The teacher Luis Ignacio Zúñiga Bobadilla, general manager of the Valle de Atemajac University, Campus Puerto Vallarta, who recently received a special recognition from the hands of the rector of the UNAM, Dr. José Narro Robles today announced that a group of students from the Catholic University will present their work at the Faculty of Management and Accounting of the UNAM.

After saying good bye to four students from the Bachelor of Tourism Administration, the also national coordinator of University-Enterprise, Zúñiga Bobadilla, explained to the students their huge role in the representation of Univa-PV as a hotbed of entrepreneurs as is the Faculty of Management and Accounting in which the ANFECA is placed as one of the most recognized national and international institutions in the fields of entrepreneurship and of monitoring academic programs in the business line.

The works that the students of the Univa-PV will present are:

1. Impact of training in staff development of SMEs in Puerto Vallarta. Exhibits: Saúl Adán Avalos Rizo
2. Perception of the economic and environmental impact generated by tourism in Puerto Vallarta. Exhibits: Natalia Montaño Ruelas
3. Advertising media used today to strengthen sales in major nightclubs of Puerto Vallarta. Exhibits: César Venet Cuevas Solis
4. Professional Expectations for future marketing graduates of Puerto Vallarta. Exhibits: Juan José Prado Robles.

This follows from an invitation to affiliate institutions of the ANFECA, Zone IV to which Univa-PV belongs, event called 1st Student Meeting of Academic Exchange SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP to be held on September 19, 20 and 21, with the UNAM collaborating as a host in the School of Accounting and Administration, which brought students of the Univa PV together with Mr. Miguel Alejandro Hernández, Business Incubator coordinator the DESC.

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Warns councilor Susana Mendoza Carreño, when submitting her report

The president of the Civil Protection Commission said that they will make everything on their part to "not repeat history"

As the "mother initiative" the councilor Susana Mendoza Carreño defined the need for a new Risk Atlas for the city, as it has not been updated since the last three administrations. She said that it is a fundamental document for Puerto Vallarta in order to define its conditions, its vulnerabilities, risks and opportunities. Without this document many urban decisions could be made which could be regrettable in the future.

When she presented her first activities report as president of the Civil Protection Commission of the City Council, the Councillor asked the mayor, Ramon Guerrero Martinez (who was not present, said the councilor, for being out of town), to the municipal clerk, Roberto Ascencio Castillo- this one being present- that before the end of the year the report is signed with the University of Guadalajara and make the necessary arrangements to have that document.

She added that floods, mudslides, landslides, risks to the population from water currents, beach erosion, devastation of flora and fauna can be aggravated if you do not have a "map" that puts Vallarta in its current context, plan its development and guide it to the safety of its inhabitants and environmental sustainability.

WITH THE LEFT FOOT

She also informed that to date she has headed 11 meetings of the commission that she presided, 7 with quorum, she has participated in 96 work meetings, the first of them, she recalled, on last October 2nd when the accident to the personal secretary of the mayor Oscar Perez occurred, who fell in the stairs of the building of the Municipal Administrative Unit (MAU), a building that was opened with complete recklessness, by the former authorities she said.

She added that she requested a report on the state of the public buildings and of the boardwalk. On the latter hydraulic and electric installations were found in poor and unsafe condition for walkers. According to a report of last June 24th, it is essential and urgent to pipe the electrical wiring as soon as possible to avoid further accidents like the one that took a life and for which a compensation was paid of 236 thousand pesos.

"HERE COMES THE BEST"

Furthermore, Susana Mendoza Carreño, announced that as president of the Commission of Delivery-Reception on Thursday 26th at 10 am at City Hall, she will present an activities report in this regard.

"I got a bundle of 6 thousand sheets, they said that to keep me entertained, well I have read it, and the only thing that they accomplished was to waste my time for helping the citizens, but next Thursday I will be able to inform about everything I found".

Finally the Councilwoman, (as well as the Mayor in his report) apologized to the people, she said, for not having gone far enough, for any errors that may have been committed, for the debt that there is with the state pension (which prevents workers from accessing loans), for the multiple things that are pending and even for having robbed workspaces to local people "for so many people who came from outside to work in this administration."

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On the occasion of the National Disaster Protection Day, this Thursday the macro simulation in La Aurora was successfully implemented, where 3 thousand 823 people of 64 apartment buildings were evacuated, schools and businesses that are part of this residential development, in a time of eleven minutes.

