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Monday, April 29, 2002 Online Edition 15

Grammy winner Lisa Lopez killed in Car Crash near La Ceiba

Lisa Lopes of the Grammy-award winning female group TLC was killed in an automobile accident while driving along the north coast highway near Jutiapa Thursday evening. Lopes was passing a car when a truck approached from the other lane, forcing her to veer sharply to the left, said La Ceiba police inspector John Cole. The rented Mitsubishi Montero she was driving struck two trees and flipped over several times. She was killed instantly, but the seven passengers in the vehicle survived.

Lopes had been visiting a spa in La Ceiba and was working on several projects there: a clothing line, a new solo project and a book of journal entries and poetry. They were reportedly returning from the hot springs in Agua Calientes. Lopes was a frequent visitor to the La Ceiba area.

TLC held the No. 1 slot in all-time album sales for a female group, with 21 million sold. The Supremes are the top all-female group in terms of No. 1 hits. The lineup of TLC, whose hit songs included "No Scrubs" and "Waterfalls," included Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne"T-Boz" Watkins. The group were working on their next album.

Helping mankind: New food center for the homeless in La Ceiba

Doctor Hector Gomez, with help from friends and a donation of the Standard Fruit Company recently opened a public food center for the homeless in La Ceiba.

LA CEIBA - During a recent interview with Doctor Hector Gomez of La Ceiba regarding the condition of his AIDS victim's half-way house, it was a pleasant surprise to learn the central government of Honduras had begun to provide health care for the SIDA patients. This relieved the Doctor of the heavy and expensive burden he had been personally carrying for such a long time. Now that the Doctor and his wife, Doctor Dina Gomez, had extra time and money, they decided to bring a dream of three years to fruition: to provide a place where the homeless and the less fortunate can find a meal twenty-four hours a day. And, rather than asking for outside assistance, the Doctor prayed for guidance from above concerning his new task. Full article by DON PEARLY

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A guide to the best in Honduran culture

CONTEMPORARY PAINTING EXHIBIT - MAY 8 - The Centro Cultural Sampedrano will host an exhibit of contemporary paintings titled "Cuerpos Fragmentados", by artist Jose Ramos Almendarez, to be inaugurated at 8 p.m.
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President of Congress offers to divest himself of immunity
TEGUCIGALPA -- In a historic move, the president of the National Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, decided this week to give up his immunity and go to court to explain what happened a Lps. 200,000 transfer made while he served as general manager of the Honduran Forest Development Corporation (COHDEFOR). Full article by BLANCA MORENO

Public Housing to receive 1,600 million lempiras
Tegucigalpa - Low-income housing projects have recently received a boost from Congress in the form of a 1,600 million budget for the next two years. These housing projects would apply to families with an average monthly income of 5,000 lempiras/ month. Full article by IXCHEL GRANADA

Democracy for Honduras: the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
TEGUCIGALPA-"The promotion and qualitative improvement of the Honduran democracy is the main reason for my being in Tegucigalpa" explains Peter Petz, program coordinator for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). Full article by CONCHA HOEFLER

Lighthawk flight over Tegucigalpa
On April 23, Capitan Dean A. Smith and his wife flew to Honduras from Costa Rica, in their one motor, 1978 CESSNA 206. Their plan was to fly important people over the different Municipalities of Honduras, so they could witness first hand damage to Honduras' nature. Full article by MARIO GUTIERREZ MINERA

WEEK IN REVIEW

104 Miskitos on trial in Jamaica
Workers Union remains firm on 25% raise
Callejas Romero in the court system
CA and Caribbean analyze aviculture sanitation and commercial possibilities
Government will deduct Lps. 18 million from teachers salaries

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Whatever happened to the flower of Honduras?

The new mayor of Utila, Alton Cooper, has contributed greatly to cleaning up the beaches after just a few short weeks in office.

UTILA - I arrived 30 years ago on a hot July day on this jewel of the Caribbean which former President Policarpo Bonilla called the Flower of Honduras. And rightly so, in all the 30 years I've spent on this beautiful island, I still get excited about the breathtaking view of the reefs, the clear turquoise blue water, the lovely coves, the sparkling, sandy beaches, the green lush of the jungle and the magnificent jagged cliffs. Especially on a rough day, when the east breeze howls (Utila's natural air conditioner) and the breakers cast the spray 30 feet in the air, a sight in itself. Full article by Gunther Kordovsky

Cantarranas hosts festival of traditional foods this weekend

CANTARRANAS — The Festival of Traditional Foods now in its eighth year began as an effort to rekindle interest and knowledge of traditional foods. It is said the festival was born out of a conversation between friends around a kitchen table reminiscing over the traditional foods of their youth, dishes that were fast disappearing from the tables of Honduras. Full article by KYLEE DAVIS

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