Trabajadores sacando tule y lirio de la zona del malecón.
Sofía Medeles (Ajijic, Jal.)- Quieren un Ajijic reluciente de limpio. Motivo por el cual, las limpiezas a fondo han continuado por las calles, playas y espacios públicos de la pintoresca delegación.
Esta semana se trabajó tanto en el campo de fútbol ubicado por la carretera Chapala-Jocotepec, a la altura del Bajío, al poniente de Ajijic, así como en las orillas del Lago, las más cercanas al malecón.
El Encargado de Despacho, Maximiliano “Max” Macías Arceo, comentó que además de darle una mejor imagen a las playas del pueblo, ya que son las zonas que más reciben al turismo, lo hace por los pobladores para que cuenten con un espacio para pasear, hacer deporte, salir los fines de semana, etcétera.
La limpieza abarcó también la parte de la playa, al costado izquierdo del muelle, donde se sacó agua estancada y se terraplenó para que se pueda volver a habilitar ese espacio como estacionamiento. “Eso va a calmar el tráfico y el exceso de carros estacionados en las vialidades principales, mejorando el flujo en fines de semana y días festivos”, justificó el Encargado de Despacho.
“Me parece bien que limpien toda esa agua estancada que puede propiciar los mosquitos, más en este tiempo, aunque también pienso que deberían secar el agua estancada que se encuentra al costado derecho del muelle, en el canalito, para no crear un criadero de zancudos. En cuanto al espacio extra para estacionamiento, es una buena solución para tener un poquito más de capacidad”, argumentó un hombre que se encontraba en la zona del malecón.
Asimismo, Max aseguró que están iniciando con su plan para reactivar a los jóvenes con deporte, por lo que ya iniciaron con la limpieza de la cancha del Bajío, ubicada a un costado del centro de acopio, donde se encuentra el centro de reciclaje. “Estaba muy abandonada, tenía mucha maleza en el campo, las mallas tiradas en la cancha. Ya iniciamos con la limpieza, pronto seguiremos con el pasto sintético y las cercas de la cancha”.
Alejandro González, el encargado del Consejo Municipal del Deporte (COMUDE) en Ajijic, se encargará de convocar a torneos rápidos, entre otras actividades, tanto en la cancha como en la unidad deportiva, que ya lleva una limpieza más avanzada.
“Esta situación de restricción de eventos nos ayuda para enfocarnos primero en limpiar, y ya después en entregar espacios óptimos para el deporte”, señaló el encargado del deporte en Ajijic.
Finalmente, Alejandro González agradece el apoyo de los ajijitecos, ya que siempre le ofrecen apoyo en sus proyectos. “Siempre que se me acercan a ofrecer su ayuda, me animan mucho, y me motivan a seguir y hacer más proyectos para mejorar la delegación. De corazón, agradezco mucho esos gestos”.
En la actual temporada invernal 2021-2022, se han aplicado más de 2 millones de dosis en Jalisco.
Redacción.- En la actual temporada invernal 2021-2022, la Secretaría de Salud Jalisco (SSJ) ha aplicado más de 2 millones de dosis de la vacuna contra la influenza, logrando rebasar el 91 por ciento de la meta programada para este periodo, el cual concluye en marzo próximo.
El estado aún cuenta con dosis disponibles, por lo que la SSJ reiteró el llamado a la población en general, y de manera particular a los grupos de riesgo que no han recibido la vacuna contra la influenza, a acudir a las unidades médicas para protegerse de esta infección. Son prioridad embarazadas, niñas y niños menores de 5 años, adultos mayores de 60 años y personas que tengan alguna enfermedad crónica.
La dependencia de salud recomendó llevar a menores de 5 años, aunque no tengan su cartilla, a su unidad de salud, donde además de la vacuna contra la influenza se revisará cuáles otras le hacen falta. “Todo es gratuito, rápido, los módulos de vacunación son cada día más ágiles, no requieren cita, sólo acudir a la unidad de salud más cercana” invitó la coordinadora de Determinantes Sociales en Salud de la SSJ, María Elena Pajarito Melchor.
La funcionaria explicó que, hasta los 5 años de edad, las niñas y niños son más vulnerables a las infecciones pues sus órganos se encuentran en proceso de maduración al igual que su sistema inmunológico, este último es el que ayuda a crear defensas y poder contrarrestar los virus y las bacterias.
“Las vacunas las deben recibir los recién nacidos (BCG), después la hexavalente a los 2, 4 y 6 meses de edad y al año se aplican las vacunas contra neumococo, contra sarampión y rubéola; al año y medio se aplica de nuevo la vacuna hexavalente y luego hasta los cuatro años la vacuna para proteger contra difteria, tosferina y tétanos”, enumeró Pajarito Melchor.
