-Editorial The Mexicali Police Department announced that there were no major issues on Dec. 24. The holiday season is the busiest time for the police department as they have to make sure people are safe while traveling. The good news came from the Mexicali Police Chief Christmas morning announcing that …
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Haitian Family Reunification Parole and Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Programs to be Terminated
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In keeping with the agency’s August 2019 announcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a Federal Register notice requesting public comments on revisions to Form I-131, Application for Travel Document to remove sections relating to the Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) and the Filipino World War II Veterans (FWVP) Parole programs. The notice will formally publish on Dec. …
Read More »Three Chambers Decide to Merge into a Regional Chamber of Commerce
-Editorial After a year of negotiations and discussions, three chambers of commerce have decided to merge to create a regional chamber of commerce in Imperial Valley. The Westmorland Chamber, Imperial Chamber, and El Centro Chamber Boards have all voted in favor of merging chambers to form the Imperial Valley Regional …
Read More »Trump Does Not Support the COVID-19 Relief Package
-Editorial President Donald Trump, in a stunning Tuesday night tweet, called the $900 billion Covid relief bill passed by Congress an unsuitable “disgrace.” He urged lawmakers to make a number of changes to the measure, including bigger direct payments to individuals and families. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of Trump’s …
Read More »Mexicali Downtown Renovation Continues with the Modernization of Avenida Juarez
-Editorial With an investment of 39.1 million pesos, through SIDURT, Avenida Juárez, one of the fundamental roads of the Historic Center, will be modernized, a project that contemplates its integral reconstruction, in a length of 400 ml, starting from the German Bridge to conclude at the intersection with Bulevar Adolfo Lopez …
Read More »IV Business Recovery Task Force to Host COVID-19 Labor Law Webinar
-Editorial Webinars to educate local businesses on two new California COVID-19 labor laws will begin Tuesday, Dec. 29, with two additional webinars scheduled for Jan. 7 and 21. Presented by the Imperial Valley Business Recovery Task Force in partnership with the Imperial County Public Health Department and Cal/OSHA, the webinars …
Read More »U.S. Attorney General Blames Russia for Cybeatrack
-Editorial Hackers reportedly linked to the Russian government managed to hack into multiple US government agencies in what could be the largest hack of government systems since the Obama administration. Malware inserted into third-party software may have given hackers access to various government systems for months. It went undetected until …
Read More »ECRMC to Administer First Injections of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine to Frontline Healthcare Workers
-Editorial The El Centro Regional Medical Center will administer the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine this week that will begin a long but needed road to control the pandemic. In what is to be a great day for an area that has been hit hard by the pandemic, ECRMC …
Read More »Industry, education and the law
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, attorney, social activist, philanthropist, and law professor. Within the framework of this edition, where we reflect on the association between industry and education, it is important to highlight the parameters in which law is involved in the relations of these sectors. It is important to …
Read More »Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
-Editorial Congress reached a deal Sunday on a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Lawmakers will move to vote on the proposal, along with a full-year government spending bill, as soon as Sunday night. Millions of Americans have awaited …
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