-Editorial Imperial Irrigation District is now offering online, do-it-yourself energy audits for all of its residential customers free of charge. Through a new online tool – MyEnergyXpert – customers can identify energy-saving opportunities tailored to their own home with the simplicity and convenience of 24/7 access. “IID is excited to …
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El Centro Celebrates its Achievements at State of the City Address
-Editorial El Centro Mayor Efrain Silva took the podium to proudly announce the accomplishments made this past year and the plans for the future. Mayor Silva gave his State of the City Address Jan. 30 before dignitaries from all the cities where he thanked the council and city staff make …
Read More »Jason Reynolds Becomes Youth Literature Ambassador
-Editorial The Library of Congress, the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader announced the appointment of Jason Reynolds as the seventh National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2020-2021. For his two-year term as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Reynolds will visit small towns across America to …
Read More »IID Board Approves Deal with Terra Ferme
-Editorial The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors voted to approve an agreement with the company Terre Ferme at their regular meeting on Jan. 21. In what is considered a project that will bring an economic boost to the north end of the Imperial County in the years to come, …
Read More »Basketball Icon Kobe Bryant Dies
-Editorial The world of sports is mourning the death of Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter crash Jan. 26. After the retirement of Michael Jordan in 2000, Kobe became a huge star in the NBA due to his great athleticism that made him win many championships and one of …
Read More »The United States Senate Approves the USMCA in January 2020
By: Dr: Alejandro Díaz Bautista, Economist (PhD) The United States Senate approved a new North American trade agreement in a crushing vote that gave President Donald Trump a legislative victory, even when lawmakers begin to debate his political trial, and sending the stock market to new records offering certain certainty …
Read More »Mexican citizens will need to get new online permit to enter the European Union
-Editorial New politics of the European Parliament have ruled about a new document requirement for travelers entering the European Union from Mexico, and other Latin American countries in 2020. This is the ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System), a permit for travelers, which will serve as a temporary visa, …
Read More »CETYS AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO QUALITY EDUCATION
“In our three campuses we work with a sustainable vision, and mainly with the objective of positioning CETYS in the world, so that the world comes to CETYS”, Dr. Fernando León García, CETYS University System President. Mexicali, Baja California. – The consolidation of important sustainability and leadership projects by the …
Read More »Ellie Burgueno presents creative writing workshop “Develop and Publish your Book”
By: Fidel Gastelum, Reporter As part of her 2020 Agenda, Ellie Burgueño, Founder of the BB Publishing Inc., Beyond Borders Gazette publishing house, and the coming bi-monthly travel magazine Elite Tourism Magazine, offered the workshop “Develop and Publish your Book”, where she also shared experiences that she has acquired throughout …
Read More »Filter System is Introduced to Combat Bad Air Quality
-Editorial In order to create a mechanism to clean the air and reduce air pollution, a new system that could benefit the city was introduced this weekend. Thanks to the initiative of a young Mexicali resident, there is a new option for the city’s industries to purify the pollutants that …
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