By Admin Thursday, July 7, 2011
A few months after the 2009 coup d’etat against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, I was approached on the street in Tegucigalpa by a man who threatened to kill me unless I produced an economic incentive sufficient to halt my demise.
Horror in HondurasBy Admin Saturday, December 11, 2010
TORONTO - A Canadian woman who saw gunmen kill her father in Honduras described her ordeal in a CBC interview Friday, tearfully recalling the “awful” feeling she had leaving his body behind when she was rescued.
“I just felt alone and really afraid, just scared,” Myda Egrmajer, 24, said in a television interview broadcast Friday. The CBC interview was the first time Egrmajer had spoken publicly since her father Milan Egrmajer, 55, was gunned down on his boat last week.
Hurricane Richard batters Belize but then weakensBy Admin Monday, October 25, 2010
Hurricane Richard has hit the Central American nation of Belize, knocking out electricity and blowing off roofs, but no deaths or injuries were reported.
Some 10,000 people took shelter in schools and churches. Richard was downgraded to a tropical depression as it headed west-north-west with its winds decreasing to 55km/h (35 mph).
By Admin Monday, October 11, 2010
Delinquent taxpayers may have a new deadline of December 15th to catch up on paying taxes, unpaid fines or surcharges.
Congress on Tuesday plans to approve a decree extending the deadline for payment of such taxes, and may stretch it to December 31st. This includes delinquent taxes to both the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI) and with the municipalities, for real estate, improvements and contributions, sales taxes and other services.
Part-time Employment ApprovedBy Admin Monday, October 11, 2010
Congress approved for 36 months, a law allowing companies to hire part-time staff, despite opposition from labor unions.
The opinion has advanced substantially, with some modifications, said Congressman German Leitzelar, coordinator of the commission to “socialize” with the unions, sponsored by the National Congress president, Juan Hernández.
Miskito Divers Risk Injury and DeathBy Admin Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The Miskito Indians from Honduras’ La Moskitia region have little or no training and minimal equipment to help them pluck seafood from the ocean floor. They lack depth and pressure gauges or timers, and have little access to medical care when they encounter problems associated with their dangerous diving.
