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Baja & Border News Translations: Mexico Side of Border Crossing Poorly Operated; 6 million U.S. Jobs Depend on U.S. Trade with Mexico
Mexico Side of Pedestrian Crossing Poorly Operated (El Mexicano, 9/26/12) TIJUANA, BC – It is urgent improved logistics be made for the new pedestrian crossing on the Mexican side, because lines waiting to cross into United States and return collide …
Baja & Border News Translations: FreeWiFi Started in TJ; 12,000+ Pirated CDs & DVDs Seized
Free Internet Connection Started in Tijuana (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/26/2012) Tijuana, BC - The State Government together with Northwest (Telnor) Phone Company opened the first free WiFi internet connection area in the city. The alliance program with Telnor began …
Baja & Border News Translations: Teens Represent 4 of 10 Pregnancies; Recommend Pets Get Bordetela Protection
Teens Represent 4 of 10 Pregnancies (Frontera, 9/25/12, Angela Torres) TIJUANA, BC - In Tijuana, 4 of every 10 pregnancies are adolescents between 14 and 19 years-old, said the State Secretary of Health, and although women live in various States …
Baja & Border News Translations: Education Will Integrate Disabled; 250,000 Beneficiaries Have Popular Insurance
Education Will Integrate Disabled (Tijuana Press, 9/19/12, By Daniel Angel/Leonardo Ortiz) Tijuana, BC - This Tuesday, the first binational forum on the rights of persons with disabilities was conducted with the intention to include this sector with the rest of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Medical Tourism Earns $1 Billion; 4 Fugitives Captured
Medical Tourism Earns More than Billion Dollars (Frontera, 9/19/12 by Celia Garcia) TIJUANA, BC - More than one Billion dollars was reported earned in Tijuana by medical tourism during a forum for better positioning of the tourism sector. Francisco Carillo, …
Baja & Border News Translations: Criminal Charges against Mayor; 12 Killed in 48 Hours
Journalists Bring Criminal Charges against Mayor (El Vigia, 9/18/12 by Gerardo Sanchez) Ensenada, B C - Journalists filed criminal charges against the Mayor of Ensenada Enrique Pelayo Torres, the Director of Police and Municipal Transit Alfredo Rosales Green, and the …
Baja & Border News Translations: Hepatitis Vaccine Recommended; Mexicali Reforestation Project
ISSSTE Promotes Hepatitis B Vaccine (La Voz de la Frontera, 9/16/12 by Alejandro Garcia Magallón) Mexicali, BC - The delegation of the ISSSTE in Baja California is promoting a vaccine against the hepatitis type B virus, which is preventable with …
Baja & Border News Translations: Elderly Assistance Provided; Police Chief Extortion Charges
Support Delivered to La Presa Elderly (Frontera, 9/18/12 by Laura Duran) TIJUANA, BC - With the aim of providing support to at-risk groups, the 20th City of Tijuana, through the La Presa Municipal Council provided 87 checks to seniors as …
Baja & Border News Translations: Osuna Lowers Poverty Level in Baja
Osuna Lowers BC Poverty in Six Years: 80% of budget still allocated to Social Services (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/17/12 by Adam Mondragon) Tijuana, BC - Governor Jose Guadalupe Osuna’s social policy has reduced most of the State’s extreme poverty …
Baja & Border News Translations: Landslides are Preventable Tragedy; Power Pole Falls
Landslides are Preventable Tragedy (EL MEXICANO, 9/17/12 by Lucía Gomez Sanchez) TIJUANA, BC - "What happened did not have to occur", said Alfredo Escobedo Ortiz, State Civil Protection Director, in reference to the collapse that killed three members of a …
Baja & Border News Translations: Extortionist Arrested; A Turtle, A Seal, A Human Skull
Supposed Police Charged Otay Merchants for Protection (Tijuana Press, 9/17/12, SSPM News Release) Tijuana, BC - Municipal police officers arrested an individual wearing a blue uniform of the Directorate General of Police and Transit officer trying to extort money from …
Baja & Border News Translations: TJ - SD Binational Airport Talks Halted
TJ - SD Binational Airport Talks Halted (Frontera, 9/14/12 by Ana L. Gomez) TIJUANA, BC – Authorities from the Institute of the Americas arranged binational dialogue between the mayors of San Diego, Jerry Sanders and Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante. The binational …
Baja & Border News Translations: Minor was Internet Prostitute; 1000 Marijuana Plants Found
Minor was Internet Prostitute (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/14/12 by Manuel Cordero) Tijuana, BC - Municipal police arrested two individuals traveling in a car with two women’s purses. Questioning revealed they had just left a motel and as a result, …
Baja & Border News Translations: Human Resources Congress Planned; Baja is 3rd in National Obesity
Human Resources Congress Planned (Frontera, 9/14/12, by Celia Garcia) TIJUANA, BC - In order to analyze new practices in the area of human resources, the Association of Human Resources of Industry in Tijuana (Arhitac) will hold the 13th Global Congress …
Baja & Border News Translations: Gun Brought to School; Murderer Sentenced
Secondary Student Brought Gun to School (La Voz de la Frontera, 9/15/12 by Juan Galvan) Mexicali, BC - It was reported a 14 year-old minor recently had a 22 caliber pistol with him on the premises of Number 5 High …
Baja & Border News Translations: 30 Million Peso Water Bill; Home Explodes
City Hall Owes 30 Million Pesos Water Bill (El Vigia, 9/15/12 by Nicte Madrigal) Ensenada, BC - The 20th Town Hall owes more than 30 million pesos ($ 2.4 million US) to the Ensenada State Commission of Public Services (Cespe). …
Baja & Border News Translations: The Return of Magaly
The Return of Magaly (AFN Tijuana, 9/14/12 by Juan Manrique) TIJUANA, BC - On Friday, September 13, 2012, she landed on a flight that brought her back to Tijuana. Magaly Salazar Bravo is the young woman who was reported missing …
Baja & Border News Translations: TJ, Reliable Foreign Investment; 5 Arrests Made
Tijuana is a Reliable Foreign Investment (Frontera, 9/14/12) TIJUANA, BC – The debugging of public security forces, citizen participation and intelligence work done to suppress the high impact of crime has led to Tijuana being recognized as a reliable city …
Baja & Border News Translations: Electricity Payments Needed; Tropical Storm Kristy
Neighbors Must Pay for Electricity (El Sudcaliforniano, 9/12/12 by Christian Zarazua) Los Cabos, BC South - To the dissatisfaction of Caribe Bajo inhabitants, the power outage caused by the CFE in their area, the only solution is for them to …
Baja & Border News Translations: Lingerie Thief; Hospital Reaches Milestone
Man Arrested with Lingerie (Peninsular Digital, 9/14/12) San Jose del Cabo, BC South - Raul Estrada was stopped with two black plastic bags full of bras, blouses and such items in the early hours on Thursday on the outskirts of …