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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Gunmen kidnap U.S. hotel owner in Honduras; son OK Sep 22, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- The Honduran government says a U.S. hotelier was kidnapped by gunmen but his young son escaped. Security Vice Minister Mario Perdomo says Thomas Jacobson was abducted Saturday and forced into a car in the parking lot of his Gran Hotel Sula on the Atlantic coast. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Anti-abortion groups to buy ads on Google Sep 18, 2008
Patrick, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. If a woman has another body growing inside her body and looks up abortion, she should definitely be presented with the truth. (Times Online)
U.S. envoy to Honduras Sep 17, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras will welcome a new United States ambassador after a one-week delay meant to show support for Bolivia. Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Rosales said Honduras would formally receive the credentials of the career diplomat Hugo Llorens on Friday. (International Herald Tribune)
Honduras postpones accrediting US ambassador Sep 13, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras is indefinitely postponing the accreditation of the U.S. ambassador. President Manuel Zelaya says Honduras is not breaking relations with the United States, but is supporting Venezuela and Bolivia. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Central America for $279 R/T Sep 12, 2008
Travel to San Salvador, El Salvador at $301 round-trip or $313 to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Factor in about $75 for all additional taxes, fees and fuel surcharges. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Arsenal avanz en la Copa Sep 5, 2008
Estadio: Tiburcio Caras Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Asistencia: Hora de Inicio: 21:10 ETrbitro(s): Juan Soto (rbitro). (ESPN -- Deportes)
Honduran Melon Company to Resume US Exports Sep 1, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras August 31, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE. Honduran officials say the U.S. has lifted a more than five-month ban on cantaloupe imports from one of the country's biggest melon farmers. (ABC News -- Wire)
Honduran drug suspect gamed juvenile system Sep 1, 2008
He said he had been born in Tegucigalpa, but that there would be no record of it, Villagran's report said. He said he never knew his father, and that his unmarried mother sold tortillas. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Press Release: IMF Staff Team Visits Honduras Aug 20, 2008
Mr. Mario Garza, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative in Tegucigalpa, issued the following statement on August 18, 2008. "The IMF mission met with the economic cabinet during August 12-15 to discuss performance under the Government's macroeconomic program for 2008, which is being supported by a precautionary Stand-By arrangement with the IMF. "The authorities have implemented key elements of their program. (IMF News)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Aug 9, 2008
5 million to Honduras to fund development projects in the nations central American ally, Taiwans Ambassador to Honduras Lai Chien-chung () told reporters by phone from Tegucigalpa on Thursday. Lai said the donation would be used to establish electricity supply systems, promote public health education, boost local production and improve tap water sanitation and drainage systems in rural areas. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Illegal immigrant seeks reprieve from execution Aug 7, 2008
In addition, Ramon Valladares, the Honduran consular assistance director, said from Tegucigalpa that his government was lobbying U.S. authorities to block the execution. Chi would say little about the crime in an interview with the Associated Press shortly before his execution date last year. (KHOU.com, TX)
Delta to add Carribean flights Aug 6, 2008
Pending foreign governmental approval, in December, Delta starts year-round daily service between Atlanta and Tegucigalpa, Honduras Dec. 18; New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina on Dec. 19; New York and Bonaire Dec. 20, and Atlanta and Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Dec. 20. In addition to its planned merger with Eagan, Minn. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
At least 10 killed in Honduran land dispute Aug 5, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Hundreds of Honduran squatters angry over a land dispute attacked the home of a local police official, hacking or burning to death 10 members of his family, authorities said Monday. Armed with machetes and guns, the mob swarmed the home of Henry Sorto on Sunday in Silin, a remote outpost near the border with Guatemala, Security Ministry spokesman Hector Ivan Mejia said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Delta to add second Bonaire route Jul 25, 2008
Other flights slated to start, include: new flights between New York-JFK and Buenos Aires, Argentina on Dec. 18; Atlanta and Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Dec. 18; and Atlanta and Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on Dec. 20. The Buenos Aires and Tegucigalpa routes still require foreign government approval. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Delta plans new daily flights to Honduras Jul 23, 2008
