By Terry Sovil from the October 2010 Edition Multiple sightings of these messengers in Manzanillo! My sighting of my first one was just prior to a downpour when the thunder had been rolling for 30 minutes and the skies were black. I glimpsed this huge “thing” on the brick wall. Could this be an omen? […]
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By Terry Sovil from the October 2010 Edition As you have seen, running a port is a complex job. Pursuing a degree in Port Management would find you taking courses in: Maritime Transport and Trade, Maritime Economics and Business, Shipping Law, Transport Operations, Research Methods and Maritime Logistics . Shipping logistics is the new key […]
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By Robert Hill from the September 2010 Edition HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN MEXICO How Mexicans stay healthy and what does it cost them? With all the Hoopla these days about Obama-care and the hundreds of billions of dollars it will cost, I thought it may be a good time to take a look at how […]
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By David Fitzpatrick from the August 2010 Edition Part ll: The Empire Emporer Napoleon lll of France From a European point of view, Napoleon had made an inspired choice in selecting Maximilian to be Emperor of Mexico: the Habsburg dynasty was singularly well equipped to provide a candidate for this sort of power grab. Beginning […]
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By Robert Hill from the July 2010 Edition Every 5 years the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) conducts a census of the entire Republic, with the last one being taken in 2005. One of the census takers came to my house the other day with a form to be completed for the 2010 […]
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By Freda Rumford from the June 2010 Edition There is news breaking this week, that Colima is to develop the coastline from Isla de Navidad, site of the Grand Bay hotel, south to Manzanillo which will encompass the “ORO-PENA BLANCA” area thus creating an area much like Cancun. We have heard in the past few […]
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By Freda Rumford from the June 2010 Edition Hopefully the endless wait at the Immigration office will be a thing of the past as Mexico’s Immigration Institute (INM) have changed procedures totally as of April 30th this year. All foreigners living in Mexico MUST now go on line to the website to www. INM.gob. find […]
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By Freda Rumford from the May 2010 Edition A few years ago, there was an article in this local newspaper that filled me with dread. It was a report from a meteorological office in the United States, which said if there was a natural disaster in Mexico, the country would be totally unable to cope. […]
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By Jim Evans from the May 2010 Edition The old Mexican sat in the dimly lit bar sucking down Pacificos with his equally elderly Gringo buddy. They spoke of many things, mostly of bygone adventures and beautiful women. Occasionally politics reared its ugly fangs, but both men held too much respect for the other to […]
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By Terry Sovil from the May 2010 Edition The Revillagigedo (rāvē’yähēhā’THō) Islands, also known as “Revillagigedo Archipelago” or “Islas Revillagigedo”, are four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean with a very unique ecosystem. Oddly, though far away, they have been a part of the Manzanillo municipality since 1861! They lie about 386 km (240 miles) […]
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