This year's results were announced by the head of the Municipal Coordination of Disaster Protection and Firefighters Department, Sergio Ramírez López and the Second Regional Commander of the State Disaster Protection Unit, Oswaldo Hernandez Arvizu, who reported that in the simulation, which hypothesized an earthquake of 7.5 degrees on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Cihuatlán, Jalisco. The possible scenarios that a natural event like this could generate were considered, for which rescue operations were conducted from the top of the buildings, were 13 victims were treated for various injuries, a fire was quenched and a person was arrested under the assumption of foray in the affected area.

Hernandez Arvizu further noted that these activities involved 163 officers of the Municipal Coordination of Disaster Protection and Firefighters Department, Disaster Protection Department, the Navy, Federal Police, Red Cross, Traffic Police and Public Safety, as well as 43 volunteers who showed that working in coordination things go well. He also stressed that it is the first time that this type of exercises are performed with the neighbors of a colony, in which he added that the involvement of the educational institutions was valuable.

Present at the scene, the General Secretary Antonio Pinto Rodríguez, referred to the efforts that the City, in coordination with the various levels of government, maintains to promote a culture of prevention among Vallartans, "these exercises without a doubt add to it and we will keep fighting, we will be generating exercises of this type much more forcefully and continuously, and each day we will be ensuring that the citizen participation is greater".

It should be noted, that the councilor Susana Mendoza Carreño, president of the Disaster Protection Committee, was aware of these tasks at all times, as well as the various local government officials, who also collaborated in the drill.

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According to the latest tally, the Tropical Storm Manuel, left behind in Jalisco, three dead, 56 damaged municipalities, 300 damaged houses, and ten severely damaged roads, says the General Secretary of Government, Arturo Zamora Jimenez, anticipating the request of federal resources to compensate material losses that show, in a singular manner, at least 13 municipalities:

"... when the quantification is done, we will send the corresponding requests to state and national agencies for support in all these communities ..."

For his part, the head of the Ministry of Development and Social Integration, Salvador Rizo Castelo, indicated that because of their deplorable condition, ten municipalities issued an emergency declaration, among these, Cabo Corrientes, for which they will remit as soon as possible, five million pesos:

"... They are Tamazula, Tuxcacuesco, San Gabriel, Tuxpan, Tonaya, Santa María del Oro, Zapotiltic, Cabo Corrientes, Cuautitlán de García Barragán and Villa Purificación…”

Incidentally, the State Government announced the operation next year, of the Disaster Prevention Fund, with at least 50 million pesos, to support victims of natural phenomena.

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Due to the high humidity that the remnants of Tropical Storm 'Manuel' left in the region, and that are expected to dissipate later on Wednesday, in the following hours minor showers will continue to be recorded that do not represent any risk to the population, reported at a press conference Sergio Ramirez Lopez, head of the Municipal Coordination of Disaster Prevention and Firefighters Department, when making a balance of the conditions prevailing in the area after the presence of this phenomenon, which has resulted in minor rainfall of 70 mm in the area.

He explained that a timely monitoring of the storm is maintained since last weekend with a strong coordination among various municipal, state and federal offices, besides neighboring municipalities, to predict any risk for this city.
Among the actions taken, there is a constant monitoring of rivers and streams of the municipality, confirming that none of them presents a significant increase in its volume and only the Ameca River remains at 80 percent capacity, for which it is watched with the support of the State Disaster Prevention Unit. Minor reports have also been taken care of related to fallen trees and landslides in the southern entrance to the city, which were removed immediately and it was verified that the infrastructure for flood prevention works properly, since none of them showed a level greater than 20 percent of its capacity.
Similarly, he noted that there was another landslide in the colony Campestre Las Cañadas that hit the playground of the new kindergarten of this community, as well as a house that has its foundation exposed in one of its rooms, for which the six people who live there were relocated, and the school activities were suspended, before the risk that the landslide continues due to the softening of the ground.
He added that the City staff provides support to the municipality of Cabo Corrientes in the care of a landslide near the community of Las Juntas and Los Veranos, where "there is personnel already working both in the municipality of Cabo Corrientes and in ours. The circulation is free however the work is still being reviewed in that area."
Finally the official announced that although it is predicted that 'Manuel' is strengthened in the course of this evening, due to its location, it will not generate any damages to the port that is practically on the coast of Sinaloa and Sonora.
Meanwhile the councilwoman Susana Mendoza Carreño, president of the Disaster Prevention Commission, confirmed that since the indication of the first signs of this meteor, the commission under her charge made ​​tours of the colonies considered to be at higher risk, such as Bosques del Progreso where prior to the rainstorm 11 families were relocated and likewise the risk was detected in the kindergarten of Campestre Las Cañadas, which was referred to the Municipal Disaster Prevention Department for its attention.
The first officer of the State Unit of Disaster Prevention and Firefighters, Arturo Garcia, said the the freeway of Las Palmas - Mascota, has only a few bumps that do not impede vehicular traffic; the road from Puerto Vallarta to Melaque is also free for traffic, not so the stretch from Melaque to La Huerta that is isolated for which it is recommended to take the alternate route of Chamela to Villa Purificación in order to reach the towns of La Huerta, El Grullo or Autlán. While those traveling from Melaque to Manzanillo, should take precautions due to the increase of the rivers.

