Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Tropical Storm Alma lashed the coast of Central America with heavy rains and high winds on Thursday after becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific season.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Alma had maximum sustained winds near 65 mph (100 kph) and was expected to strengthen to a hurricane before plowing into the northwest corner of Nicaragua late Thursday.

The storm was located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Managua and was moving north at 7 mph (11 kph).

Authorities issued hurricane warnings for the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras. Heavy rains caused flooding in Managua.

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During his May 23 visit to the Episcopal Church Center in New York City, Bishop Lloyd Allen of the Diocese of Honduras described a flourishing diocese that is teaching its congregants to be “independent.”

“Since we established that we would do evangelism head-over-heels, it’s a new dawn in our diocese,” said Allen, president of Province IX and a member of the Presiding Bishop’s Council of Advice.

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Oil companies that import gas and diesel into Honduras threatened to halt all new investments in the country on Tuesday if the government does not change a price scheme they say is hurting their profits.

Foreign firms, including ExxonMobil (XOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research)(RDSb.L: Quote, Profile, Research), and local distributor Dippsa say a price formula set up by the government in an effort to keep prices low for consumers has cost them millions of dollars in lost profits.

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