Welcome to Puerto Vallarta's liveliest website! Why Vallarta?Vallarta WeddingsTours & ActivitiesVallarta RestaurantsWeatherPhoto GalleriesToday's EventsMaps  NEWS/HOME  AROUND THE BAY  AROUND THE REPUBLIC  AMERICAS & BEYOND  ENVIRONMENTAL  BUSINESS NEWS  TECHNOLOGY NEWS  BILLBOARD  VIDEO ARCHIVES  ISSUES / EDITORIALS  ENTERTAINMENT  VALLARTA LIVING  PV REAL ESTATE  TRAVEL / OUTDOORS  HEALTH / BEAUTY  SPORTS  DAZED & CONFUSED  PHOTOGRAPHY  CLASSIFIEDS  READERS CORNER  BANDERAS NEWS TEAM Click HERE to learn about the best fishing charters in Puerto Vallarta. Help keep Little League Baseball in Vallarta! For more info click HERE. Learn how Video Diva Productions can help you promote your local business to the world. S.F. Productions is a full service production and marketing company in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Learn about the professional video services provided by Precision Productions. Coming soon to Banderas News! Info on all local Charities and NPOs and how you can help. Quality high technology video, audio, VOIP and WiFi services in Vallarta Learn more about the SETAC Puerto Vallarta Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Community Center. Latest The Beat Discover Spotlight Popular Weddings PV Fishing Street Eat KidsPV archives TOP STORIES, EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Rolo Romero: Do You Need a Mexican Will? Twila's Out and About in Puerto Vallarta Vallarta in Urgent Need of Blood Donors   Medicare Town Hall Meeting on Friday Young People's Friday Classical Concert 3 Nights with John Mooney Live in Vallarta VALLARTA/LOCAL Great Suntanning Tips And Tricks La Regata de Revolucion Sailing Results Polly Vicars: Early Birds Have All the Fun! · Jim Scherrer: Christmas in Puerto Vallarta · Peter Gray Art Museum Open House · Humpback Whales Return to Banderas Bay · Upcoming PEACE Events and FUNdraisers · Vallarta Orchid Society Lecture - Nov 28 Boat Fire Sets Back Fishing Tournament Daiquiri Dick's Guest Chef Tribute · Stan Gabruk: Vallarta Fishing Experience Yummy Lunch for the Kids of El Remance Twila's Out and About in Puerto Vallarta · RISE & Shine Gourmet Champagne Brunch PV Little League Hosts 'Friendly Tourney' · Liana Turner: Roast Turkey Made Easy Tracking the Heartbeat of Banderas Bay Happy Mexican Revolution Day 2009 · Marcelo Arevalo Wins IV Copa Pacifico · GLBT Community Center Opens in Vallarta · PVRPV Expands! New Office on Los Muertos Boat Fire at Marina Vallarta · Rolo Romero: Do You Need a Mexican Will? BanderasNews Entertainment Report · A BanderasNews Brief & Upcoming Events · The Heart is a Fickle Little Muscle · Films for Foodies at PV's Villa Balboa · My Son Has the Swine Flu: A Daily Journal · Vallarta's Latin Fever Starts the 24th · My Friend Without Hair · PVJC Chanukah Dinner at The River Cafe · VYC to Host Pan American Pre-Regatta Rent a Vallarta Villa for the Holidays Street Eats: Tacos de Montes de Oca · Swine Flu - Answers to Your Questions Young People's Autumn Classical Concert · Mijo! Brands Celebrates 2 Years (español) Dreaming in Green: Los Arroyos Verdes · Participate in Expats in Mexico Survey · Medicare PV Town Hall Meeting Update Puerto Vallarta Little League Opens Dec 5 · TeknoGeekz: VoIP Options For ExPats More Local Articles | More Local Videos MEXICO · House of Death: US Cover-Up Unveiled · Climate Change: A Policy of Pretence · Mexico's 'Oldest Woman' Dies at 119 · Mexico's 'Giant Underwater Museum' · Carlos Slim Says Jobs are Key to Growth · Narco Pirates Smuggle MEX Petrol into US · Abortion Fight Moves to Federal Level · Workers Taking to the Streets Nationwide · Protests Stop Mexico for a Day · Drug Violence Gives Rise To Vigilantism AMERICAS & BEYOND · US Vet on Hunger Strike at White House · Plants Finally Get DNA Barcodes US Yet to Sign UN Child Rights Treaty · The Great American Obesity Survey · US Limits Letter To Santa Program · More Diseases Linked to Agent Orange · Guillermo Adames: Discrepancy Indexes · Ross: Will We Ever Stop the Killings? · US Army Corps Liable For Katrina Flooding · Honduras Will Rule on Zelaya After Vote BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY · US Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody Tax Havens & Currency