Rafaela Félix de Figueroa, President of the Comprehensive Community Assistance Project A.C. representing the dialysis center project in Puerto Peñasco, recently reported on the clinic’s progress in fulfilling requirements established by COFEPRIS (Federal Commission for the Protection of Health Risks). Plans are still set at seeing the clinic finally begin operating by the end of […]
With work wrapping up on Boulevard Juárez, the main street cutting through Puerto Peñasco will be completely open over Labor Day! Following a year of paving city streets through the use of hydraulic concrete, not to mention installation of sidewalks, lighting, new underground sewage and electricity lines, as well as side street entrances and use […]
More than 40 thousand tourists from the U.S. are expected to hit the beaches in Puerto Peñasco over the U.S. Labor Day Weekend. Puerto Peñasco anticipates 10% more visitors over last year this Labor Day Weekend, according to reservation data from local hotels and condominium rental agencies. Information provided by the local Convention and Visitors […]
Applause erupted from the adjacent conference room as we peered out over the Sea of Cortez from our vantage point in La María, tucked away into the classic Viña del Mar hotel atop the rocky edge of the malecón. Glancing over at the celebration, I readily made out the figure of “la Maestra”, Puerto Peñasco’s […]
The initial lineal stretch of the Home Port Project located in the area of Sandy Beach along the coasts of Puerto Peñasco has progressed about 50%. Wendy Winzer, in charge of the monumental project, indicates present construction on the breakwater has reached 700 meters (under ½ a mile) of what will be the final product […]
Set to open within the facilities of the local Chamber of Commerce (CANACO), a new tax service aims to facilitate procedures for small and formal businesses included within new fiscal reforms, while saving time and money on trips to SAT offices in Mexicali or Hermosillo. CANACO President Guillermo Muñoz Fierro explained the idea to open […]
The Puerto Peñasco Chamber of Commerce (CANACO) will be raffling off a 2016 Mitsubushi Mirage on September 15th and invites chamber members and the community to participate for just 300 pesos a ticket. Funds from the raffle will be put toward operating and maintaining the CANACO offices in town. Guillermo Muñoz Fierro, CANACO President in […]
Continuity at the local Dialysis Center is assured as it is a project backed by an association (“Comprehensive Community Assistance Project” A.C.) rather than a city administration project per se, confirms current municipal DIF Director Samuel Ortega. The project, which is 80% toward completion (and paperwork), will not be affected by the upcoming change of […]
Press Release: In recognition of Puerto Peñasco’s fishing sector, City Council has unanimously approved to rename streets surrounding the dock area in honor of former fishermen and founders of the City. The proposal, presented by Municipal Fishing Affairs Director Mario Hoyos Tovar, addresses 4th, 6th, and 7th streets in the dock area, which will now […]
The overpass project being built along Federal Highway No. 8 between Puerto Peñasco – Sonoyta is advancing steadily and should be wrapped up prior to the end of the current municipal administration. Puerto Peñasco Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta indicated the project, which involves federal funds totaling 65 million pesos, came as a result of measures […]
Fishermen from Puerto Peñasco are to receive economic compensation due to the impact of a two year fishing ban (or rather the use of gillnets) in the Upper Gulf of California. A meeting held earlier this summer in Mazatlán, Sinaloa between representatives and fishermen from Puerto Peñasco, accompanied by municipal officials, and staff from the […]
By Shandra Keesecker (Republished from 2012 in honor of the passing of Amaranto Celaya on July 17, 2015) If the creative writing workshop one week prior to the 2012 Puerto Peñasco Book Fair was the prologue, the epilogue came on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9th, as people streamed into the Municipal Auditorium for an official recognition […]
Puerto Peñasco has already registered a 22% growth in tourism during the first part of 2015 over the entire number of visitors to the area last year. Though a number of important tourism months are still to come, principally the rest of July, August, and again in October and the first part of November, there […]
Numerous business owners in Puerto Peñasco gathered today, July 9th, in front of the offices of the local Chamber of Commerce (CANACO) before making their way to City Hall where they presented a request that the cost of “operational license permits” be lowered, amount which they consider to be excessive as recent notices sent out […]
The entire community of Puerto Peñasco is being urged to pay their water bills after collections at the Water Department fell by 75% recently. In just the past week, this dire situation led the Electric Company (CFE) to shut down electricity to the offices of the Water Company (OOMAPAS) and to at least three of […]
Approximately 45,000 tourists are expected to spend the 4th of July weekend in Puerto Peñasco with hotels reporting 80% to 100% in early reservations. Entire families and groups of friends from Arizona, California, Nevada, and other states across the Southwestern part of the U.S. have chosen Puerto Peñasco as the spot to celebrate the 4th […]