El Progreso, Honduras News

FOLLOWING the June 28 ousting of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, the new authorities have harassed and briefly detained journalists, interfered with several broadcast media outlets and imposed a 48-hour curfew, putting free expression at risk, say IFEX member in Honduras Comite por la Libre Expresion , the Inter American Press Association and ...

The Honduran military surrounded the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa on Sunday morning, kidnapped President Manuel Zelaya in his pajamas and packed him off to Costa Rica in a plane.

New York, June 30, 2009--Honduran military personnel briefly detained seven journalists, temporarily shut down several local broadcasters, and intermittently blocked the broadcast signals of international news channels in the aftermath of the weekend coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Honduras at around midnight two days ago.

A strong quake measuring at least 7.1 points struck offshore from the Central American country of Honduras on Thursday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, local authorities said.

A powerful earthquake toppled dozens of homes in Honduras and Belize early Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring 40 as terrified residents spilled from their homes across much of Central America.

At least six people were killed and another 50 were injured in a powerful earthquake that struck Honduras's Roatan island early Thursday, the authorities said.

One of the lanes of 'La Democracia' bridge over the Ulua river, built by the French in 1963, had its central section collapsed due to an eartquake May 28, 2009 in El Progreso, 270 km north of Tegucigalpa.

People stand underneath a bridge, which spans the largest river in Honduras, the Ulua, after the central portion collapsed following an earthquake.

A POWERFUL 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the economic and tourist heart of Honduras overnight, killing five, wounding at least 13, and shaking neighbouring countries as far away as Mexico.

The central portion of the Democracy Bridge, which spans the largest river in Honduras, the Ulua, collapsed in El Progreso, Honduras after a strong earthquake rocked the country in the early morning hours of Thursday,wld May 28, 2009.

The Evanston branch of Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate has named Julie McWilliams and Gary McWilliams , both of Glenview, as the team sales leaders for March.

Shin Fujiyama, a 2007 University of Mary Washington graduate and co-founder of Students Helping Honduras, will appear tomorrow night on CNN's "Larry King Live." The show, also featuring journalist, author and first lady of California Maria Shriver, airs at 9 p.m. The interview will air again at midnight.

EL PROGRESO, Honduras -- La Profesora Ninfa Rosa Galeano Moreno de Domínguez last week completed one of her pet projects: the opening of a shelter for female relatives of poor, out-of-town patients of El Progreso Hospital and for soon-to-be mothers who cannot return to their far-away communities while waiting to give birth at the hospital.

The Western Illinois University chapter of Students Helping Honduras is hosting several educational and fundraising events throughout the month of April to help raise funds for the organization's mission, to mobilize students in a massive and focused effort to empower orphaned and at-risk children in Honduras to reach their full potential.

Students Helping Honduras is holding a 5k Saturday on the Huckleberry Trail to raise money to provide electricity for Villa Soleada in El Progreso, Honduras.

This Saturday, 19 adults from Ahwatukee, Tempe and Chandler are flying to Honduras for a week of hard, physical labor, and the majority of them are giving up vacation time to do so.

Monroe Police have arrested a 16-year old female juvenile in connection with the stabbing death of a Honduran national whose body was found inside his mobile home near the 5200 block of DeSiard Street in Monroe ...

Fredericksburg-area Rotarians visited Honduras several times in the past two years to help a chapter there with humanitarian projects.