Welcome to Puerto Vallarta's liveliest website! Why Vallarta?Vallarta WeddingsTours & ActivitiesVallarta RestaurantsWeatherPhoto GalleriesToday's EventsMaps  NEWS/HOME  AROUND THE BAY  AROUND THE REPUBLIC  AT ISSUE  THE BIG PICTURE  ENVIRONMENTAL  BUSINESS NEWS  TECHNOLOGY NEWS  EDITORIALS  ENTERTAINMENT  VALLARTA LIVING  PV REAL ESTATE  TRAVEL / OUTDOORS  HEALTH / BEAUTY  SPORTS  DAZED & CONFUSED  PHOTOGRAPHY  CLASSIFIEDS  READERS CORNER  BANDERAS NEWS TEAM Free Newsletter! PV Hosts Fireworks Championship As part of Puerto Vallarta's 90th Anniversary celebration, a National Fireworks Competition will turn the Puerto Vallarta Sports Stadium into a dazzling fiesta full of bright lights and colors on May 30, 2008. Admission is free. World News PhotosVideo Archives Annual Restaurant Week Returns Some of the finest restaurants in town will once again participate in Vallarta Lifestyles' 4th annual Restaurant Week, a gourmet celebration featuring special three-course menus for up to 60% off the regular prices! Out and About in Puerto Vallarta There are always tons of new things to see and do while you are Out and About. Take a look at some recent, and some upcoming, art, music, charitable and community events. School of Champions Summer Camp This summer from July 14th through August 8th, Children of the Dump will open their School of Champions for a summer camp to 100 children who live in impoverished areas around the Vallarta city dump. (Video) The Banderas Beat Rocks! Find out what's happening in Vallarta on Banderas Beat, hosted by Banderas News video journalist, Laura Gelezunas. (VIDEO) Bob Cohen's Sports Rap From the NBA to the NFL, with a little of everything in between, one of the most comprehensive sport reports on a single page. VALLARTA/LOCAL · PV Restaurant Week Returns May 15-31 · Pamela Thompson: Spring Happenings · PV Hosts National Fireworks Championship · Futures 8 Professional Tennis Tournament · Tropicasa Realty Introduces Dos Marias · Twila's Out and About in Puerto Vallarta School of Champions Summer Camp · Children of the Dump Celebrates Ten Years Catch the Rhythms of the Night A Charity Event by Vallarta for Vallarta Puerto Vallarta Cat Crusaders · Luma Now Selling Phase One Homes · Mexico Hospitality and Home Exchange · What's My Puerto Vallarta Property Worth? · Interns Enjoy International Work and Fun The Last Party at Casa Kimberly · Summer is Coming - Keep it Cool! Celebrating the Eternally Young in Vallarta · Deloitte and A.M.P.I. Seminar at Westin Next Theater Season to be Action-Packed Polly Vicars: There Aren't Many of Us Left · Maria Candelaría's Tamales Are To Die For! · Casa Comunidad 5K: Racing Fun for Charity Paco Villanueva Wins Championship Belt How to Create a Playground in Four Days For the Smiles of the Children · The Villa Group Wins Hospitality Awards · The Crane Invasion of Puerto Vallarta · Going South for Inexpensive Dental Care MEXICO · An Unwelcome Former President Returns · Cousin of Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured · A Mexican View of Martin's Trials · Skull Worship Inspires New 'Indy' Film · Thousands Protest Violence in Mexico · Calderón: 'Organized Crime Feeling Heat' · Top Policeman Killed in Northern Mexico · Thousands of License Plates Never Claimed · Officials Vow To Continue War On Crime · Calderón Inaugurates Mother/Child Hospital ISSUES · Mexico Oil Privatization Dispute Rages · The Truth About US Veteran Suicides · Fisherman, Fiancee Vanish Off SoCal Coast · Hillary's Failure: How Did It Happen? Can McCain Appeal to Young Voters? · Pollution Levels Down in US Coastal Waters · Bill McKibben: A Last Chance for Civilization · US Democrats Tout Shift in Hispanic Voting · Survey: Americans Opposed to NA Union · Questions Raised About Private US Prisons BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY · How to Say What You Mean - in Spanish! · US Homeowner Bailout Draws Ire · The Push to Privatize PEMEX · MEX Radio Show Can Get You Out of Debt · US Labor Groups Oppose MEX Aid Package · Report Pushes for US Thought Crimes Bill · WTO Launches Probe of US Farm Support · Mexico Warns of