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It passed as a low pressure center at just 10 kilometers from the port

It crossed the bay with winds that did not cause extensive damage, thanks to the transversal mountains that run from Cabo Corrientes to Mascota that acted as a shield

The topography of the north coast region of Jalisco virtually saved Puerto Vallarta from the effects of the Tropical Storm "Manuel", that during the weekend crossed Banderas Bay as a low pressure center just 10 miles west of the city.

Víctor Manuel Cornejo López, meteorologist of the University Center of the Coast (CUC) of the University of Guadalajara campus Vallarta, explained that after touching ground in Manzanillo, "Manuel" traveled several municipalities in southern Jalisco until exiting in Puerto Vallarta and flowing out through the center of Banderas bay.

He said that the weather phenomenon was accompanied by strong winds that did not cause extensive damage in the region, due to the transversal sierra running from El Tuito (head of the neighboring municipality of Cabo Corrientes) to the mountain municipality area of Talpa de Allende and Mascota, that acted as a shield, "as a sort of breakwater".

"The central zone of 'Manuel' passed 10 kilometers west of Puerto Vallarta, in the bay, but it passed as a low pressure center (...) However, the transversal sierra running from El Tuito to Mascota acts as a shield, like a breakwater but of winds, and that is what prevents further damages".

He said that the weather phenomenon happened in the middle of Banderas Bay with medium and high levels, after the cauda or tail of the tropical disturbance was accompanied by clouds and rains that were rising this Tuesday before the state of Sinaloa and heading to Baja California Sur, even with the possibility of regrouping to become a hurricane again.

Once the risk passed, that at times threatened Puerto Vallarta during the weekend and, in general, the coastal municipalities of the states of Jalisco and Nayarit, Victor Manuel Cornejo said "Puerto Vallarta is a privileged place for its location, due to the transversal sierra, it is protected against land cyclones, because the sierra works like a screwdriver for cyclones, making it difficult for them to arrive, although it is not impossible".

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Confirmed the state secretary of tourism

Permanent communication of the Ministry of Tourism with the mayors, service providers and businessmen

Jalisco's tourism infrastructure was not damaged in the wake of the Tropical Storm "Manuel" said the Tourism secretary Enrique Ramos Flores, after talks with mayors of several tourist destinations and supervising various activities of the south coast.

Interviewed for local radio, the official stated that "we realized, through communicating with mayors, leaders of service providers, hotels and travel agencies, that in Costalegre and up to Puerto Vallarta, the tourism infrastructure is safe from harm and all tourist services work normally".

He added that given the imminent natural phenomenon, from Thursday September 12 and during the last weekend, he performed supervisory actions at different points of the coast of Jalisco, particularly at Barra de Navidad, Cihuatlán, where he observed and spoke with staff that is doing rehabilitation work in the dock, showing a significant advance.

HIGH OCCUPATIONS

In Puerto Vallarta all hotels are operating normally, he said that he did not receive any reports from the tourism authorities or of the municipality of encumbrances on the premises or on the hotel staff, "the whole hotel infrastructure is working, occupations were high this weekend and as is normal, on Monday afternoon, many people came out, and again the hotels started operating with smaller numbers, but there are no calamities in the hotels and restaurants, and in the services related to tourism".

