The minimum wage in Mexico will rise 20% in 2023
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced this Thursday that employers and workers reached an agreement to increase the minimum wage by 20% from 2023.
With this, the general minimum wage will go from 172 to 207 pesos per day, while for the border area it increases from 260 to 312 pesos per day. On a monthly basis, this means 9,360 pesos for workers in the border area and 6,210 pesos for the rest of the country.
1,400 women identified as at risk of meningitis outbreak
In addition to the 68 people who have fallen ill and the 19 who have died from an outbreak of meningitis in Durango, federal and state health authorities have identified another 1,400 patients who are at risk of developing the disease.
The undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, explained that this is because, between May and November of this year, these people were also treated in one of the four private hospitals where the outbreak began.
He explained that these women are given telephone follow-up and, although they do not have symptoms of meningitis, they are evaluating giving them preventive medical treatment.
CDMX, the best city to live?
Mexico City had everything yesterday, from the announcement of the breathalyzer application in December and even a panther loose in a primary.
And despite that, the capital was rated as one of the 10 best cities to live and work, according to the InterNations Expat City Ranking 2022.
In first place was placed Valencia, in Spain, followed by Dubai, and in third place the Mexican capital. It is followed by Lisbon, in Portugal and Madrid, Spain.
San Francisco endorses deployment of robots capable of killing
In San Francisco, City Council members voted to allow city police officers to use remote-controlled robots that can kill in emergency situations.
The endorsement in the US city was achieved by majority vote with eight in favor and three against, amid objections from civil liberties groups and other police oversight groups, according to local media.