Speculation · MEX Senate to Vote on Telecom Laws Giant Holes in New US Banking Rules · MEX Economy Growing in Third Quarter · Cancun Airport Becomes International Hub · MEX Immigrants' Taxes Top Remittances · The Villa Group: Loreto Project Updates SPORTS Little League All-Star's 'Friendly Tourney' · Bob Cohen's Weekly Sports Rap · Wie Breaks Through, Wins in Mexico · Marcelo Arevalo Wins IV Copa Pacifico · Juan Pablo's Vallarta Fishing Report Puerto Vallarta Little League Opens Dec 5 PVYAFCA: Vallarta Fishing Experience PPTV: La Cruz Fish Tournament ISSUES, EDITORIALS & OPINIONS US Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead. John Ross: Narco Pirates Smuggle Mexican Petrol into Texas Editorials | Opinions | At Issue | Environmental TRAVEL & OUTDOORS/DESTINATIONS Mexican Civility: Jerez, Zacatecas As I sat in El Jardin Principal in Jerez, Zacatecas, I was thinking about what a fellow writer here in our adopted town of Guanajuato, Mexico, said to me once - that surely a sign of civility of any town, anywhere, has to be in its plethora of parks. Tagging Billfish Leads to Adventure See Tour Specials In Our Activities Pages HEALTH & BEAUTY The Great American Obesity Survey High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the Centers for Disease Control. Pamela Thompson's Puerto Vallarta Health Care News See Our Health & Beauty Resources FOOD & FINE DINING Daiquiri Dick's Guest Chef Tribute Celebrate eight years of culinary classics at Daiquiri Dick's. They have assembled a special menu featuring their favorite recipes from past Festival Gourmet guest chefs, which visited the restaurant between 2000 and 2008. Liana Turner's Art of Dining & Living Well: Turkey on the Brain... The Perfect Roast Turkey Made Easy See Dining Specials In Our Restaurant Pages REAL ESTATE Condos, Casas & Cocktails To help educate the public on the how-to's of Mexican real estate and mortgages, Tropicasa Realty and MEXLend Mortgages will be holding Free Q&A Seminars on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at Garbo's on the south side of Vallarta. Jim Scherrer: Escape From America Without Leaving America Banderas Bay Real Estate Made Real Easy VALLARTA STYLE Peter Gray Art Museum Open House The Peter Gray Art Museum on the campus of Centro Universidad de la Costa (CUC) will hold a reception and open house on Friday, November 27 at 5 pm to honor recent donors to its extensive art collection. Everyone is invited to attend, free of charge. Puerto Vallarta's Got Latin Fever Puerto Vallarta Tropical Wedding Resources COMMUNITY SERVICES R.I.S.E. Gourmet Champagne Brunch The first in a series of monthly champagne brunches aimed at raising funds necessary to support Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza (R.I.S.E.), a shelter for abandoned, abused, and neglected children, will be held on Dec 5th at Villa Balboa. Polly Vicars: OXXO Helping to Make Dreams Come True with Becas Vallarta Adopt a Pet from the Vallarta Animal Shelter VALLARTA LIVING Yummy Lunch for the Kids of El Remance Friday the 13th turned out to be an auspicious day for the kids of Benito Juarez Primary School in El Remance as Chef Seth Cloutman and a small army of volunteers served a healthy lunch to 250 school children. HealthCare Resources Puerto Vallarta Presents: Do I Need a Mexican Will? Check Out Our Local Profiles BANDERAS EVENT CALENDAR PVJC Chanukah Dinner at River Cafe The Puerto Vallarta Jewish Community invites you to join us at the magnificent River Cafe Restaurant on Saturday, December 12th at 7 pm for a PVJC Chanukah Dinner and Celebration. Join us for a load of "Latkes" and great dinner with wine. Nov-Dec Classes at the Bilingual Community Center in Bucerías 101 Hottest People Places and Things for 2009 VALLARTA CLASSIFIEDS Buy, sell, or trade just about anything under the sun, and you can place YOUR ads with us here at BanderasNews for free. Click Here! · Real Estate for Sale · Real Estate Wanted · Home/Condo Rentals · Rentals Wanted · Help Wanted · Work Wanted · Local Services · Other Stuff · Personals · Miscellaneous Wanted Tell a Friend • Site Map • Print this Page • Email Us • Top In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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