Living & Lifestyle News

Municipalities around the globe have to subsist on something to do their job. So most of them levy some sort of municipal fees and property taxes. In Lima with its 43 districts it’s no different.

The affected stretch is between the Plaza Bolognesi and the Jorge Chavez roundabout in downtown Lima.

After years of unrest, violence, poverty and uncertainty in the 1980s and 1990s where everyone who could, left the country. Over the past 2 decades Peru made enormous progress and developed into a politically and economically stable country with huge growth rates often topping its neighbors on different levels.

Lima has right now an estimated population of over 9 million inhabitants and not all have adequate housing. The clear difference between the available housing and the market demand shows an impressive housing deficit in the capital.

The inspection authority of the Callao commune informed, that Uber drivers provide transportation service without the necessary municipal permits and vehicle insurances.

Finding a parking space in a huge city like Lima is a challenge. And, as enforcing traffic and parking regulations isn’t exactly a strong point in the Peruvian capital and fees at parking facilities are high, motorists park their cars wherever possible and free of charge: on the sidewalk, on grass verges and in green areas, in disabled parking...

It’s finally summer in Lima and Limeños head to the beaches of Callao, San Miguel, Magdalena del Mar, Miraflores, Barranco and Chorrillos. All those that don’t have a car or want to avoid traffic jams and packed parking lots can once again use the special summer bus service of the Metropolitano bus to get to the beaches of Barranco...

Over the past days, the greater area of Lima was heavily affected by continuous rains which caused once again land and mud slides as well as flash floods. Now Sedapal, the Peruvian water company, informed citizens of the Peruvian capital that they suspended the water supply in 26 districts in Lima and Callao.

While – depending on the source - 8% to 10% of Peruvians still suffers from under- and malnutrition, on the other hand the country is among the top 3 on the list of Latin American countries with the highest obesity rates.

Sedapal, Lima’s largest water and sanitation service provider, and AATE, the Autonomous Authority of the Mass Transit Electric System of Lima and Callao, informed in a statement that from Friday July 5 to Sunday July 7, 2019 the water supply in 20 districts of Lima and Callao will be suspended.