To continue making progress in the prevention of gender violence in Puerto Vallarta, the State Commission of Human Rights in Jalisco (CEDHJ) in coordination with the Municipal Government, formally created a specialized group that will give attention to this type of crime. Paulina Hernández Diz, a collaborator of the Specialized Rapporteurship on Human Rights and...Read More

In order to strengthen the tourism sector of Puerto Vallarta, through training and free certification to service providers, Puerto Vallarta invites companies to participate in the ‘Vallarta Excellence’ program. The program is a distinction that can be granted to all tourism service providers in this city, which comply with a series of requirements and training...Read More

There is a growing number of people concerned about protecting the natural area of ​​Estero El Salado, with its primary threat being real estate interests in Puerto Vallarta. President of the National Association, “Confío en México,” Salvador Cosío Gaona, urged the authorities not to be tempted to grant permits, warning that there are already pacts...Read More

On Monday, July 15, 2019, Blue Flag certificates were awarded to the beach at Nuevo Vallarta Norte and the Marina Riviera Nayarit during a ceremony headed by Miguel Torruco Marqués, Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism, and Antonio Echeverría García, Governor of the State of Nayarit. Both venues are in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas in...Read More

The perception of insecurity increased in the municipalities of Guadalajara and Zapopan, while Puerto Vallarta, Tonalá, Tlaquepaque, and Tonalá, came out better qualified during the second quarter of the year, according to the National Survey of Urban Public Safety of the National Institute of Geography and Statistics. The highest percentage of people who feel safe...Read More

Only a few days after the arrival of the National Guard in Puerto Vallarta, a man was executed and another held hostage by armed individuals on Sunday afternoon in Fluvial Vallarta. According to the news section of the municipal police, shortly after 4:00 p.m. local residents heard gunshots, when they went out to observe, they...Read More

The opening of One & Only Rooms & Private Homes, scheduled for the summer of 2020, will usher in a new ultra-luxury destination in the Riviera Nayarit. Under the name of Mandarina, the project also plans the opening of Rosewood Resort & Spa in 2022. One & Only Mandarina is established as an exceptional concept...Read More

University researchers lectured on the presence of sargassum in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Although in some photos and videos of the beach of Mismaloya, analyzed by the academics, the small spots of the seaweed are minimal, they fear that by the contamination of the water the situation could be aggravated. In Mexico, the macroalga has already...Read More

The Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development (Semadet) closed the doors to the Estero del Salado in Puerto Vallarta, to the surprise of locals and foreigners. Just last March, the protected natural area suffered one of its worst pollution episodes, when a nearby drainage collector burst and sewage was rerouted to the protected area. The...Read More

Whether global warming or lack of awareness among citizens and authorities, in Puerto Vallarta urban growth threatens the natural environment, so on this National Tree Day, little can be celebrated since with the passage of time more and more trees are lost in the municipality. Since 1959, every second Thursday of July is celebrated as...Read More

The Riviera Nayarit’s Occidental Nuevo Vallarta is set to receive an 8 million dollar investment for its expansion to include a third six-story block with 92 rooms, which will increase its accommodations from 274 to 336 rooms. According to the Barceló Hotel Group, the opening date for the new building is slated for the first...Read More

The Municipal Tourism Directorate offered training in basic and medium English language levels for elements of the Tourist Police in Puerto Vallarta in order to offer better service to foreign tourists. In the past few days at the CECATUR facilities, the first 22 policemen from the tourist unit received their certificates and recognitions, upon completing...Read More

A group of assailants entered a branch of AT&T on Thursday to rob customers and employees of their belongings. According to the report, the criminals managed to seize no less than 40 cell phones during the robbery; three of these belonged to local employees. After the theft, the subjects fled aboard a vehicle with an...Read More

The prompt intervention of a police officer in Puerto Vallarta saved a child who was choking on an object. Last night, a woman, with her son in arms, ran out to the street screaming for help on Agustín Melgar street in Ixtapa. where fortunately the police from the PV-284 unit was passing. Immediately the woman,...Read More

The Jalisco State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) warned raised the red flag in Puerto Vallarta for human trafficking through the “Special report on the situation of violence against women in correspondence with the warning mechanisms of violence against women and gender alert” that the Commission handed over to the municipality. According to the Executive Secretariat...Read More