-Editorial Imperial County Behavioral Health Services, in partnership with the Imperial County Office of Education (ICOE), was awarded a $2.5 million grant under the Mental Health Student Services Act (MHSSA). MHSSA is a competitive grant program established to fund partnerships between county behavioral health departments and local education entities to …
Read More »The governor-elect of Baja California meets with authorities of the Napa Valley
-Editorial Last Friday, September 4, and Saturday, 5 of this year, a bilateral tour was carried out to visit the Napa Valley led by a delegation of Mexican wine producers and the elected governor Marina del Pilar Ávila. On behalf of the Mexican delegation, Hans Backhoff President of the Mexican …
Read More »PFIZER SECOND DOSE COVID VACCINATION ADVANCES IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
-Editorial In Baja California, Pfizer’s second dose vaccination against Covid is advancing, once more than 25 thousand doses have arrived in the territory to complete schedules, reported the Secretary of Health of Baja California, Alonso Oscar Pérez Rico. He reported that last Friday they applied 8 thousand 59 vaccines and …
Read More »39th Anniversary of the Northern Border College (El Colef)
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, Economist (Ph.D.) The Colef celebrated 39 years of foundation. The origin of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef) dates back to August 6, 1982, under the name Centro de Estudios Fronterizos del Norte de México (CEFNOMEX), which was founded by Dr. Jorge A. Bustamante …
Read More »THE WAR OF THE BUDS
By: Javier Sánchez Valenzuela “El Cerveciáfilo” It is pronounced České Budějovic although for short they can say Budějovice OK? Although the Germans who want to do everything their way call him Budweis. Of course, I am talking about it as a picturesque city located in the southwest of the Czech …
Read More »Calexico and Mexicali Reaffirm Sister Cities Agreement
-Editorial In a ceremony that took place at the Sept. 1st Calexico City Council meeting, Mayor Javier Moreno and Mexicali Mayor Guadalupe Mora signed the reaffirmation of sister cities that will continue the long-standing relationship between the two border cities. The relationship between both cities goes back more than a …
Read More »Students Return to School Despite COVID Fears
-Editorial Anxiety, fear, concern, anger, confusion is some of the reactions parents have had since the beginning of the school year due to the outbreak of COVID cases in some of the schools. Imperial Valley schools returned to in-person learning in August after being out due to the pandemic. However, …
Read More »CHAMBER’S BINATIONAL VIRTUAL SUMMIT PROMOTES REGIONAL PRIORITIES
-Editorial San Diego and Baja California business and community leaders will meet to discuss U.S.-Mexico relations during the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Mexico City Summit. Participants will meet with Mexican leaders and government officials to discuss opportunities for collaboration and help advance issues critical to the success of the …
Read More »Playas de Tijuana Mural Depicts Migrant Struggle
-Editorial The Playas de Tijuana Mural Project poses the question: Who Counts as a Childhood Arrival to the United States? It portrays fifteen stories of childhood arrivals who remain undocumented in the US and those who have faced deportation to Tijuana, Mexico. The mural is located on the beach at the westernmost …
Read More »GOVERNOR JAIME BONILLA VALDEZ OFFERS SUPPORT TO CRAFT BREWERS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA
-Editorial Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez reaffirmed his total support for craft brewers, a sector that has generated an economy for Baja California and with which he committed, during his campaign, to form an internationally competitive cluster. This Thursday, the state president in the company of the head of the Ministry …
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