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Tijuana City Official Is Removed From Position After Racist Facebook Comments
On Monday, public official Liliana Sevilla left her position as Director of the City's Women Institute (INMUJER in Spanish). The Department of Communication of the City of Tijuana confirmed her step down due to the controversy created after she posted a meme that red: "What if my place is somewhere in Europe and here I […]
April 13, 2017
Baja Secures Over $1.8 Million In Federal Funds For Sports And Culture
MEXICALI.- The State Government was able to sign two very important agreements that brought in over 124,000,000 pesos ($1,870,000,000 dlls) from the Ministry of Treasury and Public Credit (SCHP in Spanish), as a result of Baja California governor Francisco "Kiko" Vega de Lamadrid's lobbying in Mexico City for resources that will be applied to the […]
April 13, 2017
Meet Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, The Nex Mayor of Chicago?
CHICAGO.- Jesus "Chuy" Garcia is son to a Mexican farmer who worked in the US during World War II under the Bracero Program, and at 58 years of age, he suddenly now has big possibilities of becoming Chicago's Mayor, the 3rd biggest city in the United States. The now US citizen is currently forcing a […]
April 13, 2017
San Diego Red and The Divergent Series Invite You To Be A San Diego Ambassador
SAN DIEGO.- Fans of "Divergent" and its upcoming film, "Insurgent" are invited to send an email to insurgentfansd@alliedim.com for a chance to win a 100 dollars gift card, tickets for the movie's prescreening, a price package as well as being elected as an Official Ambassador for The Divergent Series: Insurgent in San Diego! Participants must […]
April 13, 2017
The Islamic State Threatens Twitter’s Creator
Twitter has being closing the account of the Islamic State members, given that the use the social network to plan attacks and post violent executions of their hostages. The jihadists have considered this actions as a declaration of war on Twitter's behalf, to which they promise to response with a "real war". The jihadist organization […]
April 13, 2017
Quit It: Smoking Doesn’t Reduce Stress or Anxiety
MEXICO.- Being addicted to cigarettes is an affliction that over 10.9 million Mexicans suffer. They are addicted to them without any regards to the warnings in its packaging, such as dead rats, cancer or fetus illustrating their covers. Furthermore, they enjoy it without guilt, saying that "they have to die of something" as well as […]
April 13, 2017
Smoking Doesn’t Reduce Stress or Anxiety
MEXICO.- Being addicted to cigarettes is an affliction that over 10.9 million Mexicans know to perfection. They are addicted to them without any regards of the warnings in its packaging, such as dead rats, cancer or fetus illustrating their covers. Furthermore, they enjoy it without guilt, saying that "they have to die of something" as […]
April 13, 2017
Bill to Ease Border Wait Times Introduced in Congress
UNITED STATES.- On February 11, 2015, two Texan legislators introduced a bill into the U.S. Congress that, if passed, would provide for alternative financing arrangements for Customs and Border Protection officers at land border ports of entry. Under the bill, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection would provide additional customs, agricultural processing, border security, and […]
April 13, 2017
Bighorn Sheep Aren’t Extinct Yet, Relax
TIJUANA.- Yesterday, the news allegedly stated by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, of the bighorn sheep going extinct (SEMANART in Spanish), shocked many Baja citizens on the web. It also turned out to be false. The news came from the site CrónicaMx and was quickly reproduced, especially by Bajas social media users. The […]
April 13, 2017
Tijuana’s Mayor and Baja Governor Inaugurate New Big Screen In Downtown
TIJUANA.- The emblematic arch that is located on Tijuana's Downtown Revolution Avenue, used to have a useless "clock" hanging from it, until yesterday. Thanks to the City of Tijuana and Samsung, this monument now has a new high-tech screen, which was sponsored by the Korean company. The event took place just below the arch and […]
April 13, 2017
This Sunday: Dine at Corazón de Tierra in Ensenada!
Corazón de Tierra will start off the month of March sharing its kitchen with a renown Latin American chef, Pablo Salas from Amaranta Restaurante who will be hosting a dinner pairing on Sunday. Amaranta is a restaurant located in the heart of the city of Toluca, Mexico, it's currently positioned at number 41 among the […]
April 13, 2017
Mexico’s Attorney General Steps Down Amid Rising Tensions In Country
MEXICO.-Until yesterday, Jesús Murillo Karam was settled-in as Attorney General, position which he took on for two years alongside much hesitation from the rest of the political establishment. A very recent case against him was his failure to prove Raul Salinas' (former Mexican president's brother) illegal enrichment, uncertainty regarding the forced disappearing of the 43 […]
April 13, 2017
Baja Government Proposes First In The Nation Free Birth Certificate And State Documentation
TIJUANA.- State Governor Francisco "Kiko" Vega de Lamadrid, alongside his wife, President of the State's DIF, Brenda Raucho de Vega, signed the Initiative to Guarantee the Right of Child Indentity (Iniciativa para Garantiza el Derecho a la Identidad de los Niños), being this one the first in its kind nation wide, having as purpose the […]
April 13, 2017
Tecate’s Policemen Receive New Uniforms and Equipments
TECATE.- With a $2,768,250 pesos ($185,000dlls) investment on behalf the the federal funding of SUBSEMUN 2014, elements of the City's Public Safety Headquarters were supplied with new uniforms an tactic equipment, this event was led by the city's Mayor, César Moreno González de Castilla. During this deliverance, Director of Public Security and City Transit, Juan […]
April 13, 2017
Top Tijuana City Official Under Fire For Racist Facebook Comment
Liliana Sevilla Rosas, Director of The Women's Institute in Tijuana, recently posted a meme with the following message: "What if my place is somewhere in Europe and here I am suffering among natives". The post immediately created displays of rejection up to the point where a user commented: A bit contemptuous, don't you think? That's […]
April 13, 2017
Border Protest Planned Today May Shut Border Down
TIJUANA.- According to El Mexicano, a commercial union group is planning on protesting at the border today, February 26, 2015, starting at 9:00 am with the goal of blocking the border completely. Other members of the business sector are asking police forces to intervene to prevent the border from being blocked, as they state this […]
April 13, 2017
Stay at The Rosarito Beach Hotel This Week!
Imagine being away from the city's traffic, having a room with an ocean view, getting to watch a few dolphins at sunrise and enjoying that delicious sea smell. Sounds like a good idea, right? Maybe it's because of lent season or maybe it's the stress of having the second month of the year come to […]
April 13, 2017
The creation of CENAGAS accelerates the implementation of the energy reform
With the improvement of the management, administration, and operation of the National Integrated Transportation and Storage System of Natural Gas and guaranteeing the continuity and security in the provision of services to support the Mexican territory, the National Center for the Control of Natural Gas (CENAGAS for its Spanish initials) was created; at the same […]
April 13, 2017
Google Blogs Say Goodbye To Pornography
MADRID, SPAIN.- Google announced this Tuesday that starting March 23rd they will prohibit any shared sexual content through their platform Blogger. The update in their policies forbids sexually explicit content, while nudity will still be permitted if it offers a public benefit given that it fits an artistic, educative, documentary or scientific profile. In case […]
April 13, 2017
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
TIJUANA.- Angelique Boyer and Sebastián Ruli will star in the renown play "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus", which will be showing this next Friday, February 2th in CECUT's Perfomance Theater. There will two shows offered on which the audience will presence a staging that will transmit what men and women want. The […]
April 13, 2017
