By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney As we enter the holiday season, it is very important to protect our homes from thieves and other criminals. One of the best approaches is to get to know your neighbors. Even better, developing a neighborhood watch program may make criminals think twice about targeting your …
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Why Travel Is a Category in My Budget
By: Sage Singleton Some may call it a splurge, but I see it as a necessity. Smart money habits and skillful budgeting are some of the most important skills in life. And we all know it’s important to cut back on spending, avoid credit card debt, and increase savings. Yet there’s one category …
Read More »Farmworkers enjoy annual breakfast
By: Mario Conde Every farm workers breakfast falls in the coldest day of the winter but that doesn’t stop the annual tradition that celebrates the hard work of the men and women that works in the fields of Imperial Valley. On the morning of December 1st, volunteers from all over …
Read More »Gustavo Sanchez Vasquez, mayor of Mexicali, renders State of the City Address
-Editorial Before a crowd of attendees who gathered at the State Center for the Arts of the city of Mexicali, after having been included in a list of special guests to this private event, where access was restricted to those who didn’t have a physical invitation and where even, much …
Read More »STATE GOVERNMENT PROMOTES FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN
A series of activities were carried out within the framework of the International day against violence against women. In order to raise awareness of gender violence and its serious consequences, the State Government headed by President Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, through the Women’s Institute of Baja California (INMUJER), carried out …
Read More »Calexico Rotary Club Gives Donation to San Diego State University Calexico Campus
As part of Calexico Rotary Club’s activities and support for the community, the club gave a donation to San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus endowment that will go towards the benefit of the students. Receiving the $500 check was Jose Landeros, Assistant Director of Development and Community Affairs at SDSU …
Read More »Peso and Mexican Stock Exchange react to possible candidacy of Meade to Mexico’s Presidency
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, economist (PhD) The Mexican currency remains in the face of a global fall in the dollar, and after confirming the resignation of Finance Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, who minutes later announced he will register as a pre-candidate for the Presidency of Mexico for the PRI party. …
Read More »Economic Impacts of Black Friday in the northern border of Mexico
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist (PhD). There’s a consumer leak in Baja California and in the northern border during 2017. Borderlanders left at least $1 billion in Southern California during Black Friday 2017. “During this week of” Thanksgiving or the day of the turkey” there were long lines of motorists …
Read More »MEXICAN CONGRESSWOMAN GINA CRUZ GETS ALMOST 10 MP FOR REHABILITATION OF FIRST STREET IN MEXICALI
During her tenure, congresswoman Gina Cruz Blackledge, has managed to get about 10 million pesos for the rehabilitation of First Street of Delegation González Ortega in Mexicali, where she recently started s the resurfacing of another section of this important road. The president of the Finance and Public Credit Commission …
Read More »THE FIRST STATE FORUM OF DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENCY IS TAKING PLACE IN TIJUANA
Taking place on Friday, November 24. The first State Forum on Democracy and Transparency organized by the State Electoral Institute of Baja California (IEEBC) takes place today and participating in it are the Commissioner President of the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Data Protection (INAI), Francisco Javier …
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