In closed session, Congress banned via Decree, Honduran citizens’ option to carry a second passenger on a motorcycle, in all cities of Honduras. The motion, requesting the adoption of the restriction, was presented yesterday by the Minister of Security, Pompeyo Bonilla. The measure, which becomes effective immediately, was adopted after the murders of a former […]
Three members of the same family were gunned down early this morning, by individuals wearing police uniforms, who forcibly entered a home in the city of La Ceiba. According to witnesses, at approximately 2:30 a.m., several individuals dressed in police uniforms, broke down the doors of the house Mr. Emilio Oswaldo Munguia was in, and […]
A shooting took place a few meters from the Golosón airport in La Ceiba, on October 18, 2011, at 3:30 in the afternoon. Allegedly, a criminal gang left three people injured in an incident on the CA-13. The National Police provided only preliminary data to the media; the gunmen were heavily armed, and the victims […]
Paradise and Violence in Honduras by Hector Luis Alamo, Jr When I visited Honduras earlier this year, it was my first time stepping foot in my maternal homeland. My mother had lived the first seven years of life in a tiny village nestled in the mountains surrounding Tegucigalpa before leaving for the United States in […]
Environmentalists and Ceibeños are seeking to save what they consider a “sacred heritage” of the city of La Ceiba; the longstanding trees and vegetation in Central Park. A group of at least 22 Ceibeños came to the park to ensure that the design for a new square respects the existing greenery of the park. An […]