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| Puerto Vallarta |
| July, 2006 |
Solemn City Council Session on the 88th Anniversary of Puerto Vallarta
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The Honorable City Council of Puerto Vallarta held a solemn session to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the municipality and the 38th anniversary of the city
After the legal quorum of the session was declared,honors to the flag were rendered on the part of the authorities and the attending citizens,  giving way to the reading of the decrees that granted Puerto Vallarta the category of municipality on May 31, 1918; and the category of city on May 31, 1968.
In turn, Professor Juan Manuel Gomez Encarnacion, City Historian, pronounced a speech on the historic importance of the occasion, focusing his address on the constitution of the first city council, after Don Jesus Langarica was elected first mayor of Puerto Vallarta.
Likewise, within the framework of this double celebration, and acknowledging the merit of those who have been the driving forces behind the grandeur of the municipality in the different areas of the society, the mayor and the council members presented the Puerto Vallarta 2006 awards.
Sculptor Octavio Gonzalez, creator of the monumental sculpture Ballena Vallarta, received the award for his outstanding art work. In the ambit of culture, the award went to the Colectivo La Malagua, a group of graphic artists who promote artistic expression in the municipality.
 On the same note, for his important labor for the Vallartan community, Jorge Alberto Robles Rojas was awarded the Social Assistance commendation. Merit in Sports went to Salvador Santiago Mendez for his lifetime work in sport promotion. Ecology, Education and Tourism were awarded to Professor Rosa Maria Chavez Dagostino, Maria de los Angeles Benavides Peña and Dennis Withelaw, respectively, for their invaluable contributions in each area.
It was then the turn of Mayor Gustavo Gonzalez to take the floor. In his address the mayor exalted 150 years of history full of family tradition. Puerto Vallarta is today a window to the world, and the warm friendliness of its people is its greatest treasure.
Finally, the mayor of Puerto Vallarta formally closed the Solemn Session of the City Council, on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of Puerto Vallarta as a municipality and 38th City anniversary.
The festivities were to continue later on the Malecon with a popular music concert.
The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of the People´s Republic of China, Hon. Ren Jingyu and his wife, as well as the president of the United Chinese Association of Mexico, guests of honor to the festivities.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Las Marietas Women Regatta, a Weekend in Full Sail!
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Last weekend the Las Mariettas Women Regatta took place in Banderas Bay. It was an exciting weekend with the first regattas held with winds of up to 20 knots, easing to 15 for the second and third races.
At the long distance race to the Marietta islands, the Machiavelli yacht acted as committee and media vessel, aboard which sailed the families of the local team, who followed the race cheering for their team. Unfortunately, after taking the wrong course, the local team along with the Santa Barbara team were left without wind and finished in the last places. This way the local team lost its crown to the one from Marina del Rey.
 Participating crews were very happy about the wind, the vessels, the fiestas, and the hospitality of the Opequimar Yacht Club and the organizing committee.
At the award fiesta at De Santos Restaurant, Ship Captain Ramon Juarez Suarez, General Staff , Inspector of the Naval Sector in Puerto Vallarta, honored the competition by handing trophies to the winners.
The overall final standings were:
1st “Hot Flash” from Marina del Rey
2nd “Novias del Mar” from Long Beach Ca.
3rd “Dreadnought” from Puerto Vallarta
4th “Santa Barbara Team” from Santa Barbara
5th “Nauti Chicas” from Dana Point
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Puerto Vallarta Received First Choice's Inaugural Flights
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Jalisco state Tourism Secretary Horacio Gonzalez Pardo, welcomed in recent days the inaugural flights of British Company First Choice, coming from Manchester and London, with destination Gustavo Dias Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta.
 Both flights arrived full to capacity and will maintain a biweekly frequency until October. Starting in November, the flight from London will be suspended and the one from Manchester will continue until February 2007. In March, both flights will resume with the current frequency.
According to information provided by Sturat Thompson, from First Choice, 85% of the capacity in both flights is already sold through October. It is worth nothing that both flights use Boeing 767 aircrafts, with 258 seats.
These flights are the result of the joint efforts by the Tourist Promotion Council of Mexico and the Tourist Secretariat of the State of Jalisco, aiming at reaching out to the European market.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Public Utilities Promotes Clean Corner Campaign
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The program is to be implemented all over the municipality to improve the image and sanitation of streets.
The Department of Public Utilities kicked off the Clean Corner Campaign. As the title refers, its purpose is to maintain spaces designed as pick up points by the garbage pickup system.
