A Virginia racing circuit will be hosting in the month of August, for the first time in the United States, The Great Bull Run where there will also be a tomato fight to top it off. Bryan Pierce, who is the circuit's spokesman, told the local CBS television station that August 24 will be the […]
At around 3:00 pm Tuesday afternoon, a fire began at the Panasonic factory fire located in the Otay Industrial zone, prompting the evacuation of a daycare center affiliated with the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS). 75 children and the educators, who were in the building at the time, were immediately taken to Police Headquarters […]
The U.S. government is considering charging a small fee to those who cross the U.S. border with Canada. This idea has caused for New Yorkers to complain to lawmakers who believe that this will not be good for the economy for either country. New York residents are not the only ones protesting. Canadians are also […]
The political recall committee Respect Arizona reported today that they have already collected more than 200,000 signatures of registered voters in the final stretch to start the impeachment proceedings against the controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The group must submit 335,000 signatures by May 30th to be successful in their attempt to force a […]
Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley said today that the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin the debate on the immigration reform bill in 16 days. At the beginning of the third preliminary hearing on the reform, this high ranked Republican on the Committee reiterated his concerns about the bill that was put together by the "Group of […]
The president of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, reported through his website a request made from North Korea for help with food, due to a possible shortage in that country. The petition was signed by the North Korean ambassador Hong Gyu, where he also mentioned that North Korea could face severe food shortages, and called for Mongolia […]
A woman who lives in Tijuana, but due to her job has to cross the border into the U.S. on a daily basis, unknowingly transported 30 pounds of marijuana from Tijuana to San Diego. The woman, 33, who was still sitting in her vehicle when two men got close to her and started to look […]
Miami will host tomorrow the "Bethlehem Project", which is the first immigration forum that will involve local community organizations and private companies who will be assisting immigrant employees in the citizenship application process. The National Immigration Forum organization will host a conference at the Miami Dade College campus, where they will present the program that […]
A Jewish man was photographed while traveling in a bag, after learning that his plane would fly over a cemetery. The news website Ynet was the first to report on this peculiar case, to which this passenger said he traveled this way by following the orders of his rabbi. Originally, it was reported that the […]
U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday invoked again the "American spirit" by asking for citizens to continue keeping "intact" and "faith in others," after the arrest on Friday of one of the co-authors of the attacks in Boston. In his weekly radio and Internet broadcast, which was recorded before the arrest but released yesterday, Obama praised […]
The American multinational financial services corporation Visa, who also has a division in Mexico, has reported that in 2012, $5.7 billion dollars were spent in Mexico, which is an increase of 16.3% over the previous year. It was Eduardo Coello, the General Director of Visa Mexico, who spoke about new spending habits in the country […]
TIME magazine today released its list of the 100 most influential people, in which in the 46th spot was Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto, to whom many was a big surprise. This list was divided into five different sections: leaders, pioneers, artists, icons, and titans. People like Pope Francisco, Malala Yousafzai, Jay – Z, Jennifer […]
On Monday morning the former Mayor of Tijuana, Jorge Ramos, was arrested after an accident he admitted to being at fault to, which happened on a highway close to the neighborhood of El Soler in Tijuana. There were 5 people who were injured in this accident, as well as damages caused to their vehicles. Ramos […]
At around 8:00 a.m. in the neighborhood of Lomas del Porvenir, Tijuana, a man was shot while outside his vehicle. After being wounded he then go in his car and tried to flee, but ended crashing into a bus. The gunmen did not stop and continued shooting with their weapons, which bullets reached the head […]
A U.S. citizen of Mexican origin denounced of having been a victim of abuse by agents from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), when he tried to cross the border between San Diego and Tijuana this past weekend. The victim, Francisco Gonzalez, in a press conference said that on Saturday at around 8:45 am […]
After yesterdays presidential election results in Venezuela, Henrique Capriles has now requested a recount, where Nicolas Maduro turned out with 50.66% of votes in his favor, while Capriles finished with 49.07% of the votes. In his first speech after the elections, the opposition candidate said, "We will not recognize the result until they count every […]
Jorge Arreaza, who is the vice president of Venezuela, reported that internet services were suspended temporarily after what happened to Nicolas Maduro's Twitter account. This was done to prevent it from happening again. Ironically the announcement was made via Twitter, where he wrote; "My fellow countrymen there are no problems with the internet. Stay calm! […]
[p]Sen. Marco Rubio today rejected the bipartisan immigration reform plan to be presented this week, as being an amnesty for the estimated eleven million undocumented immigrants that are in the United States. [/p] During a series of interviews on Sunday political programs like "Meet the Press" on NBC. Rubio said that "amnesty is forgiveness for […]
The website TorrenFreak revealed that pornography was downloaded via the Internet at the Vatican. This was done by tracking the Vatican's computer IP addresses, and what caught their attention aside from files of music, books, tapes and other material, was that they found a variety of adult content that included pornography, and T.V. series for […]
The group of eight U.S. Senate members-who have been working on the immigration reform bill- is planning to submit next week a bill that will provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants and strengthen enforcement measures against future illegal immigration. "This bill contains measures for strengthening the toughest immigration laws in the […]
