-Editorial Twelve years ago the 7.2 Easter Sunday Earthquake destroyed the El Centro Public Library located on State Street. More than a decade later a new beginning arrived for the community as they gathered to celebrate the opening of the new building located at 1140 N. Imperial Avenue. “I like …
November, 2022
-
9 November
Adjustable Rate Mortgages on the Rise
-Editorial About 60% of U.S. homeowners have a mortgage and most have a mortgage that lasts 30 years with a fixed interest rate. Monthly payments to the bank do not change over the life of those loans. From early 2020 through early 2022, adjustable-rate loans made up less than 5% …
-
9 November
Election Results Show Who Will Represent the Imperial County
-Editorial The time for talking and campaigning is now over and after an intense election day, the preliminary results are showing who our representatives are going to be. The preliminary results that were published at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 showed people where things were going. The third update will …
-
7 November
CETYS INAUGURATES THE ONLY RESEARCH CENTER ON WINE IN MEXICO
-Editorial With a special ceremony, the Center for Wine Studies of CETYS University (CEVIT) was inaugurated and the coordinated commitment of the government, business sector, and academia to one of the most important productive vocations in the state of Baja California, viticulture, was reaffirmed. The building that houses the CEVIT …
-
7 November
First ‘Uniquely Yuma’ bus shelters installed
-Editorial The City of Yuma, the City’s Clean and Beautiful Commission, and Yuma County Area Transit (YCAT) unveiled new bus shelters today that aim to provide riders reprieve from the weather while also serving to promote Yuma in an attractive manner. The new shelters were installed on both sides of …
-
4 November
Border County Residents Choose Safety Over COVID Vaccines Misinformation
Imperial County, CA – Where once the COVID-19 infection rate was six times that of California as a whole, overwhelming the two major hospitals – has turned infection rates around, through a combination of vaccine mandates and community outreach. But skepticism remains high among parents and other residents, as do …
-
4 November
MORE TOURISTS TRUST BAJA CALIFORNIA: MARINA DEL PILAR
-Editorial As a result of the coordinated work between the three levels of government, as well as the commitment to continuous improvement on the part of the tourism sector in Baja California, Governor Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda reported that between January and September, 22.9 million visitors in the State, …
-
2 November
Mexico and the United States will celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations
By: Dr. Alejandro Diaz-Bautista, Economist and Researcher (Ph.D.). Later this year, Mexico and the United States will celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations. The High-Level Economic Dialogue between Mexico and the United States (DEAN) is reactivated. Family, cultural, commercial, and economic ties between Mexico and the United States drive us …
-
1 November
HYPER-DOLLARIZATION: THESE FACTORS HAVE HELPED THE MEXICAN PESO TO RESIST AGAINST THE FOREIGN CURRENCY
-Editorial Dollarization is a strategy supported by several countries at different times in their history, particularly those that are developing, which occurs when a country officially adopts the United States currency, the dollar, as its legal tender. Another way to dollarize an economy occurs when informally, faced with the loss …
-
1 November
Calexico Receives $8.5 Million Heber Park Prop 68 Grant
-Editorial It was a day of celebration as the community of Calexico gathered to receive the long-awaited funding for Heber Park that will bring much-needed recreation for the residents of the west side of Calexico. For years, Heber Park has seen a state near abandonment ever since the National Guard …