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it plans to launch daily flights from Atlanta to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, starting Dec. 18. The flights, which still need foreign government approval, would use the airline's new Boeing 737-700 aircraft, which can be flown to airports like Tegucigalpa with short runways, high altitudes and extreme temperatures. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Feds probe S.F.'s migrant-offender shield Jun 30, 2008
Federal officials recently detained a San Francisco juvenile probation officer at the Houston airport, where he was accompanying two Honduran juvenile drug offenders about to board a flight to Tegucigalpa ... The officer was on hand to make sure the immigrants boarded a plane to Tegucigalpa. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Big bust: 4.6 tons of cocaine seized Jun 29, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - At least 4. 6 tons of cocaine were found on a boat in the Caribbean Sea and six of the vessel's crew members were arrested, Honduran authorities said Saturday. (MSNBC -- International)
US senators push for passage of global AIDS money Jun 27, 2008
Mothers and newly born babies are seen on mattresses in a room of Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa June 26, 2008. Health authorities in Honduras say the infant mortality rate is 10. (AlertNet)
Committee approves trips to Honduras, Italy Jun 20, 2008
Mary Ann Lynn, RMHS science teacher, and Mary Christine Dion, RMHS foreign language teacher, will take about eight to 12 sophomores, juniors and seniors to El Hogar de Amor y Esperanza The Home of Love and Hope in Tegucigalpa, Honduras during February vacation. At El Hogar, Reading students will work on a service project throughout the week and spend time interacting with students and teachers. (Reading Advocate, MA)
'a Leap of Faith'Retired Casa Grande dentist, wife seek to improve Honduran lives Jun 13, 2008
Submitted photo, Retired Casa Grande dentist Wayne Tomkinson is shown with students and a patient at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras Facultad de Odontologia on a recent trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras ... On July 3 they will board a plane to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where they will live immersed in the culture of the Central American nation for 18 months while serving as welfare service missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ... Wayne, a retired dentist, will... (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
28 immigrants arrive in Honduras after 15 days at sea Jun 7, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Police say more than two dozen Cuban immigrants are being held by immigration officials in Honduras. Members of the group say they spent 15 days at sea in a small boat and weathered five strong storms. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Investigators probe Honduras plane crash Jun 1, 2008
A commercial airliner sits on a street after it crashed in Tegucigalpa onFriday ... TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Investigators were probing a commercial jetliner crash that killed five people and injured 65 in Honduras, as authorities blocked additional flights from landing at the capital's notoriously dangerous airport on Saturday ... The flight was on a Los Angeles-San Salvador-Tegucigalpa route and was scheduled to continue on to Miami, Florida. (MSNBC -- International)
Honduras crash forces diversions Jun 1, 2008
The international airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, is to be closed to larger aircraft, following a fatal crash which killed five people ... Tegucigalpa's airport - a short runway surrounded by hills - is considered one of the most dangerous in the region. (BBC News -- Americas)
Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 5 dead Jun 1, 2008
At least five people were killed and 65 injured Friday when a jet owned by Central America's TACA airlines slid across a runway and onto a road as it tried to land at Tegucigalpa airport, rescue personnel said ... At least five people were killed and 65 injured Friday when a jet owned by Central America's TACA airlines slid across a runway and onto a road as it tried to land at Tegucigalpa airport, rescue personnel said. (People's Daily Online, China)
Honduras redirecting commercial jet traffic Jun 1, 2008
Planes were blocked from landing at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin airport Saturday, a day after a TACA airline jet skidded off the runway, across a busy road and slammed into an embankment ... The flight was on a Los Angeles-San Salvador-Tegucigalpa route and was scheduled to continue on to Miami. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Plane overshoots runway May 31, 2008
A pilot and a passenger died in the crash in Tegucigalpa and at least 18 others were injured. There is no commentary on this footage. (BBC News)
Four Dead, Dozens Injured After Passenger Jet Overshoots Runway in Honduras May 31, 2008
May 30: Rescue workers try to pull out passengers and crew members from a commercial airliner after it crashed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. May 30: Rescue workers try to pull out passengers and crew members from a commercial airliner after it crashed in Tegucigalpa, Honduras ... TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras A jetliner overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital on Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground. (Fox News)
