El Niño rains could limit shipments of offshore melons to the U.S. this season. Quality looks good and demand is strong heading into the Central American melon seasons, said Michael Warren, president of Central American Produce, Pompano Beach, Fla. Central American expects to begin sourcing honeydews and cantaloupes from Honduras … Read More      

NJOI Trujillo, a development firm located in Ontario, Canada, offers luxury real estate for sale in Honduras. This Caribbean island is a tropical paradise with crystal clear waters, white sand beaches and the second largest barrier reef and rainforest in the world. NJOI Trujillo’s real estate for sale in Honduras … Read More      

Conatel Honduras celebrated completion of the first phase of the “Internet del Pueblo” project, connecting 2,000 public schools to the Internet.

– Courtesy of Honduras News – Daily News of Honduras in English

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THE unprecedented corruption scandal engulfing FIFA widened Thursday with the arrests of two more top officials in another dramatic dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich. Swiss authorities again acted on a request from the US justice department, a repeat of the sweeping arrests in May that set off … Read More      

The Honduras judicial system has released the five Syrians, who had been detained since November 18 after being arrested with counterfeit Greek passports following a ruling by the Immigration department to grant them a 90 day status as refugees. The Syrians “were freed having paid a bail of 10,000 lempiras … Read More      

Autopistas del Atlantico, or ADASA, has obtained a $145 million loan for the construction and operation of the Corredor Turistico toll road in the northern region of Honduras. The lenders included JPMorgan Chase Bank, Banco Financiera Comercial Hondurena and Corporacion Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura. The toll road is … Read More      

Autopistas del Atlantico, or ADASA, has obtained a $145 million loan for the construction and operation of the Corredor Turistico toll road in the northern region of Honduras. The lenders included JPMorgan Chase Bank, Banco Financiera Comercial Hondurena and Corporacion Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura. The toll road is … Read More      

Various media outlets have reported that Santiago Mejia, a Nationalist mayor whose municipality was Dolores (in the department of Copan) has been assassinated. He was with his wife when he was shot while driving. Mejia was a regional leader, whose duties including hosting at least one meeting of mayors throughout … Read More      

In Honduras there exists a problem of internal and external displacement through threats, intimidation, extortion, rape (of women and children) and an atmosphere of fear and insecurity due to gang activity alerts the Special Rapporteur of the U.N.’s commission of human rights. “Although the causes can be very different from … Read More      

On Friday night at the North Logan, Utah Library, Katyrra Peck, 13, used a small brush to paint vibrant colors on a spinning top. But the toy isn’t for her own amusement; it will be shipped to Honduras for kids to play with. “I hope they will like them, not … Read More