According to information provided by the head of the dependency, Martin Vazquez Mendoza, this sanitationbrigade is made up of personnel of the public sanitation department, who are to withdraw from the street corners,  whatever refuse the garbage truck may leave behind, caused by the tearing of garbage bags caused by stray dogs or automobiles, which upsets neighbors, besides the resulting bad image of the city streets.
Vazquez Mendoza said that some of the areas where the campaign is already in operation are La Aurora, 5 de Diciembre, Centro and La Vena, and affirmed that the same actions will be implemented throughout the municipality in a permanent fashion.
Finally, the director of municipal utilities exhorted the population to collaborate, seeking to favor not only the image, but the hygienic conditions of the streets.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
International Festival of Altruism Presents Donations
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Last Tuesday, June 6, at the meeting rooms of the Marriott CasaMagna Hotel, a ceremony was held to present  charitable organizations of Puerto Vallarta with the proceeds of the 3rd International Festival of Altruism.
Kelly Trainor, United States Consular Agent in Puerto Vallarta conducted the ceremony accompanied by JosefinaNaya, representative of Marriott CasaMagna.
In attendance at the event were representatives of the participating restaurants of the festival, as well as other sponsors, to whom Kelly Trainor expressed her gratitude for their generous, great effort.
It was with justified pride that the organizers presented the results of this festival of altruism, which greatly surpassed every expectation. The turnout was of nearly 1700, and the proceeds reached $435,500.00 pesos, which represents a donation of $21,775.00 to each participating charity.
 Some of those participating charities have already reported important new contacts and commitments of new volunteers as a direct result of their involvement in the festival, Mrs. Trainor announced, which is quite encouraging for charities to continue their everyday labor.
Each participating restaurant and sponsor was put in charge of handing a donation to a charity, thus underlining the participative character of the festival.
Likewise, the festival awarded commendations to those who make it possible, among them Sandra Phillips, a volunteer participating in the festival since its inceptive stages, and who, Kelly Trainor says, “helps me stay focused and on the right path”.
After the ceremony, sponsors, representatives of participating restaurants and charities posed for the commemorative photo.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Puerto Vallarta Hosts Water Organizations
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Water management systems are central theme of the encounter.
Puerto Vallarta is the venue for the Benchmarking for Water and Sanitation Companies seminar, which brings together companies from both the public and private sectors, just like the National Association of Water and Sanitation Companies of Mexico, the National Water Commission, and as coordinator of the event, the SEAPAL, Puerto Vallarta´s water and sewer company.
The welcome message was given by Francisco Javier Rojas Gomez, director of SEAPAL, who thanked the participants and said that holding seminars like this represent a significant advancement in creating a database that will help finding out what the best business practices are for water and sanitation companies, and in detecting areas of opportunity for operating agencies.
 He said that among the objectives set for this seminar is guaranteeing the supply of the vital liquid by means of an optimum service that allows for its own sustainability in an efficient manner and reaching out to all the population.
He added that at this meeting important work objectives as to public health and environmental preservation will be established, limiting the participation of the public powers, thus guaranteeing the equality of conditions for providers of these services and their supply on the same level of quality.
Mayor Gustavo Gonzalez Villaseñor marked the official inauguration of the seminar, who commented on the importance events like this one have for Puerto Vallarta and Mexico on its way to consolidating itself as a leader in promoting quality services.
In attendance at the opening ceremonies were also Councilwoman Yolanda Cuevas Cortez, President of the City Council’s Water and Sewer Commission; Donati Vega as representative of CONAGUA and Salomon Abedrop Lopez, president of the ANEAS Board.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Puerto Vallarta to Become Cruise Base for Mexican Tourists in 2007
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National tourists will no longer have the need to travel to Los Angeles or Miami to take a cruise and make the trip back stopping over at Mexican or Caribbean beaches, because starting in late 2007, they will be able to embark in Puerto Vallarta Jalisco and enjoy a cruise north or south along the Mexican Pacific coast, within a first stage.
“For the first time ever, passengers will embark on a cruise ship departing from our country” said Francisco Martinez Narvaez, General Director of the Integral Port Administration (API) in Puerto Vallarta.
To this purpose, two new docking positions are being built, to accommodate ships up to 300 meters long. The works will be completed in November this year.
From then on, ships arriving from United States and Canada will no longer have to anchor outside the port basin.
 Thanks to the new infrastructure city and port revenue will triple, by increasing 30% every year, equivalent to 35 million dollars. “Profits from this investment will reflect in less that one decade” Martinez has commented. The bet is that the cruise industry win Mexico can compete with Puerto Rico and American ports, as well as those in Europe offering cruises on the Mediterranean, not only as far as receiving ships but also in the number of tourists embarking.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
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