13 Honduran Police commissioners among the many relieved of duty for failing confidence tests

13 Honduran Police commissioners among the many relieved of duty for failing confidence tests

13 Honduras police commissioners will be relieved of their duties after having failed confidence evaluations and tests, the Ministry of Security confirmed Monday. 13 commissioners; 12 sub commissioners; 11 inspectors; 2 sub inspectors; 1 official sub; 1 class II; 5 class I; 9 agents; and 2 border police, among others, were unofficially fired. The policemen […]

Fight over drugs leaves at least 5 dead at San Pedro Sula nightclub

Fight over drugs leaves at least 5 dead at San Pedro Sula nightclub

At least five people were fatally shot during a dispute over narcotics at the La Autopista club in San Pedro Sula, which was recently ranked as the world’s most violent city, police said. Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the Oct. 21 killings, which police said were drug-related because narcotics were found on […]

Ben Affleck presents Boston University Student Katia Gomez with $100,000 for Honduras Education

Ben Affleck presents Boston University Student Katia Gomez with $100,000 for Honduras Education

Boston University School of Public Health Student Wins $100,000 to Educate Honduran Youth Do Something! Award to nonprofit Educate2Envision 10.22.2012 By Meaghan Agnew Actor and director Ben Affleck presents Katia Gomez (SPH’13) with a $100,000 Do Something! Award during a televised ceremony on VH1. The award will support her nonprofit Educate2Envision. Photo courtesy of VH1 […]

Canadian Fisheries Officer Shot in Roatan, Honduras

Canadian Fisheries Officer Shot in Roatan, Honduras

A 34-year-old conservation officer with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in B.C. has been shot dead on the island of Roatan in Honduras. Tim Vallee was leaving a bar and walking down a dark stretch of gravel road, according to a report by Robert Armstrong, editor-in-chief of the Bay Islands Voice, a monthly publication that […]

Virginia Tech students build elementary schools in Honduras

Virginia Tech students build elementary schools in Honduras

Imagine learning your ABCs and multiplication tables in a bar. Couched between a pool table and a booth crowded with men and empty bottles, elementary school-aged children in Honduras learn basic education. The students are eager to learn and the government is enthusiastic to pay for teachers, but the developing country cannot afford to build […]