A City of Mexicali official said the National Defense Department recently started the East Port of Entry renovation
A Mexicali City official said the expansion of the Mexican side of the East Port of Entry recently began.
City Director of Economic Development and Promotion Victor Hugo Delgado told La Voz newspaper the National Department of Defense is in charge of the months-long port of entry project in the commercial lanes.
Delgado said it is possible an additional lane will be built in the vehicular port.
The plans seek to mitigate impact of semi-truck traffic in the area during the final months of the year, the director said.
State commission closes 20 clinics
The state Commission to Protect against Sanitary Risks has shut down 20 clinics whether temporarily or permanently after finding anomalies.
La Crónica newspaper reported that those clinics have been closed after the agency has held inspections at the sites.
Commission Director Erwin Areizaga told the newspaper that among those clinics the agency closed Jerusalén Clinic for lack of permits.
Also, the agency shut down the Diagnosis Clinic after the death of a patient.
The other 18 have reopened after addressing issues.
Director Areizaga said the agency has a certain timeline for which clinics can address any anomalies in order to reopen.
The state official said the agency acknowledges that those businesses provide an income to families of employees, but the authorities must protect people’s health.
According to Areizaga clinics must comply with over 80 regulations in order to remain operating.
Most of the anomalies detected were caused by lack of knowledge or misinformation.
Teachers, school staff hold demonstration
Due to the State’s failure to pay for the retroactive salary, benefits and seniority, high school teachers and staff held a demonstration Wednesday.
Cecyte BC High School Compuertas Campus teacher Miguel Perez told La Voz newspaper about 2,500 employees are affected by the State’s failure.
Last week, workers held a demonstration that was suspended Thursday after negotiations took place. However, staff decided to protest again after the state missed the payment once again around $1.5 million.
The demonstration extended to campuses in Ensenada, Tecate and others in Mexicali.
The newspaper said protesters met Secretary of Education Gerardo Solis.
Basketball club coach steps down
Soles de Mexicali basketball club announced Thursday the departure of Spanish coach Ivan Déniz O’Donnell.
In a press release, the club said the dismissal was agreed between the team and the coach.
In all of the 14 seasons, Déniz O’Donnell took the team to the postseason, with three championships, three times as runners-up.
Also Déniz O’Donnell was named three times as Coach of the Year.
The team was also runner-up in a Championship of the Americas Tournament.
“We thank Iván for his delivery, commitment, professionalism and love for the club,” Soles said in a press release. “We wish him the best of success in his next projects.”
Thousands of immigrants in shelters reported
The state of Baja California has recorded about 6,000 immigrants housed in shelters who seek to cross the border irregularly.
State Secretary of Government Catalino Zavala said most of those immigrants are in Tijuana and are housed in the Migrant Center, among other settlers.
Mexicali became home of around a third of those immigrants after the transporting of groups of Venezuelans from Tijuana.
Hijo Pródigo shelter manager Luis Carlos Portillo told media outlets most of those immigrants are from Central America and are expected to leave the shelter within three months to cross the border.
The shelter manager said the state and Mexican governments have provided items to address immigrants’ food and healthcare needs.
State records over 200 women homicides
In 2022 the state recorded 231 homicides of women, of which only one out of every ten have ended up in court.
Rebecca Maltos, CEO of nonprofit Gente Diversa, of diverse people in English, recently told La Voz newspaper the state Attorney General’s office has failed to appropriately investigate these cases.
The state agency admitted in a report that prosecuting homicides of women as femicides has been difficult although the Penal Code mandates female violent deaths must be investigated as such.
Maltos, a member of the state System to Address Violence against Women, said of those cases 183 were reported in Tijuana.
The activist added that the willingness to address the issue by Governor Marina Avila has only been in speeches.
According to Maltos, addressing domestic violence requires appropriate policies and a cultural transformation of gender relationships while working in equality.
Maltos said records hide unreported cases of violence against women.
Assembly members approve cosmetic surgery bill
State lawmakers with the Commission of Health approved a bill that, if enacted, would legally clarify the difference between plastic and reconstructive surgery from aesthetic surgery.
The bill was introduced by Assemblywoman Monserrat Rodriguez and has been declared as complying with Mexican and state laws.
With the clarification the proposed law would allow plastic and aesthetic surgeons with the appropriate credentials to hold their activities.
The measure would legally define aesthetic surgery as the procedure that seeks to change the physical appearance of patients.
If enacted, the bill would be turned to Mexican Congress for federal legislation.
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