Fernando Castro Trenti, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and who is currently running for the governor of Baja California, disagreed with homosexual relationships, same-sex marriages and adoptions by these couples, which he expressed on live television in last few minutes of the fourth debate between candidates who are also running for governor […]
The UN has accused the Israeli military of torturing and even using young children as human shields in armed conflicts in the region. According to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for Children, "Palestinian children arrested by the police and the military, (Israelis) are systematically subjected to degrading treatment and torture. They are also often […]
20th Century Fox and Riddley Scott have confirmed that the pre-production of the film "Prometheus 2" is underway and have already selected a writer for the script of the film, Jack Paglen, who is currently working with Johnny Depp in the film "Transcendence". Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender, who starred in the first film, have […]
Jose Isabel Arrieta Mendoza, a Mexican judge the municipality of Valle de Allende in the northern state of Chihuahua, was shot dead yesterday after two armed men entered his office and shot him, said the Attorney General of Chihuahua, Carlos Gonzalez. Mendoza had been a judge of the Supreme Court of Mexico and the last […]
The candidate for mayor of Tijuana for the alliance "Compromiso por Baja California" (Commitment to Baja California), Jorge Astiazaran, said that his plan as Mayor includes the support towards digital entrepreneurs, better known as "startups". To date, there have been three "Startup Weekends" in Tijuana, where in this three-day event, professionals from different areas form […]
A group of Buddhist monks in Thailand are now being widely criticized after a video was released, in which they can be seen traveling in first class in a private jet, wearing very fashionable sun glasses, carrying name brand traveling luggage like Louis Vuitton, and listening to music on their iPods. But of course, all […]
UPDATE: 5:40 p.m. – According to the Huffington Post, "A representative from Harvard University said that the school 'has no record' of Luis Roberto Ramirez Alvarez, despite reports from Mexican media outlets that the 11-year-old would be attending the university". Previously: Luis Roberto Ramirez Alvarez, who is only 11 years old and originally from Zamora, […]
British scientists discovered this past weekend a shark species that was believed to be almost extinct, near Rockall Island, which is located in the North Atlantic. The discovery of the eel shark, also called 'living fossil', for the old features that it is characterized with, has sparked a great interest in this species for scientists. […]
Standard & Poors (S&P) have released a new study of the top 25 cities in Mexico who have the most debt, where Mexicali and Tijuana made it in the top 10 of this list. Both cities sum up a debt of more than 3 billion pesos (about $234 million dollars). The capital of Baja California, […]
Analysts Lorenzo Meyer and Sergio Aguayo said that there is a possibility that the next governor of Baja California will not be decided at the polls, but instead there has been a deal that has been made between political parties. During a discussion hosted by journalist Carmen Aristegui for MVS, Meyer and Aguayo agreed that […]
Starting from June 17, 2013 to June 21, 2013 (9:00 pm to 5:00a.m), some lanes of 905 freeway that lead to the Otay Mesa border lanes into Mexico will be closed. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the installation of an awning on several of the southbound lanes, in order to provide greater security […]
A 28 year old female died in Miami after undergoing a butt augmentation treatment in a private clinic, and which according to the authorities, only had permission to operate as a beauty and massage center. Suyima Torres died after undergoing a second session in the Cuerpos Health & Aesthetic beauty center, where she was injected […]
According to the Mexican National Institue of Migration (INM), authorities in the State of Chiapas detained 24 migrants from India that "had no permission to stay legally in the country", and who were aboard a cargo truck. The INM said that in a joint operation with the Ministry of Security and the Attorney General of […]
At Shuckers Bar & Grill in Miami, Florida, on Thursday night, while watching game 4 of the NBA finals between the Heat and San Antonio Spurs, the terrace of this establishment collapsed with at least 100 people on it, which dozens of people ended up taking a dunk into Biscayne Bay. According to official reports, […]
A group of Mexican artisans yesterday offered a sample of their work at a shopping center in the Mexican capital, where they introduced a unique type of brand shoes to customers that are painted with art from their indigenous culture, and at the same time are helping their community in the southern state of Oaxaca. […]
Sebastian de la Cruz, 10, made his first public appearance last year with his tremendous voice in the talent show "America's Got Talent", where he showed that he could sing to the tune of Mariachi music. Sebastian sang in public again, but this time he sang the U.S. national anthem in game three of the […]
A prison inmate by the name of Luis Pacheco Rodriguez, who is serving his sentence at the "El Hongo" prison in Tecate, Baja California, posted a picture of himself and some friends on his Facebook account. What's wrong with this picture? Well, he took it with a cell phone and from his prison cell. These […]
Mexican police rescued 275 people subjected to labor exploitation from a company that grew tomatoes in the municipality of San Gabriel, Jalisco Mexico, reported the State Attorney. The Attorney General of the State of Jalisco said in a statement that the victims -191 men, 45 women and 39 children, belonging to 42 families, lived in […]
What is this walk about? Well, due to an inappropriate comment made by a Canadian police officer, Michael Sanguinetti, during a seminar on aggression at the University of York in Toronto, this is how this march has come about. "Women should avoid dressing like sluts to avoid being victims of sexual violence" were the words […]
Officials confirmed yesterday that a candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who is running for mayor of the city Guadalupe y Calvo, located in the northern state of Chihuahua, has been missing since Monday night and is believed to have been kidnapped. "While no complaint about his disappearance has been made, there are signs […]
