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 at 3:12 PM PDT

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 at 3:11 PM PDT

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 at 3:11 PM PDT

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 at 3:11 PM PDT

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 at 3:11 PM PDT

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 at 3:10 PM PDT

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 at 3:10 PM PDT

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 at 3:09 PM PDT

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 at 3:08 PM PDT

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 at 3:08 PM PDT

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 at 3:08 PM PDT

Tecate Commemorates Mexican Flag Day

TECATE.- The Government of the City of Tecate, led by Mayor César Moreno González de Castilla, commemorated National Flag Day, with a civic event that took place in the Bicentennial Plaza forecourt through the Department of Civic Action. To enhance the ceremony, honors to the nation's insignia were performed, alongside the participation of the Colegio […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:08 PM PDT

CECUT Premieres “Misterios de un mundo invisible” At IMAX Dome

"Misterios de un mundo invisible" (Mysteries of an invisible world) is a movie that talks about the secrets of we are able to see, but most of all what we can't see given that things happen so fast that our sight isn't able to capture them or because they are so small they are invisible […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:08 PM PDT

Knocking Out Mayweather is Pacquiao’s Only Option According to Juan Manuel Márquez

MEXICO.- If there is someone who can have a saying on the match of the decade between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, is Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez who has already fought both boxers and knows their virtues and weaknesses. Márquez was right to say that Pacquiao should seek a knock out, given that Mayweather's […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:08 PM PDT

Mexico’s Government Dislikes Pope Francis Use of the Word “Mexicanization”

MEXICO.- A supposed letter from Pope Francis Bergoglio, were he requests Argentina to avoid "mexicanization", caused a response on behalf of the Mexican Government, which is not-to-pleased with the reference. The term "mexicanization" used by the Pope in a private letter to Argentina in regards to the increasing drug trafficking problem of the country, caught […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT

The Fall of José Susumo Azano Matsura

This is the final story in a three-part series. To get started, click here. Four years ago, three representatives of San Diego energy giant Sempra Energy sat down in front of investigators from the FBI. Their mission: to convince the feds that the company wasn't corrupt. Federal agents had called the meeting in February 2011 […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT

Sempra’s Shady Road to Dominance in Mexico

Originally Published By Voice of San Diego This is Part II of a three-part series. To get started, click here. The race was on and Sempra Energy was losing. In the early 2000s, with the United States and Mexico ravenous for natural gas, a coterie of large energy companies competed to build the first liquefied […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT

Mexican Ruling Party Answers Iñárritu: “We are building a better Government”

After winning 4 Academy Awards for Birdman, social media users and even celebrities have expressed their joy towards Iñárritu, given that he is the second Mexican to win Best Director. There were even jokes about changing the famous "Angel" monument of Mexico City. After winning Best Picture, Alejandro González Iñárritu finished off his speech with […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT

Governor Vega Gives Out Over 15,000 “De la Mano Contigo” Cards

TIJUANA.- On the 15,000 delivery of "De la Mano Contigo" card, State Governor Francisco "Kiko" Vega de Lamadrid, reinstated his administration commitment to create bigger development opportunities in order to elevate the wellbeing levels of families in Baja California, given that this is a way of contributing to the families economy by supplying them with […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT

Tecate Participates in its First Chess Tournament

TECATE.- The city of Tecate, through Municipal Institute of Sports (IMDETE in Spanish) and the Municipal League of Chess in coordination with the Social Development Direction and the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), invite all 4th grade students to participate in their first Chess Tournament. Said tournament will take place […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT