By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, attorney, humanitarian and law professor. Throughout time there have been different historical events that have defined the international community, firstly, it arises after the need of the different nations cooperate with each other in different areas, the branch of international law is primarily responsible for …
Read More »Coronavirus Stops the Movie Industry
-Editorial In the wake of COVID-19, many of Hollywood’s major movie releases have been rescheduled later this year or until 2021. Many people were surprised two months ago when the new James Bond movie was postponed by Coronavirus. The latest Bond movie was the first of many film that the …
Read More »Imperial Valley Resident Dies Due to COVID-19 Complications
-Editorial The Imperial County Public Health Department announced today that an Imperial County resident has died due to complications of COVID-19. This represents the first COVID-19 related death for Imperial County. The individual, an elderly adult with underlying health conditions, was recently diagnosed and was being treated in a San …
Read More »Illicit arms trafficking on the border
By: Mario Beltrán Mainero Consul for Community and Political Affairs at the Consulate of Mexico in Calexico In Mexico, there is a sense of injustice regarding the international discourse related to drugs and organized crime, particularly from certain sectors within the United States. Sometimes it seems that Mexico is the …
Read More »Schools in Imperial Valley Will Remain Closed for the Rest of the School Year
-Editorial In alignment with recommendations from the Governor and State Superintendent of Schools, the Imperial County Office of Education announced the extension of school facility closures through the remainder of the school year. While this means our school facilities won’t be physically open for students, the school year is not over. Educators across …
Read More »El Centro City Council Hosted Meeting in Spanish Regarding COVID-19
-Editorial The El Centro City Council held a meeting entirely in Spanish for the first time ever providing information about COVID-19 and updates about the current situation. As of March 31, there are 38 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Imperial Valley and the numbers are expected to grow as tests …
Read More »County Board of Supervisors Freezes Tenant Evictions Linked to Coronavirus
By: Mario Conde, Reporter Renters in the unincorporated area who lose their jobs or get buried in medical bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic are now shielded from being evicted from their homes through the end of May. The board met on March 21 to adopt a series of measures …
Read More »Knowledge will help us beat COVID-19
By: Dr. Elton Gómez, regenerative medicine specialist The first coronavirus (COVID19) news we had, was on January 14, 2020, on a UN news site, there were reports of a new virus, which had not been identified in humans before, 20 days before that, in the middle of December 2019, 41 …
Read More »Trump Extends Social Distancing Order Until April 30
-Editorial President Donald Trump extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April 30, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for the expanding coronavirus pandemic. “Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory has been won,” Trump said at a press briefing after suggesting that …
Read More »In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic crisis, López Obrador visits Mexicali
By: Fidel Gastelum, Reporter The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, continues with his agenda of tours around the Mexican Republic. At this time, it was the capital of the State of Baja California’s turn, where the president appeared at the sports complex located westbound of the city. In …
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