Baja California exceeds one thousand active COVID-19 cases

According to the latest report from the Baja California Secretariat of Health, the state started this Friday morning with one thousand one hundred and 15 active cases of coronavirus, after registering 947 yesterday. Despite this increase, Alonso Pérez Rico, the head of this agency, pointed out that at least 911 of the total are mild […]

August 13, 2021 at 12:34 PM PDT

Border with the U.S. will remain closed at least through October

The U.S.-Mexico border will continue to maintain its partial closure for at least two more months, this was confirmed by the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. It has been almost 1 year and 5 months since non-essential crossings were restricted into the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a […]

August 13, 2021 at 11:50 AM PDT

Tijuana City Hall creates channels of assistance and communication for the population

The head of Institutional Attention, Ofelia Adriana Cortés Reyna, informed that the XXIII City Hall of Tijuana seeks to change the idea that people have of public administration, providing quick and efficient attention to the citizens, for which they make different channels of assistance and communication available to the citizens. "The municipal president, Karla Patricia […]

August 12, 2021 at 6:03 PM PDT

Tijuana is the city with the highest housing prices in Mexico for 2021

Do rent prices seem exorbitant to you? Do your savings to buy a house not seem to be enough? This is happening everywhere in Mexico. In 2021 alone, prices increased by 10.9% per square meter, as reported by Expansión Obras. According to the Federal Mortgage Society (SHF), housing prices in the second quarter of this […]

August 12, 2021 at 1:55 PM PDT

Baja California close to one thousand active cases

The third wave of COVID-19 infections started in Baja California a week ago, and today the highest number of active cases so far in this new wave was reported, totaling 947. And although 30 days ago the state was not yet part of this wave, it can be seen how these cases have increased, since […]

August 12, 2021 at 12:33 PM PDT

Tijuana City Council prepares first protocol for the protection of indigenous people in migration

Authorities of the Coordination of Attention to Indigenous Peoples (CAPI), are working on the elaboration of the first Protocol of Protection to Indigenous in Migratory context, which will promote the recognition, preservation and defense of the rights and culture of national and foreign indigenous peoples as its main objective. The purpose of this initiative is […]

August 11, 2021 at 7:11 PM PDT

If it is not essential, do not leave your city: Secretariat of Health (SSa) of Baja California

Most of these cases, 295, are located in Tijuana, while Mexicali concentrates 274, Ensenada 166, Tecate 34, Rosarito 31, San Quintin 17, and San Felipe six. In view of this, the Secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, asked the population to reduce their mobility, to do only essential activities, and to avoid traveling to other […]

August 11, 2021 at 3:25 PM PDT

Almost 600 thousand Pfizer doses arrive in Mexico

Mexico received this Wednesday, August 11, 585 thousand vaccines against COVID-19 from Pfizer, being the 18th shipment to arrive at Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM). The shipment arrived on a flight from Cincinnati, United States. This delivery brings the total number of doses sent by the pharmaceutical company to 26 million […]

August 11, 2021 at 1:22 PM PDT

Learn about Mayor Karla Ruiz’s efforts to create a clean Tijuana

The waste problem in the city of Tijuana has been unresolved for many administrations, which has caused the emergence of several illegal garbage dumps. However, the administration headed by Mayor Karla Ruiz is taking an important step to put an end to this problem. This Tuesday, the mayor delivered cargo vehicles to the Municipal Public […]

August 11, 2021 at 12:39 PM PDT

Biden will meet with AMLO in Mexico in September

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador extended an invitation to U.S. President Joe Biden for a meeting in Mexico at the end of September. The proposal resulted from the meeting he had with U.S. officials last Tuesday. The announcement was made by López Obrador during his morning press conference at the National Palace, where he […]

August 11, 2021 at 10:46 AM PDT

Baja California has already done what is necessary to reopen the border: Secretariat of Health (SSa)

The lifting of restrictions on non-essential crossings between Mexico and the United States is an issue that has pushed the governments of both countries, especially after the progress in the vaccination against COVID-19. Initially, the U.S. requested the Mexican authorities that the cities on its northern border reach herd immunity, so that such "reopening" would […]

August 10, 2021 at 3:49 PM PDT

International travelers arriving to Mexico double in the middle of the third wave

Despite the fact that Mexico has several states in red and orange due to the increase in coronavirus cases, international travelers continue to choose our country as one of their favorite destinations, which is why the number of tourists has radically increased in the month of June alone. According to Expansión, during the month of […]

August 10, 2021 at 3:02 PM PDT

Little hope for U.S.-Mexico border reopening this August

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, informed that today he will meet with a delegation of eight high-ranking U.S. officials, who will visit Mexico to discuss various issues, such as the lifting of non-essential travel restrictions on the border between the two countries. Some of the U.S. officials who will arrive today are Alejandro […]

August 10, 2021 at 1:59 PM PDT

Pedestrian walkway in Tijuana’s Financial Plaza to be upgraded

The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Urban Development and Territorial Reorganization (SIDURT), the Metropolitan Planning Institute of Tijuana (IMPLAN) and the Tijuana City Hall are carrying out a project to modernize the pedestrian walkway at the Financial Plaza. The construction of $ 8,497,290 pesos has a physical progress of 21% to date, so $ 2,549,290 pesos have […]

August 10, 2021 at 1:17 PM PDT

Operations are reinforced to guarantee compliance with sanitary measures in Tijuana

The XXIII Tijuana City Hall, through the Municipal Inspection and Verification Department, will reinforce surveillance operations in commercial plazas, establishments and swap meets, in order to continue with the application of sanitary filters and to respect the capacity, due to the return to yellow color on the epidemiological traffic light chart. "It is a priority […]

August 9, 2021 at 6:25 PM PDT

Baja California doubles its active cases in 30 days

Despite the fact that the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Baja California decreased in one day, the Secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, emphasized that the upward trend continues, since in just 30 days, the number of active cases has gone from 402 to 829. The majority of this total is located in […]

August 9, 2021 at 2:43 PM PDT

How will Tijuana’s return to yellow influence border reopening?

If there is one thing we have heard over and over again, it is that the reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border will only happen if conditions allow it. However, what seemed to be moving smoothly has now been stalled. The vaccination campaign in San Diego has stalled and not even the most generous incentives seem […]

August 9, 2021 at 2:15 PM PDT

AMLO: Border opening will depend on phone call with Kamala Harris

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will meet with the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, this Monday afternoon to discuss various issues related to the current health crisis, including the reopening of the Mexican northern border. Since March 2020, the U.S.-Mexico border has only allowed essential crossings, affecting businesses, especially […]

August 9, 2021 at 1:30 PM PDT

This Monday Baja California will return to yellow

According to what was reported this Sunday, August 8, 2021, both state and federal authorities agree that Baja California should return to yellow, after the increase of coronavirus infections in the region. Two weeks ago, the federal government had changed the color of the Epidemiological Traffic Light Chart for the state, however, local authorities decided […]

August 8, 2021 at 3:09 PM PDT

San Ysidro merchants seek to save business; 95% of their customers were Mexicans

The announcement of a month without transit to the United States was bad news for Mexican tourists who used to cross the border for non-essential reasons. However, the announcement was worse for businesses in the San Ysidro border strip who have been without their biggest customers for more than a year. After the news of […]

August 8, 2021 at 1:46 PM PDT