As part of the International Day against the Illegal Use and Trafficking of Drugs, President Felipe Calderón and his wife Margarita Zavala announced the National Information Campaign for a New Life to tell all Mexicans what they can and must do to prevent their children and young people from succumbing to drug addiction.
Calderón Announces New Drug Prevention Program
June 28th, 2008 · No Comments
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El Arrayán Hosts Special Charity Night to Support Children of the Dump
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
EL ARRAYÁN invites the public to attend a special charity dinner night on July 12th to support the Children of the Dump’s summer camp program which begins on July 14th.
The Children of the Dump/School of Champions summer camp is free to the children living in the five colonias surrounding the municipal dump, some of the poorest in Vallarta. The summer camp is four weeks long and the children will learn art, computers, dancing, and swimming as well as participating in field trips. It only takes one donation of $200 pesos to send a child to camp.
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Foreign Tourists To Be Reimbursed for Sales Tax Expenditures
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Sales tax rebates will be paid to foreign visitors beginning in June to enhance the experience of traveling to Mexico and make the country a destination of choice for international tourists.
Once the Tax Administration Service (TAS) grants concessions to three companies to operate the program, Mexico plans to put the program into effect.
As part of their main objective of increasing the flow of international tourists to the country, the Mexico Tourism Board (MTB), is spreading the word to their targeted markets where they concentrate heavily on tourism promotion with the hopes of encouraging foreign travelers to visit Mexico this summer.
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National Fireworks Championship
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
The National Fireworks Championship will be held at the Puerto Vallarta Sports Stadium (in front of the Sheridan Buganvilias Resort and Towers) on May 30, as part of the city’s 90th anniversary celebrations.
This is a prelude to the International Fireworks Symposium scheduled to be held in Puerto Vallarta in April of 2009.
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Cinco de Mayo
May 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Cinco de Mayo marks the date of an important battle between a 6,000 man French army and 5,000 brave Mestizo and Zapotec natives of Mexico, led by Ignacio Zaragoza, and known as the Batalla de Puebla, that took place just south of Mexico City.
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Lorena Ochoa, the young Mexican Golf superstar
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Ochoa continued her dominance of women’s golf Sunday, April 6, with a five-shot victory in the Kraft Nabisco Championship,…
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Using the Telephone
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Use the public TelMex phones that you see everywhere for both Local & International Long Distance ‘LADATEL’ calling.
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Cell Phone Dialing Instructions
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
The person who dials will pay the full cost of the phone call to a cell phone.
You can dial from a regular phone to a cell phone using the following information…
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PUERTO VALLARTA CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES – 2008
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Part of the fun of a holiday is to enjoy local festivities and events. Others select their travel date to participate in specific activities. Following are activities scheduled in PUERTO VALLARTA in 2008.
April 17-20, 2008
International Beach Soccer in PV
Mexico’s national beach soccer team will compete with four other national beach soccer teams from United States, [...]
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International Beach Soccer in PV
April 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Mexico’s national beach soccer team will compete with four other national beach soccer teams from United States, El Salvador and Costa Rica here in Vallarta to participate in the World Beach Soccer Championship, to be held this coming July in Marseilles, France.
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