Headline News from PVDN

The latest news and entertainment from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Local, National, and International News for expats living in Mexico.

Elders with negative attitude about aging may be less resilient to stress

Older adults with a positive attitude about aging may be more resilient to stress, according to a new study. "Previous research has generally found the...
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Bachelor in Paradise begins in Riviera Nayarit for season three

Bachelor In Paradise, one of the top reality shows on US television, returned once again to the Riviera Nayarit, this time to film its third...
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Mexican auto parts sector sees record $86 billion in sales this year

Mexico's auto parts industry expects record sales this year, reaching $86 billion, as a depreciating peso has made exports in the local currency more competitive...
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Disabled ‘Charro’ cowboys in Mexico push the limits

Salvador Espinoza spends his days in a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. When he mounts...
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Happy Planet Index 2016 ranks Mexico as second happiest place on earth

Mexico has jumped 12 places in this year's Happy Planet Index, landing in second place behind Costa Rica. Canada ranked 85 while the United States...
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Mexico businesses file appeal against road, rail blockades

Mexico's private employers federation has gone to court seeking to force authorities to open highways and rail lines that have been hit by weeks of...
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Beach in Puerto Vallarta officially receives Blue Flag certification

Playa Oro in Puerto Vallarta officially received the International Blue Flag Certification on Monday, August 1, 2016. This week's certification makes Puerto Vallarta the area...
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Omega-3 fatty acids may aid heart attack healing

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may help the heart heal itself after a heart attack, according to a new study. High doses of Omega-3, derived from...
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Mexican banks tighten lending to states as graft concerns surface

Mexican banks, determined to avoid a return to past woes, are reining in lending to the country's indebted state governments, some of whose leaders have...
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Ash from Popocatépetl Volcano Falls on Mexico City

Increased activity of the Popocatépetl volcano early on Monday morning has caused ash fall in nine of the 16 delegations in Mexico City, according to...
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UBER sending mapping cars to Mexico, looks towards driverless cars

Ride-hailing service Uber will invest $500 million in an ambitious global mapping project to wean itself off dependence on Google Maps and pave the way...
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Mexico makes mammoth ‘torta sandwich’

An army of chefs in Mexico City crafted a 66-metre (216-foot) monster "torta" sandwich - making it the biggest sandwich of its kind ever made...
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Socially conservative Guatemala sees LGBT gains

Alex Castillo knew growing up that he was a boy trapped in a girl's body. It wasn't until recently, 40 years after his birth, that...
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Scientists find potential new antibiotic, right under their noses

Scientists in Germany have discovered a bacteria hiding out in peoples' noses that produces an antibiotic compound that can kill several dangerous pathogens, including the...
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Templeton’s Hasenstab says bet against Mexican peso ‘risky’

Fund manager Michael Hasenstab expects Mexico's peso to be supported by the country's solid economy and says investors who are using the currency as a...
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Mexico’s Indigenous Groups Are Getting Their Own Telecoms

Members of the Mixe, Mixteco, and Zapoteco people will soon have their own mobile cellular telephone network that will allow at least 356 municipalities in the...
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“Masks of Mexico” travel to India with legends and myths

In typical peasant attire, boys dress up as old men with white-haired masks, bend over in pain, wielding their canes, and slowly break into a...
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Mexico City program exchanges trash for food

Eleven-year-old Urile Matla is the last in line at Mexico City’s innovative barter market. He has 20 bags of plastic bottles from his family street...
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Budding priest calls troubled Mexican youth to ‘Gang of Christ’

On the troubled fringes of the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, an aspiring Catholic priest is using his faith to reach out to young gang...
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Eva Longoria, Lil Jon and other celeb spottings this summer

Summer kicked off in the Riviera Nayarit with celebrity sightings all along the beautiful beaches of Mexico’s Pacific Treasure. US stars Eva Longoria and Lil...
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