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Baja & Border News Translations: Science Week XXIX Opens at UABC; Conferences Held at Wine Museum
Science Week XXIX Opens at UABC (El Vigia, 10/20/12 by Montserrat Buendia) Ensenada, BC - Botox, yeast, yogurt and other products are manufactured using good bacteria for the body, either for medical use or consumption and health. During the 29th …
Baja & Border News Translations: Theatrical Feature Rescheduled; City Property Auction Scheduled
Theatrical Feature Rescheduled (Tijuana Press, 10/19/12 by Vicente Calderón) Tijuana, BC - The feature, "El Gorila" was scheduled for last night in the UABC theatre, but has been cancelled and it was announced that it would be rescheduled for 12 …
Baja & Border News Translations: Alcohol Sales Permits are Backlogged; Not Enough Mass Transit Vehicles
Alcohol Sales Permits are Backlogged (Tijuana Press, 10/19/12 by Daniel Angel) Tijuana, BC - The Alcohol Commission continues to process dozens of permits for alcohol sales that are waiting for a response or have demanded it through the courts. This …
Baja & Border News Translations: BC Government Demands Zeta Gas Take Action; Ministerial Police Arrest Man Who Violated Girl for 5 Years
BC Government Demands Zeta Gas Take Action (El Mexicano, 10/19/12 by Victor Islas Parra) MEXICALI, BC - The Government of the State of Baja California requested that the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) have the Zeta Gas Company, which belongs to …
Baja & Border News Translations: Missing Child Sought; US and Mexico Instructors to Train 125 Police Officers
Missing Child Sought (El Mexicano, 10/19/12 by Said Betanzos) Tijuana, BC - The Attorney against organized crime (SCDO) requests the people of the city’s help to locate Vanessa Mejia Castillo, 12. The last day this minor was seen in Tijuana …
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Extension Requested for Implementation of New Consumer Protection Laws; Municipal Police Identify Murder Suspect
MEXICALI, BC - Before the forthcoming implementation of the new official standard 185 on October 26th, which is intended to ensure to consumers purchasing liters of gasoline obtain an actual liter, gasoline station operators from around the country are calling …
Doggie Heaven: That Great Big, Happy Dog Beach in the Sky
I’ve tried to count them a few times and the number I’ve come-up with is nine or ten. That is dogs that have died in our Clairemont neighborhood this year, 2012. Most have succumbed to old age, which is considered …
Baja & Border News Translations: 70,000 Breast Exams Completed in Tamaulipas
70,000 Breast Exams Completed in Tamaulipas (MonitorEconomico, 10/16/12) Cd Victoria, TAM - As part of a line of action programs aimed at preventing and destroying female breast cancer and thereby reduce the number of deaths by the disease, the Ministry …
Baja & Border News Translations: Company Donates School Supplies; Scholarships Delivered to Working Mothers
Company Donates School Supplies (Siglo21, 10/17/12) Mexicali, BC - Recently the Honeywell company delivered about 5,500 school supplies to Municipal DIF with the aim of providing tools to children with limited resources in the community and to show them the …
Baja & Border News Translations: High Wave Warning at BC Coast; 92 Persons Missing in Mexicali in 2012
High Wave Warning at Baja California Coast (UniRadioInforma, 10/17/12) TIJUANA, BC - Tropical Storm ´Paul´ in Baja California is generating higher waves and elevated tides off the coast of Tijuana, where surfers took advantage of the situation to ride the …
Baja & Border News Translations:Two Clandestine Pemex Outlets Found in BC; Free Culinary Arts Instruction Offered for Disabled Youth
Two Clandestine Pemex Outlets Found in BC (El Mexicano, 10/17/12) MEXICALI, BC - Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) physical security elements tracked down two closed clandestine outlets in the 10 inch Rosarito-Mexicali oil pipeline. Pemex workers found an empty 20 liter can …
Baja & Border News Translations: Mexican Traffic Police are the Most Corrupt; 8 Hours of Work is More than Sufficient
Mexican Traffic Police are the Most Corrupt (AFN, 10/17/12) Mexico City - The legendary "bite" is not the mythical Apple that Eve offered to Adam but that which occurs among Mexicans on the road and it has left an imprint …
Baja & Border News Translations: 5 Accidents Leave 3 Dead and 2 Injured
5 Accidents Leave 3 Dead and 2 Injured (AFN, 10/17/12) TIJUANA, BC - Municipal police reported that on Tuesday, at different sites of the city, there were five crashes, in which a man and two women died, and two persons …
Baja & Border News Translations: BC Plate Program Requirements; Congress of Human Resources Management Scheduled in BC
BC Plate Program Requirements (El Mexicano, 10/17/12 by Gomez Sanchez) TIJUANA, BC – There are still more than 5,400 steps citizens with uncompleted documentation for their vehicles in the BC Plate program. Those who applied to the program and paid …
Baja & Border News Translations: More than 10,000 Visit the SSPM at Tijuana Innovative; Tourism Benefit is 20 Million Pesos this Year
More than 10,000 Visit the SSPM at Tijuana Innovative (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/17/12) Tijuana, BC - More than 10,000 people have visited the Secretariat of Municipal Public Safety (SSPM) module at Tijuana Innovadora 2012, located in the corridors of …
Baja & Border News Translations: 1.5 Million Mexicans Returned to Mexico from U.S. in 3 Years; Mexico Discards 150,000 Tons of Electronics
1.5 Million Mexicans Returned to Mexico from U.S. in 3 Years (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/15/12) City of Mexico - The Under-Secretary for Population, Migration and Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Interior, Gustavo Mohar Betancourt, said that around a …
Baja & Border News Translations: City Lighting Repair Ongoing; Suspect Admits Killing of Abel Lopez
City Lighting Repair Ongoing (Tijuana Press, 10/16/12 by Daniel Angel) Tijuana, BC - The Secretariat of urban development in the municipality ensures, in advance of repairs, 75% of newly installed luminaries in failures. In September they said they would complete …
Baja & Border News Translations: Two Suspects Captured in Sunday Attack of Policemen; PGJE Clarifies Murder of Astronomer
Two Suspects Captured in Sunday Attack of Policemen (Frontera, 10/16/12) TIJUANA, BC - Two people were detained in relation to the murder of the policeman that happened on Sunday afternoon. On the other hand, the other agent who was injured …
Baja & Border News Translations:User of Counterfeit Notes Arrested; Two Arrested for Sex Assaults
User of Counterfeit Notes Arrested (Frontera, 10/16/12) TIJUANA, BC - Based on an anonymous complaint, an individual who tried to pay with counterfeit notes, for goods at a colonia Cumbres del Rubí grocery store was seized by Municipal police officers. …
Baja & Border News Translations: School Awarded Bully-Free Certification; Support Sought for People with Disabilities
School Awarded Bully-Free Certification (Frontera, 10/16/12 by Okairy Villavicencio) ENSENADA, BC - Yesterday afternoon, the particular educational institution Colegio Pearson became the first school certified as bully-free, an accreditation that is granted by the Municipal Government through the program called …