Even in Puerto Vallarta, the hotel occupancy that was recorded was over 80 percent during the national holiday weekend. Although he did not yet have direct figures from the hotels, he said that overall "it went well" in all of the destinations, and as always, the beach destinations were the most requested by travelers from Guadalajara and Zapopan.

The secretary of tourism stressed that municipalities such as Cabo Corrientes, La Huerta, Puerto Vallarta and Tomatlán reported no damage to the tourism infrastructure.

Enrique Ramos Flores said that he will continue the monitoring of the main tourist destinations of Jalisco, according to the instructions of the Governor of the State, as well as ongoing communication with mayors, service providers and entrepreneurs in the hotel industry.

BEACH EROSION

The secretary of tourism also indicated that work in its first stage is being done with respect to beach erosion in Barra de Navidad: "We are doing a scan of each building to determine the status of its foundations.

According to the result, a filling is made with stone or rubble, depending on the need that the building requires in each part. A polymer is applied (liquid that solidifies when applied and is as strong as concrete) by injecting the required amount to fill the gaps or spaces between the material of the foundation so that it is braced, forming only one body, solid enough to prevent a possible collapse".

Ramos Flores said that once the foundation is reinforced the filling process of the under-hollow that was under the buildings comes next, in which rubble or stone will be used as fill, also injecting with polymer (this work will be done once the foundation of all affected buildings is reinforced).

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The second national workshop opens

The STC help to eliminate barriers that limit student learning; furthermore they promote educational development

With the aim of preparing a strategy for the development of the ordinary phase of the School Technical Councils (STC) and the supporting materials, which will be the basis for the development of the eight working sessions scheduled during the school year 2013 -2014, in the more than 200 thousand primary schools of the country, school officials and school supervisors of basic education, are already working in the Second National Workshop for the ordinary implementation of the School Technical Councils with supervisors.
The delegate of Education Services in the North Coast region, Roberto Palomera Preciado, commented that the head of the Ministry of Education (SE) ​​of the Government of Jalisco, Francisco de Jesús Ayón López has stated that the School Technical Councils are important since they will be the strategic instance that ensures, in compliance with Article 3 of the Constitution, the overall development of students for achieving the quality education to which we all aspire.
"They will be a strategy of the education system that will allow the improvement of student learning, decrease dropout rates and establish a minimum standard for schools to function properly, this with the collaboration of all the school supervisors, principals and teachers", he added .
He noted that the STC should operate as an internal organ of the school with a participatory and inclusive character so that, starting from the development of an initial diagnosis of the school environment, decisions are taken that strengthen the learning processes of students, teachers and principals.
For her part, the undersecretary of Basic Education of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) Alba Martínez Olivé, mentioned that the purpose of this second workshop is to build a better STC.
She said the STC is a necessary space for the professional development and growth of teachers and principals where they can speak confidently, and comfortably about day to day educational issues, not just problems, but also success stories, in order to improve the strategies to get the children to learn.
Parents will be aware of the approaches presented in the STC, a situation that will bring benefits to the education of their children since they will have the necessary information to assist in their learning process as the development of students starts at home with the participation of the whole family and this is complemented in school.

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The National Holidays in Puerto Vallarta started to be celebrated with musical events, organized by the Municipal Government in coordination with the Institute of Culture of Vallarta. It was like this that on Friday, there was a musical concert where over a thousand people gathered to enjoy a tropical night with Sonoras Chocolate and Palomar.
The beginning of the concert took place around seven in the afternoon at the side of the Faro in the Boardwalk, where the stage and the audience, Vallartans and visitors, were waiting for the artists. The first to participate were the guest singers belonging to the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (CROM), who interpreted traditional songs and regional Mexican vernacular music. Subsequently the singing school choir Alas presented itself, with about 30 children, who performed Mexican medleys and led the public to join them in their songs while they awaited the highlight of the night.
It was at 21 hours when the Sonora Palomar presented itself to begin to interpret part of their repertoire which was applauded by the public, then was the turn of Sonora Chocolate, who with their songs had the people dancing in front of the stage for more than two hours, having fun big time in the opening events of the start of Independence Day in Puerto Vallarta.

