Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mayor of Vallarta will take a cut in salary to buy food for those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic

The mayor of Puerto Vallarta, Arturo Dávalos Peña, has announced that in the face of the Covid 19 contingency, he has decided to reduce his salary by 50% and his directors by 20% in order to create an economic exchange to acquire pantries and support some 7,500 families from Vallarta with limited resources or who have run out of income due to the closure of hotels and restaurants in the city.

In a message addressed to the people of Vallarta, the mayor told them that they are not alone and that he understands their . . .

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