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Monday, February 19, 2007 Online Edition 07

Fuel bid process in last minute jeopardy

Alvaro Morales Molina
Honduras This Week

The price of supreme gasoline went down eight lempiras a few weeks ago as a result of changes in the price-setting formula used on the controlled Honduran market. They have however gone up since.

The contract for one year’s fuel between Conoco Philips and the government is meant to be signed in the coming week, but it now looks further away than ever. Henry Arevalo, owner and president of DIPPSA, the Honduran oil company that owns the terminals to be used by Conoco Philips, is nowhere to be seen which has delayed the signing of the documents that give the government the right to temporarily overtake the DIPPSA storing facilities. Also, there is rising pressure from the National Industrial Association (ANDI) on the government not to sign the contract. Conoco Philips has agreed on February 23rd as a deadline for the contract to be signed and the supply for derivates of fuel in the year 2007 to be confirmed. If it is not signed by then, they will terminate the deal.By Alvaro Morales Molina

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Educational reform introducing constructive teaching methods

Louise Wallace
Honduras This Week

Louise Wallace/Honduras This Week
Honduran school children celebrate prospect of better education.

"2007 will be the year of educational reform," promised President Manuel Zelaya. And indeed, the year has begun with perhaps one of the greatest reforms in the Honduran system of education. Using a scheme of modern text books and a new curriculum, the intention of the Ministry of Education is to transform Honduran methods from instructive to constructive methods of teaching. By Louise Wallace

Students unite Houston and Honduras against pollution

Louise Wallace
Honduras This Week

Courtesy of Bay2Bay
Students from Puerto Cortes cleaning up the beach on the Cortes bay.

In an exercise of international cooperation, St John's Episcopal School in Puerto Cortes and St Francis' Episcopal School in Houston have united in the fight against water pollution. The two institutions, whose shared Christian faith served to facilitate the project, completed investigations into the environmental health of their local ports - Puerto Cortes and Galveston Bay. By Louise Wallace

Police and civil society struggling to solve gang problem

Alex Jones
Honduras This Week

Archive/Honduras This Week
Tattoos, symbols of Central American gang culture.

Police officials from Los Angeles and areas in Central America met last week to discuss how to address the ever present problem of organized gang culture across the region. However, according to Melvin Alvarado of Proyecto Victoria, a non governmental organization (NGO) working in Honduras trying to do just that, "working to solve the problem of gangs in Honduras is like trying to stop a boat sinking by bailing water out with a small bucket." By Alex Jones

UNCAF Nations’ Cup:
Disappointment for Honduras

Sasha Arms
Honduras This Week

The 2007 UNCAF Nations’ Cup, held in El Salvador, has been a nail-biting affair for Central American countries this year. Panama was celebrating this week as the country came out at the top of Group 2, securing a place in the 2007 CONACAF Gold Cup this June. Things for Honduras unfortunately did not go so well initially. By Sasha Arms

week review

EDITORIAL

The ‘Catracho’ F-5 and the ‘Pinolero’ SAM-7

For those who are not familiar with the word Catracho, the term is a colloquial and friendly way of referring to a person from Honduras. Nicaraguans are known as Pinoleros or Mucos, Guatemalans are Chapines, Salvadorians Guanacos and the people from Costa Rica are called Ticos. Full Editorial

PLENTY IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUN

A reader made the stunning asssertion that "no one can explain how our Sun works." Offered below is a short course on solar physics. Our Sun is a normal main-sequence star, one of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy, teh Milky Way. Full Editorial

BUSINESS WEEK IN REVIEW

Roatan

MUSICA MAESTRO

Believe it or not there is a place to listen to great music and it is available without cover charge or minimum. Henry Morgan's in West Bay features "Iron Shore", a local group with international musicians doing all of your favorites. We don't want to type cast their repertoire but if you like Jimmy Hendricks, Prince, Pink Floyd or any of the other rock and roll stars you will be pleased. By Don Pearly

Copan Update

As the month of February rolls around, temperatures begin to climb swiftly, often topping out at 100 F in the daytime and dipping to a downright comfortable mid 80s in the evening. Although Copan’s fame as having a year round climate that I like to describe as “springtime - all the time” does hold true for much of the year, daytime temperatures in the late winter and spring often hover at the “hot as heck” level. Full Article

Tab in Tegus – Guitar festival comes to the capital

Alex Jones
Honduras This Week

The Festival Rotario de Música ’07 will kick off next Thursday 22nd of February in Tegucigalpa, and let forth four days of guitar concerts, all focusing on a different style of play. By Alex Jones

Book

New Travel Guides on Honduras and the Bay Islands

Patrick Ahern
Honduras This Week

Patrick Ahern/Honduras This Week
Three travel guides on Honduras have recently been published.

The last year was a very good year indeed for Honduran travel guides books. Two totally new guides were published and the fourth edition of the Moon Handbook on Honduras by Chris Humphrey came out in October. The newcomers come from Hunter Travel Guides written by Maria Fiallos and Lonely Planet written by Gary Chandler and Liza Prado. Previously Lonely Planet dedicated only a few chapters to Honduras in their Central America on a Shoestring. By Patrick Ahern

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WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Mujeres en las Artes. One of the strongest artistic movements in Tegucigalpa. Mujeres en la Artes Leticia de Oyuela constantly sponsors workshops, exhibitions, conferences, art shows and community events in the city. For the complete schedule, log on to www.muaartes.org.hn or contact Veronica Romero at 222 3015.Full Calendar

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