Honduras News - Daily News about Honduras

Fruit of the Loom Inc, a maker of underwear and other apparel, said it will close its Jerzees de Choloma plant in Choloma, Honduras, within the next few months, resulting in a loss of 800 jobs.

The unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said the closure results from a shift in product demand and the consolidation of facilities following its purchase last year of Russell Corp, a maker of athletic apparel.

Fruit of the Loom said it will work with affected employees to identify possible jobs at other company facilities.

Reporting by Jonathan Stempel

[Read more →]

AT&T Inc. will issue a nearly $1,600 credit to a Grove man who says he wasn’t responsible for phone calls that were billed to him during a mission trip to Honduras, a company spokesman said Monday.

While in Honduras from May 12 through June 12, William Davis was a volunteer administrator for Sight to the Blind Inc., a Grove-based nonprofit organization that provides eye care and eye surgery to low-income patients in developing countries.

AT&T charged Davis $1,575.26 for phone calls made during that period, despite Davis’ claim that he kept his Motorola cell phone turned off that entire time, he said.

[Read more →]

Teachers in Honduras’ Francisco Morazan Department continued protesting Thursday, demanding seven months of unpaid salary that the authorities blame on internal irregularities.

The protest began yesterday with the occupation of the local Education Office and Jesus Milla Selva Institute, where 67 teachers have not been paid, yet teachers continue to be assigned.

Francisco Morazan Department Education Director Altagracia Sanchez denied any irregularities and blamed previous administrations for internal disorder.

Although Sanchez said she has arranged to pay the salaries, the skeptical teachers decided to go ahead with the protest.

[Read more →]

A medical missionary is upset about nearly $1,600 in Honduras-based cellular telephone charges for which he claims he isn’t responsible.

William Davis was a volunteer administrator for Sight to the Blind Inc. during a May 12-June 12 trip to Honduras.

AT&T Cingular says the Grove resident made $1,575.26 in phone calls during that period, Davis said. The problem, he said, is his Motorola cell phone was turned off that entire time.

“This is just a nightmare situation,” he said. “I just hope that if this gets some notice, it won’t happen to somebody else.”

[Read more →]