Tijuana ranks among Mexico’s best municipalities

This Sunday it was announced that Tijuana has the fifth place nationally in the ranking of municipalities and mayors' offices. In addition to this, according to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the municipality obtained a score of 77.7 in the PbR-SED 2021 Diagnosis. This result, achieved the increase of 2.50 points compared […]

May 9, 2021 at 9:38 PM PDT

De la Amistad Park in Tijuana closed for maintenance

Last Thursday, photos of the lake of the famous Parque de la Amistad in Tijuana with strange colors began to surface, soon after people reported on the Facebook page of the Municipal System of Theme Parks of Tijuana (Simpatt), that the water had acquired a brownish tone and the ducks, which commonly swim in the […]

May 9, 2021 at 9:24 PM PDT

Tulum archaeological site closed due to detection of CID-19 case

The archaeological zone of Tulum in Quintana Roo will close its entrance to tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic once again. This will be from last Sunday and until it is determined by the Health authorities, since a case of coronavirus was registered in the place. This was informed by the National Institute of Anthropology […]

May 9, 2021 at 7:59 PM PDT

When will classes resume in Tijuana now that teachers are vaccinated?

When will classes return? This is one of the questions that come to the minds of Mexicans when they hear that teachers in some states have already had access to the vaccine. Regarding this, Mexican authorities have informed that classes could resume 15 days after the vaccination of teachers and teaching staff has been completed. […]

May 9, 2021 at 7:03 PM PDT

Only 40 thousand pesos will be given to relatives of those who were killed on Metro Line 12

The relatives of those who died in the tragedy of the collapse of Line 12 of the Mexico City subway will receive only 40 thousand pesos in compensation; the people who were injured will only get 10 thousand pesos as payment for damages. Mexican politician and economist, Mario Alberto di Constanzo, shared on his Twitter […]

May 8, 2021 at 7:50 PM PDT

Jaime Martínez Veloz implementará un programa de apoyo a la vivienda INFONAVIT y FOVISSSTE

Jaime Martínez Veloz, candidato a la diputación federal del V Distrito de Tijuana en la coalición "Va por Baja California", integrada por los partidos PRI,PAN y PRD, ha trabajado desde largo tiempo una propuesta de Programa para Mejorar la Situación de las Unidades Habitacionales del INFONAVIT en Tijuana, que además incluye al Fondo de la […]

May 8, 2021 at 6:40 PM PDT

Taquería in Tijuana excels with mega tacos

Located at Cabo San Lázaro #19918 Ampliación Guaycura in Tijuana, the taquería "El Picante" surprised chef Danny Betancourt with the size of its tacos rather than its sauces as might be expected. As part of Una Mordida Tacos Tijuana, we visited this place in the city to know what is special about their tacos, taste […]

May 8, 2021 at 3:50 PM PDT

Mexicali rises to 16th place in national top for active COVID-19 cases

According to the report presented this morning by the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, as of May 7, Baja California went from 327 to 362 active COVID-19 cases. Of this total, 247 are located in Mexicali, 90 in Tijuana, 12 in Ensenada, six in Tecate, four in Rosarito, two in San […]

May 8, 2021 at 12:46 PM PDT

Burglaries have decreased in Tijuana, reports City Hall

Based on the statistics presented by the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), during the past month of March, Tijuana registered a decrease in the crime of theft in any of its variants. The Secretary of Security is confident that the trend will also decrease for the month of April. In this sense, the annual comparison […]

May 7, 2021 at 10:11 PM PDT

It’s here! IMAX Dome reopens in Tijuana

A few weeks ago, as part of the Ministry of Culture's Volver a Verte campaign, the IMAX Dome at the Tijuana Cultural Center (Cecut) announced that it would reopen its doors on Thursday, April 29. Cecut's General Direction had confirmed that the IMAX Dome would be the first space to resume activities, after having tested […]

May 7, 2021 at 5:56 PM PDT

How many dollars worth of merchandise can you cross from Mexico to the U.S. without paying taxes?

Do you constantly cross from Mexico to the United States? Is it your first time doing it? Regardless of the answer to these questions there is something very important you have to take into account if you will cross into the neighboring country, and that is that most of the items purchased in Mexico need […]

May 7, 2021 at 5:41 PM PDT

López-Gatell assures that Mexico has ”escaped” the third wave of COVID-19

Hugo López-Gatell, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, announced today that Mexico managed to avoid the arrival of a third wave of COVID-19 after the Easter holiday period. Previously, the official had said that this third wave was not ruled out but that they would continue to monitor the pandemic indicators, such as the number […]

May 6, 2021 at 10:21 PM PDT

U.S. more affected than Mexico by border restrictions: AMLO

The virtual meeting between the President of Mexico and the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is approaching, where they will discuss migration issues among which stand out issues such as the opening of the border between the countries. In this regard, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, assured those listening […]

May 6, 2021 at 2:45 PM PDT

Mexicali returns to the national top of municipalities with the most active cases of the disease

Mexicali continues to show an unfavorable outlook in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting upward trends in the most important indicators that allow this health crisis to continue. In the last 24 hours, 60 new cases were registered in Baja California, 44 of which were reported in the state capital. In addition, of the […]

May 6, 2021 at 1:00 PM PDT

AMLO could discuss reopening the US-Mexico border with Kamala Harris

From the National Palace, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commented that in addition to the main issue of migration, he will possibly put the reopening of the northern border on the table in his virtual meeting with the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. This is a situation of interest […]

May 6, 2021 at 11:49 AM PDT

21 cases of British variant of COVID-19 detected in Oaxaca

This Wednesday, the head of the Secretariat of Health of Oaxaca, Juan Carlos Márquez Heine, announced the diagnosis of 21 cases of the COVID-19 mutation discovered in the United Kingdom, which has been classified as a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO). The variant, scientifically known as B.1.1.7, was initially detected at […]

May 5, 2021 at 10:32 PM PDT

Baja California will not be represented in the National Conade Games

Through an official statement, the General Director of the Institute of Sports and Physical Culture of Baja California, David González Camacho, announced that Baja California athletes will not have the opportunity to participate in the first edition of the National Conade Games, which will be held in Nuevo León. González justified this decision with the […]

May 5, 2021 at 9:55 PM PDT

Check wait times at Tijuana-San Ysidro border crossing with CBP app

Despite the fact that the border has been closed since March 2020 for non-essential travel, it is still common to see long lines to cross into the United States. For this reason, we recommend a page that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) offers. It provides current and estimated times for border crossings, which will […]

May 5, 2021 at 2:19 PM PDT

These 6 neighborhoods of Tijuana have active COVID-19 cases

Baja California has accumulated 47 thousand 615 confirmed cases of COVID-19, in addition to 7 thousand 970 deaths, so far in the pandemic. However, 317 cases are still active in the State, 206 of them concentrated in Mexicali, 87 in Tijuana, 12 in Ensenada, six in Tecate, three in Rosarito, two in San Quintín and […]

May 5, 2021 at 1:31 PM PDT

Baja California one of the states with a COVID-19 variant “of concern”

Mexico notifies 142 patients who have some type of COVID-19 variant classified as "of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO), located in 26 Mexican states, according to information provided by the Sequencing Laboratories Network (Red Laboratorios de Secuenciación). The researcher in Medical Sciences and Coordinator of the SARS Cov-2 Sequencing Team corresponding to the […]

May 4, 2021 at 8:46 PM PDT