Commemoration of Mexican Army Day
By José Antonio Pérez
In commemorating Mexican Army Day on November 23rd at the Secretary of the Navy-Army facilities of the Naval Sector, 11 marines were decorated for their time in active service, ranging from 10 to 25 years. The event further honored when on Nov. 23, 1825, Frigate Captain Pedro Sainz de Baranda y Borreiro led a naval squadron in the surrender of the last Spanish colonial stronghold at the San Juan de Ulúa castle near the Port of Veracruz, which consolidated Mexican national independence.
Governor Pavlovich confirms 250 million pesos for Home Port
By José Antonio Pérez
Nov. 22, 2017. Sonora Governor Claudia Pavlovich Arellano anticipates positive agreements for both the municipality and the state from the upcoming “MegaRegion” Sonora-Arizona Commission meeting, to be held in Puerto Peñasco Nov. 30th – Dec. 1st. She stressed there will also be important announcements concerning the Peñasco Home Port, as the federal government has designated 250 million pesos to ongoing work on the project. Despite what may be going on at a national level, she expressed, Sonora and Arizona have their own relationship via the MegaRegion. The Governor noted this relationship is based on hard work and trust in establishing agreements on education, health, safety, and other topics.
107th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
By José Antonio Pérez
Nov. 21, 2017. While most cities across the country held their traditional Mexican Revolution Day Parade on November 20th, Día de la Revolución, Puerto Peñasco held the annual event on Tuesday, Nov. 21st. This year, twenty groups, consisting of over 3000 participants in all, marched along Blvd. Juarez from City Hall to Plaza la Madre in celebration of the colorful patriotic event.
2017 sees 20% increase in Red Cross services
By José Antonio Pérez
Increased tourism and population growth have led to a jump of at least 20% in the number of services provided by the Puerto Peñasco Red Cross, surpassing the 6200 different forms of care provided to the community in 2016. EMT Coordinator Miguel Ángel Ibarra Lomelí detailed the local Red Cross has already provided over 7000 forms of service since January of this year, half of which were emergencies tended to at the facility itself while others were for ambulance transport. Ibarra Lomelí noted the local Red Cross has 65 EMTS, which means better response to emergencies, adding the increase in services is also due to their commitment of responding to 100% of emergency calls as they now have the staff, vehicles, and gasoline to make this possible.