Respecto a la vacuna contra la influenza, ésta debe ser aplicada a partir de los seis meses de edad, una refuerzo previo o durante cada temporada invernal, y hasta que el niño o niña cumpla los 5 años de edad, la dosis se aplica dentro del Plan de Invierno (noviembre a marzo de cada año) y tiene como fin reducir los daños a la salud derivados de la baja temperatura, la exacerbación de las enfermedades crónicas de las vías respiratorias; así como al aumento en la circulación de agentes infecciosos
La SSJ implementó en todas las unidades de salud del estado la estrategia “Ruta de la Vacuna”, cuyos protocolos sanitarios disminuyen el riesgo de contagios de COVID-19, ya que las áreas de consulta y de vacuna se encuentran separadas entre sí.
Vacunación para población Infantil
El hombre fue detenido por oficiales de la Policía del Estado. Foto ilustrativa.
Redacción.- Por presuntamente haber cometido el delito de abuso sexual en la modalidad de tocamiento en agravio de una menor de 13 años, un hombre identificado como Abel “N”, de 29 años de edad, fue puesto a disposición del agente del Ministerio Público para que se amplíen las investigaciones.
Los hechos ocurrieron en la colonia San Miguel, en el municipio de Chapala, por donde los oficiales de la Policía del Estado hacían un recorrido de vigilancia cuando una mujer solicitó su ayuda, ya que su hija de 13 años presuntamente había sido víctima de un delito sexual cometido por su cuñado, quien habría tocado a la menor de manera inapropiada.
Tras notificar de la noticia criminal a la autoridad correspondiente se ordenó que el hombre fuera trasladado ante el Agente del Ministerio Público de la Fiscalía del Estado en la delegación de Chapala para que se iniciara la Carpeta de Investigación.
The unidentified man was found lying on the shore of the lake on January 17. He died days later.
An alleged immigrant who on Monday, Jan. 17, was found on the shore of the lake in the Ajijic area with a severe case of alcoholic congestion, died a few days later at the Ajijic Municipal Clinic, authorities reported.
The person was found covered with blankets lying on the lakeshore between Colón Street and Marcos Castellanos. He was taken to the clinic and initially reported to be in stable condition, but he died days later.
The deceased was apparently a Central American migrant, but information about his family is unknown, so the body was taken to the morgue.
Translated by Mike Rogers
Mural of Michi Cihualli, located at the intersection of Morelos and Del Paseo.
Sofía Medeles (Ajijic, Jal.) – Artist Jesús López Vega will restore one of his several murals, the mural featuring Michi Cihualli (the Goddess of Lake Chapala). The artwork is located at the intersection of Morelos and Del Paseo, where Ajijic Tango restaurant is currently located.López Vega said that the mural is approximately eight years old, and that he is glad that he was asked to maintain it, «I thought it was going to be removed with all the new the works that were recently completed, and although they did whitewash a part over the mural, it can be restored. I had to repaint that part, in addition to the restoration.»This property has murals by other artists, such as José Durán, and Javier Zaragoza, which were also recently renovated. López Vega added that he is pleased with the location of the mural close to the lake. He hopes that both tourists and locals can learn a little more about the legend of Michi Cihualli via his mural.
López Vega commented that the legend of Michi Cihualli caught his attention after reading a writing on pre-Hispanic mythology by Jesús González Gortazar. With time and research, he found out that an author named Tapia, had documented that in the lake of nearby Cajititlán they had the same goddess of the lake, strongly suggesting that Michi Cihualli spans more than one region, and may be a divinity of the coca culture.
Translated by Amy Esperanto
SIMAPA, Ajijic 2022 collection.
Sofia Medeles (Ajijic, Jal.) – The Director of Sistema Municipal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado (SIMAPA) Ajijic, Timoteo Aldana, hasn’t received instructions for – and doubts that – SIMAPA fees collected will remain exclusively for SIMAPA projects, or even solely within Ajijic.
«We have not yet been given any indication. As commented, the collection so far has been slow. I think that probably what is collected will be used to improve SIMAPA’s service, and make pending payments. Even so, it is difficult to determine; the final decision will come from the president.»
During his campaign, Alejandro Aguirre Curiel promised to invest at least five million pesos annually, coming from SIMAPA’s budget. These funds would be used to repair sidewalks, streets, finish the sports center project, and in tourism and cultural projects (including a new route of murals, and other activities). Although this investment has not been managed by Ajijic, work has already begun on the sports center, as well as on the repair of streets. Additionally, an interstate gastronomic festival was created to boost tourism.
Translated by Amy Esperanto
J. Vicente Negrete School started its first back-to-school cycle with considerable absence of children and educational staff. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía: With approximately 30 percent non-attendance of students and educational personnel, basic education schools in the municipality of Jocotepec returned to classes.