Jet skids into Honduran street, 3 dead May 31, 2008
This image from Telesur TV in Honduras showsthe jetliner that crashed Friday in Tegucigalpa ... TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A Miami-bound jetliner overshot a runway, raced onto a busy street and slammed into an embankment in the Honduran capital Friday, killing the pilot, a passenger and a motorist on the ground ... It was scheduled to stop briefly in Tegucigalpa and in San Pedro Sula before heading to Miami. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Nation / World Snapshots May 31, 2008
Passenger jet misses runway, slams to a stop on a city street TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) A Miami-bound jetliner overshot a runway, raced onto a busy street and slammed into an embankment in the Honduran capital Friday, killing the pilot, a passenger and a motorist on the ground. More than 75 people were injured, including Brazil s ambassador to Honduras, Brian Michael Fraser Neele. (Montana Standard, MT)
Tropical Storm Alma dies out over Central America May 31, 2008
At Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, a Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a runway sodden with rain from Alma, killing five people and injuring 38. The hurricane center said in an 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) advisory on Friday that heavy rains and floods were possible in the next couple of days over parts of Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize and southeastern Mexico. (AlertNet)
Deaths in Honduras plane crash May 31, 2008
Several people were also wounded on the Grupo Taca Airbus 320, which had more than 100 people on board and was landing in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, from El Salvador ... Desperate' survivors The plane left San Salvador, capital of El Salvador, at 8:30am local time carrying passengers mostly from Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica and was flying into Tegucigalpa's main Toncontin international airport. (Aljazeera.Net)
Four dead as jetliner overshoots runway in Honduras May 31, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras A jetliner originating from Los Angeles overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground ... Rescue workers surround a passenger plane which skidded off a runway at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday ... A statement from the office of President Manuel Zelaya said the flight originated in Los Angeles, with a stop in San Salvador before arriving in Honduras' capital,... (Globe and Mail)
At Least One Dead After Plane Crashes While Landing May 31, 2008
Taca Flight No. 390 was carrying 124 passengers on a flight from San Salvador to Tegucigalpa as the crew attempted to land in high winds and low visibility from the remnants of a tropical depression. Authorities said other people were injured, including drivers of the cars, but they didn't know how many. (KWTX.com, TX)
Honduras plane crash kills 1 May 31, 2008
The flight left San Salvador at 8:30 a.m. local time and had been scheduled to stop briefly in Tegucigalpa and then San Pedro Sula, before heading to Miami ... The airport was built on the southern edge of hilly Tegucigalpa in 1948 with a runway less than 5,300 feet (1,600 meters) long - shorter than that of a small field such as Municipal Airport in Goldsboro, N.C. The altitude of some 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) forces pilots to use more runway on landings and takeoffs than they would at sea... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Death toll in plane accident in Honduras rises to five May 31, 2008
MANAGUA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- At least five people have been killed and 65 others hospitalized as a plane smashed into cars and a building after skidding off runway Friday at the Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. News reaching here from Tegucigalpa said the accident occurred at about 10:00 a.m. local time (1600 GTM), when the plane, owned by Central America's TACA airlines, was trying to land at the Toncontin airport amid heavy rain and fog ... The plane Miami-bound Airbus... (Xinhuanet, China)
Honduras: 4 dead, 65 hurt in U.S.-bound jet crash May 31, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) A passenger plane overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground ... The Grupo Taca Airbus A320 with 140 people on board was flying a Los Angeles-San Salvador-Tegucigalpa route and was scheduled to head on to Miami, Florida ... Following the crash, officials acknowledged that the runways of Tegucigalpa's aging Toncontin International Airport are short and its approach paths... (USA Today)
Four dead, 65 injured as plane crash-lands in Honduras May 31, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Four people were killed and 65 injured when a jet owned by Central America's TACA airlines overshot the runway and slid onto a road at Tegucigalpa's airport, the Honduran presidency said ... The plane was an Airbus A-320 flying a Los Angeles-San Salvador-Tegucigalpa route, officials said ... The airport at Tegucigalpa is ringed by mountains and considered one of the most dangerous in Central America, according to aviation experts. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Hospital will keep Honduran May 24, 2008
