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PROFEPA inspectors keep 24-hour watch over turtle eggs

Two inspectors from the Federal Environmental Protection Office (PROFEPA) are watching over the area in front of Puerta Privada where in early July an Olive Ridley turtle lay its eggs. The area has been roped off to prevent damage to the eggs due to people or horses along this stretch of beach. The protective markers […]

Crece turismo de verano en Puerto Peñasco

Un crecimiento del 5% de turismo norteamericano han registrado las playas de Puerto Peñasco durante el mes de julio cuando se podría cerrar con unos 280 mil visitantes. De acuerdo  a  datos proporcionados por la Oficina de Convenciones y Visitantes el mes de julio se ha comportado con una ocupación hotelera del 70 al 75% […]

Secretaria de Turismo Nacional visita Puerto Peñasco

La Secretaria de Turismo Nacional Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas en su visita a Puerto Peñasco se comprometió en incluir el tema del Homeport de la ciudad en la mesa de Política Nacional de Cruceros para reforzar su próxima apertura, así como impulsar la construcción de infraestructura sustentable en El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar y […]

Summer Rundown in Rocky Point!

If you’re into humidity, July and August in Puerto Peñasco are spectacular! There may not be as many weekend events, yet there’s plenty of activity as summer is actually the busiest time for area hotels. With summer vacation in mind, we’re offering this Summer Rundown and will be back with the Weekly Rundowns come right […]

Traffic opened on Boulevards Juarez and Ocaña!

As part of the transformative process currently taking place across the city, on July 2nd Puerto Peñasco Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta opened up Boulevards Benito Juárez and Samuel Ocaña to traffic, which will help relieve traffic flow with this weekend’s arrival of thousands of visitors. Accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Rafaela Félix de Figueroa and […]

Abrirán circulación del Blvd. Juárez y Blvd. Ocaña

Abrirán circulación del boulevard Benito Juárez y boulevard Samuel Ocaña este jueves 03 de julio Los cuatro carriles centrales quedaran listos para transitarse a partir del próximo jueves cuando arribaran miles de turistas norteamericanos que podrán conducir libremente por el recién pavimentado boulevard.  Heberto  Reyna director de Obras Públicas dio a conocer que aun cuando […]

Federal Secretary of Tourism to visit Puerto Peñasco

Puerto Peñasco Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta recently announced Mexican Secretary of Tourism Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas is to visit Puerto Peñasco on July 9th, accompanied by Sonoran Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías. As the twenty-third ordinary session of City Council wrapped up on June 30th, the Mayor reported Federal Representative Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera is also […]

Water department offers discounts to come see their new offices!

Promoting timely water payments, while showing off the new Water Department facilities, is the principal goal of the promotional campaign “Come and see our offices,” announced OOMAPAS Director Héctor Acosta Félix. Acosta Félix indicated the entire community of Puerto Peñasco is invited to visit the new offices so they can personally see how resources are […]

“Enjoy the beach” assures local Health Control Director

Beachgoers can be confident about Puerto Peñasco’s beaches, which Secretary of Health officials note have been tested to be free of free-living amoebas (AVL). Ubaldo Armando Sánchez, Director of Health Control for Puerto Peñasco, reports according to results on water samples recently analyzed at State laboratories, the city’s beaches are free of bacteria that could […]

Sonoran Institute of Culture presents new App

The Sonoran Institute of Culture (ISC) [located in Hermosillo] recently unveiled a free app for Android and iOS systems. This is part of a multimedia communications project and includes a schedule of cultural events and news from Sonora on an easy to navigate interactive platform. ISC content includes information about workshops, film, theater, literature, dance, […]

Nuevo director de golf en The Links

By Plinio Rivero Un gran cambio se ha dado en el campo de The Links golf course, al contratar recientemente al profesional de golf Luis Torres, como su nuevo director de golf.  Luis, joven y con una visión del golf como uno de los atractivos turísticos mas importantes de Puerto Peñasco, se plantea una línea […]

Avanza clínica de hemodiálisis en Puerto Peñasco

Varios eventos que son realizados en la comunidad tienen como objetivo reunir fondos para destinarse a la segunda etapa de este proyecto, su equipamiento. El anhelado proyecto de la clínica que funcionará para atender a personas de Puerto Peñasco y de lugares circunvecinos que sufran algún padecimiento que requiera de atención de hemodiálisis  será pronto […]

Events help to further Puerto Peñasco’s Dialysis Center

Various events held across Puerto Peñasco help raise funds for the 2nd phase of the city’s first Dialysis Center. Such is the case with this weekend’s 1st Wine and Craft Beer Fest, to be held at Laos Mar Hotel, with proceeds to go to equipping the Center. The long awaited center, which will tend to […]

OXXO “round up” campaign benefits local Fire Department

The Puerto Peñasco Fire Department recently received a check for $289,000 pesos from resources collected through OXXO’s regional “round up” campaign. These funds were collected over the period spanning March, April, and May for every 50 cents OXXO customers “rounded up” in Puerto Peñasco, Sonoyta, San Luis Río Colorado and Valle de San Luis. Nicandro […]

Proyecto de Homeport Puerto Penasco se mantiene firme

“El Mega proyecto de Homeport Puerto Penasco se mantiene firme y aun cuando se registraron atrasos la obra continuara y se entregara a tiempo,” asi lo expuso Wendy Winzer administradora del Consorcio Constructor de Obras Marinas. La representante de la empresa que gano la licitación para la construcción de la escollera aseguro que los paros […]

Develan monumento en honor al Bombero

El escultor Roberto Ledesma plasmó en piedra cultivada el espíritu de lucha de los ‘apagafuegos’ de Puerto Peñasco PUERTO PEÑASCO, 14 JUNIO 2014.-  A partir de este sábado, los hombres y mujeres bomberos cuentan con una estatua diseñada en su honor a manos  del escultor mexicano Roberto Ledesma Ávila, la cual fue develada por el […]