Following a CPR training course organized by the Tucson-Mexico Sister Cities Association in April, the Puerto Peñasco Convention Center recently welcomed hundreds of students from Sonora and Baja California to an International Congress on Hospital Emergencies and disaster response. Internationally recognized specialists in these areas provided the course May 3rd – 5th, with the goal […]
The Mexican pop duet Rio Roma will warm hearts for Valentine’s Day with a concert Feb. 13th at the Peñasco EXPO Convention Center. Proceeds from the evening will be put toward the higher-education scholarship program of the municipal DIF (office on Family and Children services). The musical event with the pop stars hopes to delight […]
Calm and confident, WBO/WBA Flyweight champion Juan Francisco “El Gallito” Estrada went before the press today with challenger, fellow Sonoran and former world champ Hernán “Tyson” Marquez before Saturday’s fight, which is set to take place at the Puerto Peñasco Expo Convention Center. The highly anticipated headliner, which will be televised live across Latin America […]
“I’d like to tell you a quick story that personally fills me with tremendous pride,” began the Latin Sports Boxing promoter at WBO/WBA Flyweight Champ Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada’s recent press conference, “I have personally witnessed how Juan Francisco and his trainer (Alfredo Caballero) have continued to grow. I clearly remember it, as if it […]
Following creation of the Puerto Peñasco Convention Center Governing Board, headed up by Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta and consisting of representatives from corporate associations, the Chamber of Commerce, and municipal officials, Celida Botello was named the 2014-2017 Director of the recently inaugurated ExpoCenter. Given her experience and background in Puerto Peñasco, Botello’s appointment was well […]
In February of 2012, a groundbreaking ceremony for Puerto Peñasco’s new Convention Center took place along the old road to Cholla Bay in Sandy Beach. Just over two years later, following an investment of 136 million pesos from both Federal and State resources, Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés was joined by both State and Municipal officials […]
Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías is expected to inaugurate the Puerto Peñasco Convention Center during an upcoming visit scheduled for Thursday, May 8th. Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta remarked that following talks with COFETUR Director (State Commission for the Promotion of Tourism), Javier Tapia Camou, the Governor’s visit is tentatively scheduled for next week. “We have […]
City Press Release On Tuesday, Nov. 12th, the new road leading to La Cholla (from the curios market toward the Convention Center) was set to open up to traffic. This comes following conclusion of work on the first phase of paving this very important road with hydraulic concrete. Engineer Heberto Reyna Orozco, Director of Urban […]
By Azucena Mazón During a brief interview with Javier Tapia Camou following the Puerto Peñasco Mayoral Address earlier this week, the Coordinator of the State Commission for the Promotion of Tourism (COFETUR) made assurances that per State and Federal programming this coming November should see the laying of the first stone on what will become […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero The wind is beginning to blow in favor of Puerto Peñasco… – Mayor Figueroa Zazueta Traditionally, Mexican Independence Day festivities on September 16th include formal parades throughout many city plazas. September 16th is further recognized in every corner of the country with street names commemorating this important date in Mexico’s history, often […]
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 […]
(Inglés/Español) Preceded by a dust storm, and among a flurry of emails and text messages regarding location changes, the ceremony marking the laying of the first stone by Governor Guillermo Padres on the new Convention Center finally took place where originally planned, at the construction site located along the old road to La Cholla in […]
There is much anticipation surrounding Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías’ presence for the laying of the first stone on the Puerto Peñasco Convention Center located in the Sandy Beach area. It had been thought Governor Padrés would lay the first stone on the Convention Center as part of activities during the busy Mexico-Arizona Commission meeting in early […]
You may have noticed fresh paint on many of the main roads across Puerto Peñasco, or perhaps convoys of state police roaming around the city. These are clear signs the highly anticipated Arizona-Mexico Commission Plenary meeting is here, with meetings and roundtables to take part in different venues across Puerto Peñasco on Thursday, Feb. 9th and […]
Each year there is always buzz about the possibility of exciting projects coming to Puerto Peñasco. Some of this excitement in the past was stirred up with the development of the Coastal Highway, which has offered a wonderful “short-cut” to Baja California (and subsequently Yuma, AZ and parts Northwest of the city), the inauguration of […]
