MEXICALI, B.C.- The march against insecurity was held yesterday afternoon, due to the rise in violence and insecurity rates in the capital of the state of Baja California. The march was called at 6:00 P.M. at Plaza de la Bandera, located in Río Nuevo, and attendees were asked to wear …
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IID celebrates Public Power Week, Oct. 3-9
-Editorial Imperial Irrigation District is celebrating Public Power Week, Oct. 3-9, along with more than 2,000 other community-powered, not-for-profit electric utilities that collectively provide electricity to 49 million Americans. “This year, we especially celebrate the employees of IID – the people behind public power,” said Marilyn Gilbert, IID’s energy manager. …
Read More »Imperial County Supervisors Will Keep Mask Mandate for Now
-Editorial The debate on whether the county should continue enforcing the universal mask mandate was the subject of a heated debate that lasted more than two hours. The County Supervisors had on their Sept. 28 agenda the review of masking requirements under the health order dated Aug. 17, 2021. The …
Read More »TIJUANA INTER-URBAN TRAIN WORK PROGRESS UPDATE BY THE SECRETARY OF INFRACTRACTURE
-Editorial The Tijuana Interurban Train, a project led by the Government of Baja California, is progressing as an executive project and is currently in the preliminary work to start operations in 2024. This was announced by Karen Postlethwaite Montijo, head of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Urban Development and Territorial Reorganization …
Read More »Newsom signs bill making universal vote-by-mail permanent in California
-Editorial California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation to increase voter access and strengthen integrity in elections, including a bill to send all registered voters a vote-by-mail ballot. The Governor signed AB 37 authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), permanently requiring a vote-by-mail ballot be mailed to …
Read More »Imperial County Supervisors Seek Support to Fully Reopen Calexico East Port
-Editorial It’s been more than 18 months since the non-essential border travel restrictions were put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 within the U.S.-Mexico border. At the time it seemed like a rational idea but the changes to the operation of the port of entry have made it …
Read More »Statement of use for trademarks
By: Jaime Israel Davila Gomez, Lawyer. Derived from the reforms to the Industrial Property Law in 2018, the figure of the declaration of real and effective use for distinctive signs was introduced in Mexico. This figure implies for the owners of registered trademarks the obligation to prove to the Mexican …
Read More »Private Schools vs. Public Schools
-Editorial Patricia Orozco and Virgilio Anguiano had careers in Mexicali when they met and decided to come to the United States to start a new life, learn English, and take classes at Imperial Valley College to get a diploma and add more education for themselves. At the same time, her …
Read More »Border Travel Restrictions Expanded Until October
-Editorial The United States on Monday extended restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through Oct. 21 that bars nonessential travel to stop the spread of COVID-19 through the borders despite that the border region in Mexico has received the vaccine. The President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez …
Read More »Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year
-Editorial Work-related Diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016, according to the first joint estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO). According to the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, 2000-2016: Global Monitoring …
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