When the hospital staff informed her family that Iscoa was going to be flown to Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, they contacted attorneys. A Superior Court judge ordered that the family post a $20,000 bond to defray expenses; the bond was never paid. (AZCentral)
Legal migrant out of coma, still at St. Joseph's May 21, 2008
The hospital planned to fly her to a government hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Iscoa's family went to Maricopa County Superior Court to get a temporary restraining order, and all parties were scheduled to appear before a judge on Friday ... When the hospital staff informed her family that Iscoa was going to be flown to Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, they contacted attorneys. (AZCentral)
World Bank `Destroyed Basic Grains' in Honduras, Fueling Food Shortages May 15, 2008
Last month, thousands of activists, students and farmers blocked highways and rallied in the capital, Tegucigalpa, to protest food prices and policies that made their country the to free trade in Latin America -- and one of the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Not `a Boon. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Press Release: IMF Mission to Visit Honduras May 14, 2008
Mr. Mario Garza, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident representative in Tegucigalpa, issued the following statement today. "At the request of the authorities, an IMF staff team will visit Honduras during May 13-20. The staff team and the authorities will examine the implementation of the Government's program for 2008 supported by the Stand-By arrangement with the IMF; assess the impact on the economy of weakening external conditions, including higher fuel and food prices; and discuss... (IMF News)
Native of Honduras awakens from coma May 14, 2008
A family spokeswoman said earlier that St. Joseph's was planning to transfer Iscoa to a facility called Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, that treats indigent patients. Reporter Michael Kiefer contributed to this article. (AZCentral -- News)
Radius Gold Starts Drilling in Nicaragua May 8, 2008
Sample preparation and analyses were conducted by CAS Laboratories in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Samples were analyzed for Au, using a 30 gram pulp with Fire Assay AA, with gravimetric finish. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
18 inmates die in Honduran prison clash May 4, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - At least 18 inmates have died in a prison fight, a Honduran police official said Saturday. Security Ministry Spokesman Wilmer Torres said 31 prisoners were attacked by their cellmates with knives and guns just hours after they were transferred Friday night to a prison in Tegucigalpa from San Pedro Sula, north of the capital. (MSNBC -- International)
Fresh Honduran jail riot kills 18 May 4, 2008
Police were called in to help restore order after prisoners attacked another group of inmates at the main jail in the capital, Tegucigalpa. It is the second such clash in Honduras in recent days. (BBC News -- Americas)
Deadly prison riot in Honduras May 4, 2008
The riot at the jail outside the capital Tegucigalpa was the second such incident in the country's crowded prison system in a week. "In the first hours of the morning, while making checks, it was found that there were a total of 18 people who had died," Wilman Torres, spokesman for the security minister, said on the America radio station. (Aljazeera.Net)
Revolution have burning desire to avenge drubbing May 3, 2008
"This is a great challenge for me," Welcome told the Tegucigalpa daily El Heraldo. "It's the chance I've been waiting for.". (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Food prices imperil progress, UN says Apr 21, 2008
honduras After weeks at sea, Cubans reach shore TEGUCIGALPA - A group of 16 undocumented Cuban migrants has landed in Honduras after two weeks at sea, an immigration official said yesterday. Francisco Alvarado of Honduras's regional immigration office said the nine men, four women, and three children were in good health after setting out on March 31. (Boston Globe)
Cuban Migrants Make Landfall in Honduras Apr 21, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A group of 16 undocumented Cuban migrants has landed in Honduras after two weeks at sea, an immigration official said Sunday. Francisco Alvarado of Honduras' regional immigration office said the nine men, four women and three children were in good health after setting out on March 31 from the Cuban province of Manzanillo. (Newsmax)
Spring break Honduras style Apr 11, 2008
There's a saying in Honduras that states: "Tegucigalpa thinks, San Pedro Sula works and La Ceiba celebrates." With the easy-going attitude of the locals, at least the ones I met, it was easy to believe such a saying ... Since everyone leaves Tegucigalpa and comes to the north coast for Semanta Santa, I decided to travel in the opposite direction: from La Ceiba to Tegucigalpa ... A few years ago, I spent a summer volunteering at a non-profit clinic in Tegucigalpa and lived at a nearby seminary. (East Tennessean, TN)
