Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

Trinidad and Tobago’s Khaleem Hyland scored in the 89th minute to cancel out a second-half header by Honduras captain Carlos Pavon and force a 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw on Saturday.

The result left the Soca Warriors with two points from their first two CONCACAF final round matches after last month’s 2-2 draw in El Salvador, while Honduras earned its first point after a loss to Costa Rica.

Neither side established any dominance in a disjointed opening half in which Trinidad appeared to miss the calming presence of veteran skipper Dwight Yorke, one of three regulars out suspended.

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The Carolina RailHawks are set to play against Honduras’ most successful team this Friday, March 27, at 8:00 p.m. at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. This blockbuster match is presented by Harris Wholesale and Bud Light Lime and sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Cricket Communications. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will give soccer balls to the first 500 children through the gate son Friday night.

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The Honduran attorney general’s office said Wednesday the president has no authority to call for forming a new constitution.

President Manuel Zelaya announced late Monday that his government will hold a nationwide poll on the issue June 24. That poll would determine whether Honduras will hold a binding vote in November on drafting a new charter.

But the independent Honduran attorney general’s office said in a statement that Zelaya is not legally authorized to call the poll. And if he does so anyway, he could face charges.

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Honduran lawmakers have asked authorities to stop a religious group led by a man calling himself the “Antichrist” from constructing a spiritual center in the country’s capital.

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is banned from entering Honduras, but his Growing in Grace Church has 20 offices in the Central American nation.

The Puerto Rican native has “666″ tattooed on his forearm and preaches that sin and the devil do not exist.

The Honduran Congress unanimously voted Tuesday to ask authorities to prohibit the sect from constructing the center in Tegucigalpa.

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