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Jan de Nul in Belgium has announced that it has signed a contract worth Euros 8 million and the financing is in place for the extension of Puerto Cortes in Honduras.

Part of the dredged materials for the project will serve as fill for the future container terminal. The works are due to start in the second quarter of 2008.

The company has also recently announced that the GLF consortium of which it is a part has been awarded a US$80 million design construct contract for the extension of La Galeota port in Trinidad for NEC, the national oil company.

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At the border with Guatemala, Honduran growers threw away hundreds of onions. Overproduction is causing a huge damage for producers at the regions of La Labor, Sensenti and Ocotepeque

“We are throwing away onions; we can’t find markets for them. If onions from Guatemala continue being imported, it is going to kill our production (…) government has to support us”, declared Luis Bú, grower at Ocotepeque.

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Honduran officials say a new no-drive law is keeping 60,000 cars off the road a day, despite nationwide protests.

The measure requiring residents to leave their cars home one day a week went into effect Monday and is expected to save US$80 million in energy costs.

But it has met widespread opposition, and Tegucigalpa Mayor Ricardo Alvarez is offering free legal service to help fight the US$35 fines.

Honduras President Manuel Zelaya says he’ll ride a motorcycle to work to comply.

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Roatan, emerging as the Caribbean’s newest vacation hotspot, is now home to its largest and most bio-sensitive and upscale resort.

Infinity Bay Spa and Beach Resort opens this week with 55 of its planned 145 luxury villas now complete.

Located in the heart of West Bay Beach, Infinity Bay, the island’s greenest resort, has been designed to protect the coral reef system that curls around Roatan’s shores.

The barrier reef, second in size only to Australia’s, is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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