Buzzard sucked into Houston-bound Continental jet's engine Apr 10, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A Continental Airlines jet carrying 76 people made an emergency landing in Honduras on Wednesday after a bird was sucked into one of its engines ... The bird apparently a large buzzard flew into the engine of the Houston-bound Boeing 737-800 about 20 minutes after the plane took off from the capital of Tegucigalpa, Continental manager Gerardo Carrillo said. (KHOU.com, TX)
La Virgen de Suyapa, Honduras Apr 8, 2008
Celebrations of the Feria de la Virgen de Suyapa begin on February 2nd, at the Basilica de Suyapa outside Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras ... Suyapa is about seven kilometers/twenty minutes from the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa ... ela section of Tegucigalpa, or you can take a taxi. (Suite101.com)
Small plane hits truck while making emergency landing on Honduran street Apr 6, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP): A small plane made an emergency landing on a street in the Honduran capital and collided with a truck on Saturday ... The plane suffered mechanical problems shortly after takeoff and tried to return to the Tegucigalpa airport, according to police spokesman Sergio Murillo. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Honduran leader defends melons by eating one Mar 27, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- He's no Julia Child, but Honduran President Manuel Zelaya showed Tuesday he can attack a cantaloupe and U.S. government claims in a single motion. President Manuel Zelaya chews on a slice of Honduran melon to demonstrate its safety. (CNN -- World)
26 Dead, 19 Injured in Honduras Bus Crash Mar 26, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras A passenger bus plunged off a highway and rolled 500 yards down a hillside in western Honduras on Tuesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 19, authorities said. Emergency personnel worked to free people from the twisted wreckage near the border with El Salvador. (Fox News)
* Honduras slams US moves against tainted cantaloupes Mar 25, 2008
AP, TEGUCIGALPA Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008, Page 10. "It's unjust that the [US] has declared a unilateral health alert without any laboratory or clinical tests.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Honduran melons linked to salmonella Mar 25, 2008
A man rests on top of melons for sale at the El Mayoreo market in Tegucigalpa on March 24. Honduras presented a demand against the United States, after the FDA cut the import of melons from there. (USA Today -- News)
U.S. tourist dies after falling during zip line ride Mar 21, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A U.S. woman fell 65 feet to her death during a zip line ride through the jungle on the Caribbean island of Roatan, police said Thursday. Barbara Sue Fojtasek, 44, was riding along a steel wire hung between trees in the jungle when a harness holding her apparently broke on Tuesday, Honduran police said in a news release. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Mission Trip To Honduras That Helped Over 18,000 Mar 15, 2008
Saturday March 15, 2008. (courtesy Dr. Robert Gucciardo) Dr. Robert Gucciardo, left, is is shown with Jonathan, a boy from Honduras who was left paralyzed from a pneumonia vaccine, along with his parents. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
(courtesy Dr. Robert Gucciardo) Dr. Robert Gucciardo, left, is is shown with Jonathan, a boy from Honduras who was left paralyzed from a pneumonia vaccine, along with his parents. "> Mar 15, 2008
Queens Chronicle - Mission Trip To Honduras That Helped Over 18,000. Saturday March 15, 2008. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Rural towns vs urban cities Mar 15, 2008
Media Credit: Michele GourleyIn the mountain town of Olancho, Honduras, the daily meals of beans and tortillas differs from the metropolitan Tegucigalpa, where you can find pizza and cappuccinos ... Last weekend I left the mountains of Olancho, Honduras for the hills of Honduras' capital city, Tegucigalpa, to visit some friends ... Before traveling to each community, the mountain villages of Olancho and the capital city of Tegucigalpa, the only difference that existed for me between the two... (East Tennessean, TN)
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jasmin Furlough stabilizes a patient. Mar 7, 2008
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jasmin Furlough, a physician assistant with Joint Task Force - Bravo, stabilizes a patient at the medical element emergency room on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, on Feb. 26, 2008, prior to the patient's air transport to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Joint Task Force Bravo members assisted local medical personnel after a truck carrying about 30 people rolled over near Comayagua, Honduras. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Disguised gunmen kill 8 in Honduras Mar 4, 2008
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Eight people were shot dead at a billiards hall in northern Honduras on Sunday by gunmen disguised as policemen, Honduran police said. Wearing police uniforms, six assailants fired Kalashnikov rifles and handguns from a truck parked outside a pool hall in San Pedro Sula, a city plagued by violent gangs and drug traffickers, deputy police chief Edgardo Villeda said. (MSNBC -- International)