After it was announced (despite the worrying increase in cases of coronavirus by the omicron variant) that this Monday, January 17, basic education schools in Jalisco would return to one hundred percent of their capacity.
According to educational personnel, classes started with an average of 30 percent of non-attendance by students and teachers in the different schools in the municipality of Jocotepec.
Educational authorities, who preferred to remain anonymous, say the main reason why most of the children have not returned to classes is because their parents are sick.
Although it was not specified if they were Covid-19 positive, as stated by the interviewee who is a teacher at Jocotepec School, this first cycle of return to classes, after almost two years of distance education, started with 25 percent of students’ non-attendance and one child confirmed positive for the coronavirus.
The interviewee said one student who was sent home that same day has been the only child (so far) who has tested positive for Covid-19, «the situation is worrying and even more so after all the festivities that have taken place.»
In addition, the teacher does not see the outlook for the next two weeks in a positive light, adding that «after the holidays the parents are the ones who are infecting the children,» she said.
On the other hand, the J. Vicente Negrete school began this first school year with a 30 percent absence of students, as well as 20 percent of the teaching staff being sick.
However, in order to protect the health of the entire educational community, without affecting the training and integral development of children and young people, the Jalisco State Government announced the implementation of the strategy «Covid-19 Random Test Application Model for Educational Personnel,» a measure to be carried out in schools that started on January 19.
This strategy consists of randomly applying tests to educational personnel in the 125 municipalities of the state, with the aim of detecting positive cases and isolating those affected in a timely manner, minimizing the risk of contagion and providing appropriate follow-up to each of them.
The Secretary of Health in the state, Dr. Fernando Petersen Aranguren, announced that, «in order to carry out these actions, the Secretary of Education of the Government of the State of Jalisco (SEJ) acquired 45 thousand tests that will be given y health personnel in the Health Regions of the state.
Translated by Sydney Metrick
Upon entering the facilities of the Municipal Presidency, the sanitation protocol is carried out.
Jazmín Stengel – Chapala City Hall has registered 46 new positive cases, which totals 52 infected workers since January 3 to date, so it has decided to reinforce the sanitation measures recommended by the Jalisco Health Board in order to reduce the number of infections , the t Chapala President Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel announced.
Of the recent positive cases, 16 were recorded in the Public Safety Department and all have mild or moderate symptoms, said Elizabeth Oropeza, director of Social Communication.
President Aguirre Curiel said that «the infected have not been enough to restrict working hours, so the City Hall continues working in a regular manner», Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., while the first level officials are at the service of the community 24 hours a day.
Likewise, the recommended health measures have already been intensified, both in the municipality and within the City Hall, including immediate isolation when the first symptoms are identified, keeping a healthy distance, and the use of masks and proper disinfection inside poorly ventilated places.
The government health agencies have also made available to the community the Covid-19 testing service (antigens and antibodies), at the Municipal Clinic with a cost per test of 200 pesos, confirmed Aguirre Curiel, while at the Health Center they are offered free of charge, said its director, José de Jesús González Rodríguez thanks to an agreement signed by the Government of Chapala with the private laboratory ‘El Lago’, which performs the tests for its workers and residents who request them. To make use of this service it is only required to go to the facilities during working hours with the patient’s official identification.
Another of the preventive measures taken is the placement of banners that reiterate to visitors and the general public the health measures in force. Two of them have already been hung, the first one at the 7-Eleven at the entrance to the center of the town and the other at one at the busiest entrances of Ajijic where most tourists usually arrive.
Tourist areas, restaurants , bars, cantinas and casinos in Chapala and Ajijic, will now be monitored by the corresponding agencies to ensure compliance with sanitation measures, as well as to confirm the negative certification of their ‘Polymerase Chain Reaction’ (PCR) tests.
The inspections are also «in charge of verifying the percentage of diners in each establishment, as well as the sanitation measures recommended by the Jalisco Health Agency», said president Alejandro Aguirre in an interview. Chapala has registered a total of 919 cases to date, according to Radar Jalisco Covid-19.
Aguirre Curiel also said that «we have tried to be very prudent in this situation (large events and celebrations)» «We are going to begin to control these types of events to avoid contagions.» However the ‘Coffee, Chocolate and Wine Festival’ held on the Ajijic boardwalk on January 8 and 9 seemed to contradict this position. It had close to 50 exhibitors and few requirements regarding the use of masks or temperature takers, as Laguna witnessed during the event.
However, the public celebrations of New Year’s Eve, in front of the presidency and the Malecon of Chapala, the novenario of San Sebastian in Ajijic and the festivities of the Lourdes neighborhood in the municipal capital, were cancelled, and the delegate elections I will be suspended until the incidence of coronavirus infections in the municipality decreases, said the president Alejandro Aguirre Curiel.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
Santos Degollados High School, with its classrooms occupied by students.
