on those planes, come visit us and have the time of their lives. This way we’ll see both an increase in tourism and growth in our economy,” said Marc Murphy, Director of the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau.

At the end of this October Seapal Vallarta plans to conclude rehabilitation work performed in Fluvial Vallarta, so said the director of the agency, César Abarca Gutiérrez.

In this respect, he explained that in these, only 100 meters remain to be rehabilitated, "a great percentage has been advanced, but we rely heavily on both the technical person who runs the business and who comes from Australia, as well as the weather".

Whenever the rains have occurred in the city he said, have led us to constantly be confronted with some contingencies, nevertheless he insisted, they are already very advanced, and he assured, they are greatly interested in attending this point because the work of the municipality is coming, therefore it is contemplated to finish this by the end of the month.

"They are working at top speed, it is a rather valuable technology, important and prominent, but for our country it is something new".

Which he said, complicates operations, mainly because they are fully dependent on foreign technology and technicians "who are the only ones authorized to handle and supply this material".

At the same time, he said, this collector is connected to the treatment plant in Mojoneras and next month it is planned to start with the rehabilitation of the stretch between the Avenue of Los Poetas to Las Palmas Avenue, where the North I treatment plant is located.

After this he said, they will continue with the works in the other sections, this according to the results shown by the comprehensive diagnosis being made, and from which it will be divested that other points are complex and need to be attended as soon as possible.

Finally, the director of Seapal Vallarta said that the idea is that in 2014 a high percentage of progress is made in the rehabilitation of the length of the collector and that they not continue with small steps, since this he said, also complicates maneuvers.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/10/14/seapal-concluira-trabajos-de-rehabilitacion-en-fluvial-vallarta-a-finales-de-octubre/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Like every weekend, agents from the Under-management of Municipal Roads conducted the breathalyzer operation on the main avenues of the city, which resulted in a total of 66 people arrested, for being detected with some degree of intoxication. This device helps to deter people from driving while drinking alcoholic beverages and invites them to respect speed limits, signage and safety measures to avoid any kind of accidents. In total the officers conducted 82 tests, of which 66 were positive, 58 men and 8 women. Of the detained drivers 50 paid, nine were registered into a record and only seven were transferred to local cells.

The under-management of municipal roads, asks motorists to drive responsibly through some recommendations, such as: put your seat belt on, do not exceed the speed limits, keep a distance between vehicles, don't talk on the cell phone while driving and above all be respectful of pedestrians and other drivers. With actions like these, the municipal government reaffirms its commitment to work on the issue of security, by permanently performing various operations in order to safeguard the integrity of the locals and visitors.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/57284.html"]Source: Prensaglobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

In a nearby date the federal amounts for the restoration and reconstruction after the damage done to the flora, fauna and coastlines of Jalisco by the passage of the storm "Manuel" will be defined, says the head of the SEMARNAT, Juan Jose Guerra Abud, who says that they are working in a recount or balance of the damages to the natural protected area:
"... The task is to clean cities, municipalities, beaches and we are already beginning to assess what are the consequences to the environmental assets in the states with most damage and overall in our country ..."
Meanwhile the governor, Aristóteles Sandoval, delivered this Thursday, in a first stage of support, five million pesos which, he says, will foster jobs aimed at caring for natural environments in different forest communities, rural and coastal areas, especially those called local heritage or RAMSAR sites:
"... There will be these three temporary employment programs through grants for management units for the conservation of wildlife and the national forest ..."
Moreover, the State Civil Protection Unit, announces that upon the saturation of at least 19 dams in the state, monitoring of dikes is performed, as well as soliciting municipalities, to monitor these water receptacles so that they don't exceed 80 percent, to avoid any risk to nearby communities

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/57183.html"]Source: Prensaglobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

More than 4 tons of food and clothing have been raised by the DIF system of Puerto Vallarta for the flood victims in the state of Guerrero, after 15 days of an intensive collection campaign in shopping centers, supermarkets and in their own facilities in the former Regional hospital, said Miguel Soto, deputy Director of the Social Programs of DIF Vallarta.

The official of the assistance institution said that the collection was made from Wednesday September 18 to Tuesday October 1 with the joint participation of hundreds of people who contributed a lot of nonperishable food, toiletries, water bottles and in a second stage even clothing.

"The participation of Vallartans has been very satisfying, they immediately asked where they could collaborate with the victims of Guerrero, it is estimated that there are many families from Guerrero in this region, so immediately there was a very strong desire to support given the magnitude of what is happening in that state. "

The aid reception points for the victims of Guerrero, the official said, were operated by more than 30 volunteers of the Vallarta DIF system "but ultimately all of the employees of the institution were involved in the receipt, classification, storage and distribution".

