More than 70 people teed up last Thursday afternoon at the Highland County Club in LaGrange, GA for the second annual Living Hope for Honduras golf tournament. By early afternoon, the organization had already raised more than $20,000. All the proceeds will go to help build schools, orphanages and provide … Read More
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Chefs hondureños honrados en EEUU
Televisora de EEUU honra trabajo de chefs hondureños. “Chilo” tiene bajo su mando a 22 personas como jefe de cocina del restaurante Villagio, miembro de una importante cadena nacional que tiene restaurantes de alto calibre en Nueva York, Chicago, Miami, Boca Ratón, West Palm Beach y próximamente en otras importantes … Read More
Coalianza launches tender for highway concession in Honduras
Honduran public-private promotion agency Coalianza is seeking bids for a highway concession in the departments of Cortés, Santa Bárbara and Copán. The tender, open to local and foreign companies, relates to the design, construction and operation of the CA-4 highway stretch between Chamelecón in northern Honduras and La Entrada, Copán, … Read More
NASA construirá próximamente un laboratorio científico en el valle de Amarateca, Distrito Central de Honduras
La Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio (NASA) construirá próximamente un laboratorio científico en el valle de Amarateca, Distrito Central de Honduras, esto con el fin de impulsar el desarrollo de la ciencia y tecnología principalmente para el reclutamiento de niños genios. Se trata de un laboratorio de estudios … Read More
Pay-TV Grows by 23.4% per year in Honduras
Pay-TV is booming in the Central America region, with Honduras subscribers growing 23.24 per cent year-on-year, according to Dataxis’s numbers (in the period to June 30th). Honduras ended the period with a total of 640,000 pay-TV subs out of a population of some 8 million. Honduras is not alone. Other … Read More
Economic Sectors Support Honduras Return to PETROCARIBE
The Honduran Council of the Oil Industry (Cohpetrol) stated here today that it supports the country”s return to the regional energy cooperation mechanism Petrocaribe. In statements to press, the executive director of Cohpetrol noted that importers have expressed their support to the government to join this initiative. She explained the … Read More
College Graduates from South Dakota Bike Across the USA for Orphans in Honduras
A group of recent college graduates from South Dakota are almost done with their mission to bike across 48 states to raise money for kids in Honduras. 46 states down and now they’re Rochester for a short break. Their sixth-month journey across the country is an effort to raise fund … Read More
Tropical Storm Hanna Forms: Warning Issued For Honduras and Nicaragua Coast
Tropical Storm Hanna, the eighth named storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, formed quickly Monday morning just off the northeast coast of Honduras and Nicaragua. A tropical storm warning was issued by the governments of Nicaragua and Honduras for a small part of each country’s Caribbean coast. Hanna … Read More
Vanguard Mining Corporation to Acquire 4,000-Hectare Gold Concessions in Honduras and Updates on Current Projects
Vanguard Mining Corporation (PINKSHEETS: VNMC) today announced that the Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Piedras Y Metales Carvajalto, an Honduran company, to acquire four gold concessions (Platanares, Potosi, Malanova, and Chichipate) with a total acreage of 4,000 hectares and estimated gold deposits of 600,000 troy ounces in … Read More
San Pedro Sula a Complex Environment
San Pedro Sula, Honduras currently owns the unfortunate title of the most dangerous city in the world. Narcotraffickers are frequently blamed for causing the violence given the city’s strategic location on Central American drug transit routes. But a closer look reveals that this situation may not be as … Read More