Sofía Medeles (Ajijic, Jal.) – Although not all students returned to classes, and opinions about their presence are very divided, the principals of three schools shared that the students who returned expressed a great desire to be back in the classroom, given the loss in learning in class caused b y Covid.
In an interview for Laguna, Raúl Zamora Cárdenas, principal of Santos Degollado High School; Candelaria Castañeda, principal of Marcos Castellanos Elementary School; and Iván Ramos, principal of Francisco Márquez Elementary School, agreed there has been low turnout for the students but that they are enthusiastic to return to the classroom.
They commented that instructions for this return to classes were given by the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) and the Government of Jalisco, indicating that one hundred percent of the groups would be able to return with full health measures in place, although face to face attendance would not be mandatory.
«At the high school, there are two or three students missing per classroom, who have reported in as sick. Those who do not come to school in person participate through school WhatsApp groups. If someone decides not to come, they can use the RECREA platform to do their schoolwork,» asserted Director Raul, who added that it seems to him that the State Government does not take into account the needs of the schools, as there has been a lack of adequate financing to cover costs.
Principal Iván commented that, in the case of his school only 49 percent in attendance, approximately 101 students, while six percent of the absentees chose to take part in distance education.
«Those who do not attend have close family members who are ill, so, to reduce risks, they themselves decided not to come. They are given the option of distance education, with the understanding that they are the same activities that are done in the classrooms, with small modifications to make it easier for parents and students. We prefer this to RECREA, since all parents find the platform difficult to use,» said Ramos.
Meanwhile, at Marcos Castellanos Elementary School, teacher Mrs. Candelaria reported that of the 210 students in the institution, approximately 150 students are currently attending, and the number continues to rise.
«The first day we had very low attendance, approximately 77 students. On Tuesday attendance increased, reaching groups of up to 30, and the following days the number has continued to increase. The missing students report as sick, but we continue to work at school with the usual health measures.»
Regarding the loss of learning and achievement by the students, all those interviewed confirmed it had occurred. Although the teachers were sympathetic, they commented on the lack of material or resources of some students to follow online classes, the lack of support from the teachers that is given in face-to-face, little space and time for the parents to assist their children, among other reasons. However, based on the comments from their students, they affirmed that the children are happy to return to classes. «They are very eager to return. They are enthusiastic. At school they like to be in class and with their friends, but yes, they go home, and suddenly they are upset because of their parents’ comments that they are behind in their learning,» added Mrs. Cande.
Principal Raul commented that this form of schooling will prevail for the rest of the school year, and that at the end of the school year the school will be given new instructions for operating. The three teachers thanked the parents for their help in monitoring their children for possible contagion and informed them that they are still working, and as far as possible, they are trying to be risk-free.
Translated by Colleen Beery
Besides asking for consolation and strength for Chuyito’s family and friends, the priest exhorted them to repent of their sins and remain united
Jazmín Stengel: Almost one hundred people said their last goodbye to Chuyito (Jesús Ignacio Rojas Ríos), who died on January 13 as a result of a fire. On Friday, January 14, the funeral procession of the child took place along Francisco I. Madero Avenue and the malecon of the municipal capital of Chapala, where family, friends and neighbors of the community gathered.
Chuyito’s death was caused by a fire at 110 Pino Suarez Street during the early morning of January 10. The child had first, second and third degree burns over 80% of his body.
The coffin of the boy was placed in front of the Fuente de los Pescadores (Fisherman’s Fountain) on the Chapala boardwalk, to allow family and friends to bid farewell. Afterwards, the funeral procession sang the norteño as they carried the coffin with Chuyito’s remains along the malecon to the restaurant area known as La Rampa, where the boy used to play. The caravan then continued along Paseo Corona to the parish of St. Francis of Assisi, where the mass was held.
During his homily, the priest who conducted the funeral mass said: «The just and the innocent suffer because of other people’s machaca». Neighbors say the child suffered from neglect and mistreatment by his mother and her partner, whose whereabouts are unknown.
The priest added, «The worst thing is when a human being is carried away by vices, debauchery and corruption. As a result of these bad decisions innocent and just people are taken.» However, «Despite the evil and all that this causes we must never feel defeated,» exclaimed the priest in an attempt to encourage those present.
«The justice of men is not perfect; however, from the justice of God no one escapes,» the presbyter reminded the relatives and friends of the deceased. «For love and mercy to bear fruit there must first be justice, because without justice there is no mercy, and without mercy there is no forgiveness,» he emphasized during the homily.
«It was we who spoiled that perfect harmony that God had created because of the misuse of our freedom …. God did not make us free to choose between good and evil, but to always choose what is best for us and that is to always choose God and his Divine Will», he concluded.
Translated by Elisabeth Shields
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