As of 4:00 pm on Friday, September 30, Tropical Storm Orlene was displaying maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h and was located 445 km south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco. It is expected to strengthen to a category 1 hurricane early Saturday morning as it approaches the Mexican coast and continues to move northwestward.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently announced that there will be a "considerable" increase in the minimum wage for 2023. Inflationary levels have accelerated talks between businessmen, unions and the government, and though it has not yet been determined how much it will rise, Mexico's minimum wage will go up on January 1.
As part of his work tour in Europe, Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez visited with Pope Francis at his personal residence in Santa Marta, Rome, Italy, where they discussed the agenda of activities that the Mexican State will carry out with the Scholas Occurrentes Foundation. During the meeting, the Pontiff sent a blessing to Jalisco.
Since opening up north of Mexico City on March 21, the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU) has slowly gained new routes and operators. The Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris recently launched operations on six new domestic routes from NLU to Puerto Escondido, Los Cabos, La Paz, Oaxaca, Guadalajara, and Puerto Vallarta.
The pre-Hispanic site of Cañada de la Virgen, located near the picturesque mountain town and tourist destination of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, was declared an Archaeological Monuments Zone by presidential decree on Sept. 20, according to Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
Zacoalco de Torres, Jalisco will soon have a new 100,000 square meters industrial park. Solarever de America will invest $1 billion USD to set up several warehouses that will serve to create an integral system and supply chain to manufacture, from scratch, the necessary materials that make up solar panels.
Another earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck in the central region of the Mexican Pacific at 3:17 this morning. This time, the quake's epicenter was off the coast of Colima, in the municipality of Tecomán. The aftershock shook the Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas region. Many citizens felt the earth tremble despite the early hour.
Over the next few weeks, the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (AMG) will be part of the 'We Love Cities' campaign, organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This initiative seeks to promote love for the metropolis and develop a significant commitment with citizens to consolidate the sustainable development of the AMG.
With the aim of facilitating environmental balance and generating alternatives for food production, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER Jalisco) will spend $7,946,000 pesos this year to support 42 municipalities in the establishment or improvement of 'Viveros' (greenhouses and nurseries).
The 'escaramuzas' – or charro women from Jalisco – are forging boldly ahead by founding a school to train young and teenage girls in horsemanship and “charreria,” Mexico's national sport that is usually dominated by men. The school officially opened its doors in San Martin de Hidalgo, Jalisco, in early September.