THE TRANSFER OF PROVISIONS
About the transfer of aid, Miguel Soto said that by working with the Food Bank of Puerto Vallarta a truck will be provided to be loaded and it will leave on Thursday October 3 from this city towards the port of Acapulco, Guerrero.

"We have already made the commitment to both the Food Bank of the city as well as to the DIF system of Acapulco for the aid to be delivered directly by us, so we can expect the vehicle to leave next Thursday and get there by Friday in a way that before the weekend the Vallartan aid is already in the hands of those who most need it".

He thanked in the name of the DIF system and its President Magaly Fregoso all the Vallartans and people in general who wanted and could help with this cause, for it was a collective effort that was made in several parts of the city, including schools that mobilized for this noble cause of helping those who need our support.

"Thank you all for participating, this way Puerto Vallarta is not far behind in social solidarity in this type of disaster affecting other Mexicans. Thanks a lot".

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/10/02/enviara-vallarta-ayuda-para-los-damnificados"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

After the teacher demonstration on Wednesday, the regional director of the Regional Education Service Delegation (DRSE) said that it will be up to the Ministry of Education of Jalisco to determine whether to apply a penalty, which according to the rejected reform, could range from not paying the day, to removing them from office.

The official invited the teachers to analyze this reform and to not distort its content; and he added that some even don't know the reason for the demonstration.

On whether there will be a sanction from the SEJ, he said that it will be up to the education authorities to determine this:

"Once the law is passed, it means that if a teacher misses work for a month for unjustifiable reasons, severe sanctions like dismissal will take place, but this is not the present case, although the indicated judge will be the Ministry of Education not I, but ten administrative workers who are not teachers will get their day deducted", said Roberto Palomera.

Finally he spoke about the statement given by the General Secretary of the Government of Jalisco Arturo Zamora, regarding that the teachers have the right to express themselves, as long as they don't harm others, but that not for that reason they were allowed to miss the classroom, for this time they left without classes 40 thousand students of the region.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/56642.html"]Source: Prensaglobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

In Jalisco, more than 40 thousand children from 588 schools, located in the south and north coast, the most affected entity due to the passage of the Tropical Storm "Manuel", don't have classes as most of them register floodings, loss of furniture or became inaccessible because the access roads are torn, underscores the State Education Secretary, Francisco Lopez Ayon:

"... In some situations they are damaged, in other situations they are flooded, and in others the access in order to enter them, comes from the side of the road that is in pieces..."

After the meeting of the State Technical Council of Civil Protection of this Wednesday at Casa Jalisco, where heads of the State Civil Protection and Firefighter Unit, the Ministries of Rural Development, Infrastructure and Public Works, Health, Social Development and Integration, and the state DIF, conducted the assessment of the damages caused by the natural phenomenon, the governor, presented a preliminary balance to ratify two deaths, one missing person, one thousand 500 people evicted and 37 municipalities almost devastated.

Meanwhile the health secretary, Jaime Agustin Gonzalez Alvarez, warns of a possible outbreak of dengue due to the flooding conditions or water concentrations in many communities damaged by "Manuel", for which they will direct their attention to them to avoid this and other diseases.

It should be noted that according to the National Civil Protection System-SINAPROC-"Manuel" regained strength to leave its status as tropical storm and become, in the afternoon of Wednesday, a Category 1 Hurricane in the Saffir Simpson scale, on the shores of Sinaloa, for which precautions are taken up to Cabo San Lucas in Baja California Sur.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/56225.html"]Source: Prensaglobal Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Fifty officers of the Preventive and Traffic Police Station received training in forensic subjects, the procedure in oral trials and the preservation of the crime scene, and the responsibilities included in the penal code for public servants who commit violations in their procedures.

The course was given by the North Coast Regional Delegate of the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ignacio Pérez Martínez and its objective is that police officers, prosecutors and expert criminologists who intervene once a crime has occurred, coordinate their work from the very beginning in order to have a greater chance of success when identifying its authors.
In this way it is intended that the Preventive Police, which is the first instance in intervening in a criminal act, knows the right way to proceed when reaching the crime scene, how to surround the area, to distinguish the different types of evidence, but above all, to know the regulations and how far to intervene, and the sanctions that he can receive should he skip the implementation of the protocols.
With this subject there is now a total of 120 officers who have been trained by the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences, as part of the coordination efforts carried out by the Preventive and Traffic Police Station, with the objective of having better prepared officers.

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/09/20/reciben-policias-de-pv-curso-en-criminalistica"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]