Pending Energy Crisis · Food Pushes MEX Inflation to 3-Year High · Cuban Blogger Receives Spanish Award SPORTS · Futures 8 Professional Tennis Tournament · Bob Cohen's Weekly Sports Rap · Cuba Embraces Golf to Boost Tourism · Lucha Libre Wrestling Unites Cultures · XV Sidral Aga Sports Classic May 16-18th Paco Villanueva Wins Championship Belt · Captain Juan Pablo Moll's Fishing Report FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2008 Follow the competition from Durban, to Puerto Vallarta, Buenos Aires, Dubia, and Benidorm on the road leading up to the final World Cup championship matches on July 17-27 in Marseille, France. EDITORIALS & OPINIONS An Unwelcome Former President Returns to Mexico In the midst of all Mexico's other problems, including the PEMEX debate and the ongoing drug war carnage, who should choose this time to return to Mexico, but former president Carlos Salinas. · A Mexican View of Martin's Trials Editorials | Opinions | At Issue | Environmental TRAVEL & OUTDOORS Catch the Rhythm of the Night Vallarta Adventures' Rhythms of the Night tour transforms the tropical beach hideaway of Las Caletas into a magical paradise where contemporary dance troupes will take you on a journey through time. (Video) · Puerto Vallarta: After the Iguana See Tour Specials In Our Activities Pages HEALTH & BEAUTY Calderón at Inauguration of Mother and Child Hospital As part of the Mother's Day celebrations, President Calderón inaugurated the Mother and Child Hospital in Reynosa, that will provide services for over 350,000 people from this region in the north of the country. · Healthcare Resources' Puerto Vallarta News See Our Health & Beauty Resources FOOD & FINE DINING PV Restaurant Week Returns From May 15-31, some of the finest restaurants in Puerto Vallarta will once again participate in Vallarta Lifestyles' annual Restaurant Week, a gourmet celebration featuring special three-course menus for up to 60% off the regular prices! · Eating Native Mexican Food May Help Prevent   Breast Cancer in Women See Dining Specials In Our Restaurant Pages REAL ESTATE What's My Vallarta Property Worth? Planning to sell your Puerto Vallarta property? Curious about the value of your Banderas Bay area real estate? PVPropertyValues.com offers FREE no obligation service to help you determine the current market value of your home or condo. · Luma Now Selling Phase One Homes in Mexico's   First Beachfront Active Adult Community Banderas Bay Real Estate Made Real Easy VALLARTA STYLE School of Champions Summer Camp This summer from July 14th through August 8th, Children of the Dump will open their School of Champions for a summer camp to 100 children who live in impoverished areas around the Puerto Vallarta city dump. · For the Smiles of the Children Puerto Vallarta Tropical Wedding Resources COMMUNITY SERVICES A Charity Event by Vallarta for Vallarta The Fifth Annual Puerto Vallarta International Altruism Festival will be held at 6 pm on Sunday, May 25th, 2008 in the beachfront gardens at the Marriott CasaMagna Resort. · Kiwanis RISE to the Occasion Adopt a Pet from the Vallarta Animal Shelter VALLARTA LIVING Puerto Vallarta Cat Crusaders There are an estimated 100,000 stray cats in the Puerto Vallarta area, most of which are starving, unloved and unwanted. BanderasNews videographer, Laura Gelezunas shows us how two cat crusaders are alleviating some of the suffering. · There Aren't Many of Us Left... Check Out Our Local Profiles BANDERAS EVENT CALENDAR XV Sidral Aga Sports Classic Offering a weekend full of fun for all ages, this year's Sidral Aga Sports Classic will take place from May 16-18. Based at the Sheraton Resort in Puerto Vallarta, events will be held at the sports stadium, local beaches, and tennis clubs. · First Annual PV Contemporary Art Festival 101 Hottest People Places and Things for 2008 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 · Rentals · Employment · Services · Stuff · Personals · Wanted Tell a Friend • Site Map • Print this Page • Email Us • Top In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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