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Entries from June 2008

Calderón Announces New Drug Prevention Program

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

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.

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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.

Mexican treasuresAs 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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