Contributor: Linda Mottle Playa de Oro residents and friends held a Halloween costume party on October 27th with a raffle of 17 donated prizes, raising $350 USD (4550 pesos) to benefit the Mexican Red Cross. The donation was made to C.P. Faustino Reyes B., Administrative Coordinator, by Linda Mottle, on behalf of the benefit attendees. Almost […]
ITSPP students recognized during ceremony in Hermosillo On Oct. 18th, two students from the Superior Technological University of Puerto Peñasco (ITSPP) were recognized in Hermosillo during a ceremony honoring Distinguished Students from across the state. Irving Efraín Espinoza Sánchez, a VII Semester student in Computer systems and engineering, along with Omar Fernando Hernández Atienzo, a […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero It began with a picture. Local dance and yoga instructor, cultural promoter, and accomplished dancer Mariana Zatarain one day came across a picture of tourism students from the Tec Milenio University in Mazatlán who had organized to become a human sign, inviting people to visit Mazatlán. She started to share the idea of doing something similar here […]
Contributor: Francisco J. Ureña Duarte With the simple yet powerful words, of “Yes, I swear to do so – Si Protesto!” 49 students from the Technological University of Puerto Peñasco (UTPP) recently graduated with degrees from the school’s programs in Gastronomy, Paramedic, and Business Development Marketing. The graduation ceremony, held on Friday evening, Oct. 5th, […]
Across the country, the national system of the Office on Integral Family Development (DIF) is a social assistance branch of the government that seeks to direct public policy regarding social assistance while promoting the integral development of the family and community. The President of the National DIF office is Mexico’s First Lady Margarita Zavala, while the local […]
This week marks the annual National Week of Science & Technology, where various manners of transmitting knowledge come together. The objective is to awaken interest toward scientific and technological fields among children and youth. Scientists, researchers, businesses, those in technology, and authorities alike are encouraged to participate in this cordial atmosphere with respect for upcoming […]
Contributor: Francisco J. Ureña Duarte One of the primary goals of the Technological University of Puerto Peñasco (UTPP) is to work closely with the city’s productive sector by actively participating in the growth and strengthening of local businesses and institutions. In a step toward this goal, on Sept. 13th the UTPP and the Chamber of Commerce of Puerto […]
“Como me encantaría que te sentaras a escribir,” así empieza el Sr. Joe Houchin, escritor “jubilado” quien actualmente se dedica a escribir para el blog de Sonoran Resorts. Nos encontramos en el espacioso restaurante del desarrollo Sonoran Sea, justo al lado de su área de recepción, adornada con unos cuantos lujosos sofás que me hacían […]
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By Steve Schwab From newspaper accounts of the events that took place in June of 1980, all was not quiet on the shrimp farm when U of A students, under cover of darkness, secretly spirited from the lab 150,000 experimental baby shrimp larvae and shipped them to a sister research facility in Hawaii. Their Mexican […]
Contributor: Steve Schwab Since the early 1960’s, University of Arizona scientist Carl Hodges had capitalized on the potential for agricultural research that the fertile and vibrant area of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico had to offer. With its close proximity to the U of A and the immediate, desert-like conditions, Rocky Point was the perfect choice for Hodges’ […]
Balloons, flowers, official plaques, friends, family, and colleagues poured into a small, though comfortable conference room of the Puerto Peñasco IMSS (Mexican Social Security Institute) hospital on the sweltering afternoon of Aug. 31st to celebrate the retirement of Dr. Juan Manuel Villegas Castellano. Villegas, who had served as anesthesiologist for the Zone 9 General Hospital from 1984-2012, and […]
Congratulations to Juan Francisco “El Gallo” Estrada for his resounding win by K.O. against German “El Panteonero” Meraz Friday night 8/24 in Rocky Point! Soon Puerto Peñasco will have its own world boxing champion! Felicidades a Juan Francisco “El Gallo” Estrada por su contundente victoria de K.O. ante Germán “El Panteonero” Meraz. Pronto tendremos un campeón del mundo Rocaportense!
The surprise invitation came over email. “You are invited to evaluate the performance of students from the gastronomy degree program from the UTPP (Technological University of Puerto Peñasco).” I jumped at the chance to see what may lie in store for the culinary world of Rocky Point. The students, who were completing their 4th semester […]
Puerto Peñasco is joining Mexico’s 4th National Bike Crusade as part of the larger health crusade of the Secretary of Health set for this Sunday, Aug. 19th. In Puerto Peñasco, the bike circuit will depart at 6 a.m. from the Health Center (Calle Simón Morua), along Blvd. Benito Juarez toward the malecón in the Old Port and then back […]
Adding to sports fever surrounding the 2012 London Olympics, we turn to Hoops camp here in Rocky Point! Contributor: Alfonso Lopez Trasviña Over this past weekend, the “Hoops Force” brought together nearly 30 basketball campers ranging in age from 8 to 18, illustrating a positive response froom the Peñasco community. The camp was held at the Leandro […]