15Jul2017 | First-Time Illegal US-Mexico Border Crossers Now Face Federal Criminal Charges The Associated Press Migrants who are caught crossing the border illegally for the first time are now facing criminal charges in federal court as the Trump administration steps up efforts to deter illegal immigration. First-time offenders until recently were deported instead of being criminally prosecuted. |
15Jul2017 | Yes, Mexico Legalizes Medical Marijuana - But What’s ’Medical’ Use And Who Will Benefit? Fronteras Desk The Health Ministry has until the end of the year to issue its rules. In the meantime, mothers like Margarita Garfias say they’re not going to wait. Breaking the law isn’t her biggest worry. She said she’d rather get arrested than see her son get sick. |
14Jul2017 | Ruling PRI Party Mulls Tweaking Rules for Upcoming Presidential Election Reuters Mexico’s ruling party is weighing changes to its internal rules that could broaden its base of candidates for the 2018 presidential election, potentially opening the door to outsiders less tainted by scandal. |
14Jul2017 | Gasoline Theft Is Out of Control in Puebla and Growing in Other Mexican States The Associated Press The government says more than 6,000 illegal pipeline taps were found in 2016 and officials have been detecting an average of about 20 taps a day this year. It estimates fuel theft costs Mexico about $1 billion a year. |
14Jul2017 | After Bloody Drug War, the Bordertown of Piedras Negras Is Once More Peaceful Fox San Antonio Five years ago the bridge connecting Eagle Pass and its sister city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico had to be shut down by the U.S. Border Patrol because of gunfights between armed men and Mexican law enforcement agents. Five years later that fight seems to be over. |
14Jul2017 | Pope Francis Announces a New Path to Sainthood Newsweek Until now, there have only been three paths to canonization - the church’s saint-making process - in the world’s largest Christian denomination. But now, Pope Francis has opened up a fourth path to sainthood. |
14Jul2017 | Officials Conduct Broad Census of Homeless Persons in Mexican Capital Prensa Latina About 1,600 brigade members from the Social Development Secretariat have conducted a census of homeless population 2017, in 16 delegations of Mexico City. |
14Jul2017 | NASA Can’t Afford to Put Humans on the Planet Mars Newsweek Tech & Science Colonizing Mars has long captivated the human imagination, and NASA is no exception. But there remains a major problem standing between mankind and the red planet: money. |
We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!
Celebrate a Healthy Lifestyle
From activities like hiking, swimming, bike riding and yoga, to restaurants offering healthy menus, Vallarta-Nayarit is the ideal place to continue - or start - your healthy lifestyle routine.
Banderas Bay offers 34 miles of incomparable coastline in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit, and home to Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit's many great destinations.