By Hector Martinez on February 15, 2012
comayagua, dead, honduran, honduras, honduras prison fire, prison, prisoners, tegucigalpa
Human Interest
Alex Turcio, who has survived the fire reported, “Everyone ran for their lives.” Sleeping inmates awoke to screams, and scrambled to find any way out of the prison that they could, Turcio said. He believes five of the prison units were engulfed in flames. Tuesday night’s fire at the minimum security prison in Comayagua, brought […]
By Hector Martinez on February 6, 2012
catholic, honduras, Juticalpa, religion
General Honduras News
Due to failing health, Bishop Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon has resigned his post in Honduras. Pope Benedict XVI, has therefore appointed Archbishop José Bonello as bishop of Juticalpa. Archbishop José Bonello was born on April 4, 1961 in Xagħra, Gozo, and studied philosophy and theology at the National Institute of Religious Ecclesiastical Studies in Malta.
By Hector Martinez on January 31, 2012
honduran air force, military, united states
General Honduras News
U.S. and Honduran airmen participated in a Jan. 25th ceremony kicking off the start of a mission designed to enhance military-to-military relations between the two nations. The U.S. Airmen, representing 15 Air Force specialties, will work side-by-side with Honduran Air Force members in developing the seven core competencies of air base defense, air traffic control, […]
By Hector Martinez on January 26, 2012
telecommunications, telephony
Business - Economics, Financial News
PRESS RELEASE Stockholm January 26, 2012 MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. Revised accounting treatment of Honduras transaction Stockholm, January 26, 2012 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”) (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC) announced today that it is restating its full-year financial statements for 2010 as well as its interim quarterly financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2010 […]
By Hector Martinez on January 13, 2012
employees, employers, minimum wage, workers
Business - Economics
The Government will publish the new minimum wage standard in the official journal, La Gaceta in the coming days. The wage scale is effective from January 1, 2012. An agreement was signed by Santiago Ruiz, the President of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep); the representative of employers to the Tripartite Commission, Benjamín Bográn […]