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Through the municipal program "Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles" by the Department of Environment and Ecology, on Wednesday dozens of olive ridley turtles were released in the area of ​​Holly Beach, as part of the actions that the municipal government, presided by Ramon Guerrero Martínez, performs in order to conserve natural resources. To date and starting on July first, this program began with night patrols on the beaches of the municipality, for the protection of adult female sea turtles and their nest collections for safekeeping temporary corral incubation, there have been a total of 621 nests planted, resulting in an average of 62 thousand protected eggs, these actions have freed up to now, a total of 3 thousand 789 offspring.

The mayor stressed that Puerto Vallarta aspires to be a green city and that the rescue and release of sea turtles is one of the commitments to build a culture of respect and appreciation for the environment. He also reported that "Staring on January of next year, the energy that we consume today, will be wind and of course that's going to allow us to seek a certification to be a green city, and with this we will become the first tourist destination in the country that takes this step ".

For his part, the Director of Environment and Ecology, Luis Gonzalez Guevara mentioned that there have been 11 training courses for volunteer work with different sectors of society organized as groups of scouts, cyclists, and educational institutions like the University Center of the Coast among others, "which has led more than 200 thousand people to join around the hatchling releases, sharing in a direct way the opportunity to participate in this effort to preserve these beautiful and ancient organisms" said the official.

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The construction of a new Regional Hospital in Puerto Vallarta, and the extension of the current, could be completed by 2014, said the director of the Eighth Sanitary Jurisdiction, Karina Guillermina Navarro.
In this regard she indicated that Jalisco's Health Secretary said that to make a new one was more viable than the expansion of the current Regional Hospital, but everything is a project and so far there is nothing concrete.
In this regard and given that the hospital's capacity was exceeded long ago and the relatives of patients must wait outside the facilities, Karina Navarro said that it is unfortunate that the relatives of patients of the Regional Hospital are outdoors.
For which she mentioned that for the moment the construction of some roofs on the outside of the Regional Hospital has already been managed, which although they are not a solution, they would help lessen the problem.
At the same time, she said that she recently learned of the existence of the Rotary Club project of creating a shelter that provides care to relatives of patients at the Regional Hospital, however once it is presented, it will be analyzed to determine what might be the support provided by the health sector to this.
And while this issue is important she recognized that the care for patients who come to the Regional Hospital is more important, "we have to work and have doctors and nurses give the most dignified treatment possible, to work with the capacity that we have for the moment", she concluded.

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The Ministry of Health of Jalisco, through the Jalisco Institute of Mental Health (SALME), announced the celebration of the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th. There will be activities focused on reducing the incidence of this problem in the state through information.

The Dr. Luz Maria Coronado Sosa, SALME director, said in a press conference that on the occasion of the commemoration there will be held "the first International Congress of the Ministry of Health with support from the Government of the State of Jalisco. The Expo Guadalajara will take place on October 10 and 11, and the topics that are going to be discussed are suicide, bullying and attention deficit disorder".

The conference is aimed at mental health professionals.

In the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, since June, there have been activities such as workshop courses as part of the World Suicide Prevention Day. As part of this, on Sunday September 8 there will run a campaign for the prevention of suicide in the RecreActiva Road of Tonalá, starting at 9:00 am, while on September 10 there will be the campaign "The Joy of Living" by the committee of the residents of the colony of the City Council of Tlaquepaque. On September 20th the cycle of the course "Human Rights before Suicide" will close.

Coronado Sosa said that globally a million suicides presents themselves, which provides a death rate of 16 people per 100 thousand. There is a death every 40 seconds for this reason. Suicide is one of the three leading causes of death among people between 15 and 44 years and the second leading cause in the age group of 10-24 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

In Jalisco a total of 446 suicides were registered in 2012. This year, between January and July there were 271 cases (57 women and 214 men), in the same period in 2013 there were 244 (45 women and 199 men).

The theme of the Eleventh World Suicide Prevention Day is "Stigma: a significant barrier for the prevention of suicide."

The World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity for all the sectors of the community, public charities, communities, researchers, doctors, professionals, politicians and legislators, volunteers, bereaved by suicide and other interested groups and individuals to join the International Association for suicide Prevention and WHO to focus public attention on the unacceptable burden and costs of suicidal behaviors with diverse activities to promote understanding about suicide and highlight effective prevention activities.

Crisis intervention: 075 for the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and 01800 227 4747 inside the state.

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