Press release: The Municipal Civil Protection Unit (UMPC) has been set up following an alert in 36 municipalities as to frigid temperatures over coming days (through Jan. 14). The head of the local UMPC, Nicandro Cornejo Torres, reports the Fire Department has been established as a shelter and has been given numerous mattresses and blankets […]
Press release, OCV, Jan. 9, 2013 In a press conference held on Jan. 9th, the President of the Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV), Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, expressed his optimism that the 2013 collection of the official 2% hospitality tax would be done more efficiently as it will now be collected through the […]
It has been announced that within the first quarter of 2013, the bidding process for construction of the Puerto Peñasco Cruise Ship Home Port will open. The project is set to cost 600 million pesos, remarked Sonoran Director of Tourism Promotion Javier Tapia Camou, as reported by the statewide newspaper El Imparcial. According to these […]
The programming committee of the Riverside International Film Festival (RIFF), along with Martín Martinez and the Cine Club Primera Toma, A.C., are calling for Sonoran films/digital productions to participate within the 60 minute selection granted for Sonoran Film within the RIFF’s 11th Annual Fest. The present call is open to Sonoran filmmakers (born in Sonora) […]
Press release: To celebrate Kings’ Day on January 6th, the Municipal office on Integral Family Development (DIF) is organizing a grand fiesta for the children of Puerto Peñasco in which the will be distributing more than 1,000 gifts to take place at “El Chamizal” entertainment hall, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Municipal DIF President, […]
City Press Release: City Treasury Office to Raffle-off 2013 Ford Escape among timely taxpayers A 2013 model vehicle, valued at $324,400 pesos, among other prizes, will be raffled off by the Municipal Treasury among taxpayers who pay this year’s property taxes on time. In addition, there will be a 10% discount on property taxes for […]
City press release With the intent to prevent road accidents among youth, the Municipal Youth Institute (IMJ) directed by Ruby Borboa Murua has instituted a “Zero Degrees” Campaign in addressing issues of driving while under the influence. Director of the Sonoran Youth Institute (ISJ), Julio Gutiérrez Acuña, stated during a press conference this same program […]
Peñasco community responds to Municipal Youth Institute’s “Winter without cold” campaign City Press Release: Ruby Borboa Murua, Director of the Municipal Youth Institute (IMJ), lauded the positive response the “Winter without Cold” campaign has received from different sectors across the community. After receiving a donation of clothing from the “Manos Unidos” flea-market group, as well […]
City Press Release On Thursday, Dec. 7th, Rocky Point Rally founder and principal organizer Oscar Palacio presented approximately $5,000 USD in donations from the rally to local charities benefiting from the event. Donations are raised from the voluntary registration of bikers when coming into town. With representatives from the City on hand, along with individuals […]
OCV Press Release. Seeking measures that benefit care for both national and foreign tourists in passing through Sonoyta on their way to Puerto Peñasco, and to other points South, on Wednesday, Dec. 5th, leaders from the Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) met with Sonoyta Mayor Ing. Julio Cesar Ramírez. Puerto Peñasco OCV President Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, OCV Director Javier Muñoz Herrera, […]
City press note Rafaela Félix de Figueroa, Puerto Peñasco’s First Lady who is also the President of the local DIF (Office on Integral Family Development), on Monday afternoon, Dec. 3rd, led a march along main streets in the city in honor of Diversity Week, honoring the diversity of abilities within the community. Approximately 200 people, including men, women […]
Every six years, December 1st serves as the swearing-in of a new President in Mexico. Following results from national elections in July, Enrique Peña Nieto of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) was sworn in at midnight Dec. 1, 2012 to serve as President of Mexico for the period from 2012-2018. Peña Nieto comes in after […]
In the U.S. there are gun buy back programs, or even “guns for groceries,” and in Sonora Nov. 28th marked the beginning of the state’s 2012 “Disarming” Gun Exchange. The program is set to run through Dec. 15th in cities across Sonora, including here locally. State Secretary of Public Safety Ernesto Munro Palacio was on hand in Hermosillo for […]
The city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) held a meeting on Nov. 28th entitled “Perspectives and Challenges of Tourism in Puerto Peñasco,” with Sonoran Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías as the main guest of honor. Governor Padrés was accompanied by State Tourism Coordinator Javier Tapia Camou, Puerto Peñasco mayor Prof. Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta, Navy ship captain […]
City Press Release 0129 On Wednesday, Nov. 28th, Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías will make his first visit to Puerto Peñasco during the current administration of Prof. Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta. Following arrival in the morning at the Sea of Cortez International airport, where the Governor will be welcomed by the Mayor, Padrés and those accompanying him […]
