++ PRD and PRI senators said the Senate will abide by the changes made by deputies to the Income Law over the weekend since there is a November 15 deadline for the approval of the budget bill. However, they said they were not satisfied with what they described as the approval of “not the best” revenue package.
++ Meanwhile The Private Sector Center For Economic Studies, the CEESP, suggested reducing by 200 the number of deputies and also removing 64 senators… Such changes would spark savings in the order of 127 million pesos on average each year, the center said.
++ Head of the Mexican Electricians Union (SME) Martín Esparza Flores said the union would file two constitutional controversies with the Supreme Court to try to push back the presidential decree that liquidated Power Utility Co. Luz y Fuerza del Centro. The SME also announced that on November 11th, one month after the closing down of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, they will be taking over the companies installations.
++ The Attorney General’s Office took on an investigation into the murder of Héctor Saldaña Perales, alias “El Negro,” and who allegedly headed the Beltrán Leyva brothers’ drug cartel in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The Attorney General’s Office will also be probing the killings of 15 people in Cajeme, Sonora, among them Margarito Montes Parra, head of the General Workers, Peasants and Popular Union.
++ The town of Ecatepec, in the State of Mexico called for the entire area of Guadalupe hill to be declared a disaster zone after more than 520 homes were damaged and thousands of people left homeless after Friday’s heavy rainstorm. And Tultitlán and Coacalco, also in the State of Mexico and which were also affected by the storm, criticized the government for not sending federal aid despite the high numbers of people stranded by the storm.
++ Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said 15 million pesos will go for aid to overcome the emergency in Gustavo A. Madero borough, where the rainstorm damaged 900 homes… Ebrard said another 45 million pesos will be allotted to repair roadways, schools and hospitals…
1 comments:
Hi Ana, my name is Elí Aguirre. I'm an English teacher. I`ve been listening to your radio program recently which seems to be quite interesting, congratulations.
I want to ask you if it is posible for you have contact with some of our high school students at CELA (Centro Escolar Lancaster) via blog or Email so as to promote English usage.
Thanks, I will be looking forward to hearing from you.
My email: eas_mentor@hotmail.com
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