Ahhhhh more cutbacks…
++ The Finance Secretariat announced a 50-billion-peso adjustment to this year’s budget, in addition to the 35-billion-peso cutback announced in May. The Finance Secretariat said the 2010 economic package will include a tax reform proposal to increase fiscal revenue.
HIdalgo can't get their act together, the new refinery may go someplace else…
++ In a last-minute decision the Hidalgo government announced that the new oil refinery will not be built in Tula after all but rather in four ejidos, or communally-owned plots of land in Atitalaquia.
Not only should we worry about kidnapping, but now we are going to be thirsty…
++ Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard announced an emergency water program to face the current water shortage crisis affecting the nation’s capital… He urged citizens to reduce their water use by 20 percent.
Get ready…It is coming back…
++ The Health Secretariat said that in view of the possibility of a new AH1N1 influenza outbreak in wintertime, it might be necessary to close schools in some municipalities and boroughs. The Tourism Secretariat is preparing medical insurance to offer both local and international tourists in case of contagion from the AH1N1 influenza virus.
The military war against drugs…
++ President Felipe Calderón defended using state security forces to confront organized crime. Spanish Justice Department chief Francisco Camaño Domínguez gave his backing to President Calderón’s use of the army in fighting organized crime. After a wave of criticisms regarding Army abuses in the fight against organized crime, the National Defense Secretariat said that from 1990 to 2009, 65 soldiers have been tried and sentenced for crimes committed by failing to follow security norms.
0 comments:
Post a Comment