Sher Donovan says she’ll never forget her first dive. She read about doing it. She practiced doing it. But now she was about to live it. “I was basically in a pleasant state of shock,” the Brock graduate says of immersing herself in the waters of Fiji. “I was seeing … Read More    

Two Russian navy ships, together with forces from Nicaragua and Honduras, have taken part in anti-narcotics naval exercises in the Caribbean, a spokesman for Russia’s Northern Fleet said Tuesday. “The exercises focused on joint efforts to stop organized criminal groups and cut drug smuggling channels in territorial waters of Latin … Read More    

Honduras must immediately adopt measures to effectively protect children, without discrimination, from all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation, an independent United Nations human rights expert has urged. Najat Maalla M’jid, the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, said that since her first … Read More    

In order to maximize the efficiency of the National School Feeding Programme, 1.3 million children will receive deworming treatments in Honduras. The Deworming initiatives are in line with WFP objectives to ensure proper health and hygiene to school children nationally. With the presense of the First Lady of Honduras, Ana … Read More    

Hyatt Announces Plans for Five Hyatt Place Hotels in Central America The first Hyatt Place hotels to debut as part of a master development agreement are located in Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H) announced today that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a master development … Read More    

A small group of Rotarians spent spring break in Honduras. But theirs was no recreational trip. Three Rotary members from Delphi and Monticello as well as another Rotarian spent seven days visiting four towns in Honduras, one of the world’s poorest countries. They set out to find a humanitarian project … Read More    

In Honduras, the production, commerce, and distribution of sugar are controlled by the private sector. Cane sugar production is carried out on 55,000 hectares of land. The sugar mills own around 60 per cent of the land and the remainder is owned by independent producers. Sugar production is projected up … Read More    

Honduras is a very compact country. “We’re 8 million, and just in (the capital) Tegucigalpa it has 1 million … It’s very populated, crowded,” Elizabeth Canales, graduate student in agricultural economics, said. The country of Honduras has approximately 43,000 square miles, which ranks at 103 in the CIA World Factbook’s … Read More    

Honduran Ambassador to Peru Humberto Lopez Villamil recently met with several representatives of Peruvian business sectors, with the aim of arranging an exploratory visit of Peruvian textile entrepreneurs to the manufacturing industries operating in the Free Trade Zones (FTZs) of the Central American country of Honduras, known as Maquila, which … Read More    

The Xbalanque is a spectacular boutique hotel right on the beach in Roatán, Honduras. Snorkeling and scuba diving are available on the nearby reef. The hotel is furnished with art from around the world and is beautifully designed. This new hotel is a secret gem that is just being disco … Read More