Volcano erupts in Guatemala, forcing airport closure Agence France-PressePosted at Dec 12 07:12 AM One of the most active volcanoes in Central America has erupted again, spewing lava and ash and forcing authorities in Guatemala City on Sunday to briefly close the country's largest airport and a major highway. Read more »
Ex-Guatemalan president gets 16 years for corruption Agence France-PressePosted at Dec 08 11:20 AM Guatemala's former president Otto Perez was convicted of corruption Wednesday and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Read more »
‘Flying Stick Dance’ back in Guatemala Esteban Biba, EPA-EFEPosted at Jul 23 12:40 PM Dancers perform the 'Flying Stick Dance' at more than 30 meters high, to celebrate the patron saint of Cubulco, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala on Friday. Read more »
Migrant, with dog, crosses 8 countries en route to US Agence France-PressePosted at May 21 10:48 AM ‘He has also crossed everything just like us, he eats the same we eat, he's also a migrant.’ Read more »
Philippines ranks last in finance magazine's 'safest countries' list Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Jul 11 09:32 AM MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The Philippines has landed at the bottom of an international business magazine's list of the "world's safest countries" in 2021, with Iceland figuring at the top of 134 countries evaluated. Read more »
Cooked at 1,000 degrees Celsius: Guatemala's volcanic pizza Agence France-PressePosted at May 13 03:08 AM For Guatemalan David Garcia, the streams of molten lava oozing down the mountainside of Pacaya volcano have become his kitchen. Read more »
PH bet Samantha Bernardo is Miss Grand International first runner-up Screengrab from GrandTV's YouTube pagePosted at Mar 28 01:06 AM Miss Grand International 2020 finalists pose for photos after Miss Grand United States Abena Appiah (center) won the title during the final show in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday evening. Read more »
A family business: How and why smugglers are bringing more children to the US border Laura Gottesdiener, ReutersUpdated as of Mar 24 07:18 AM Almost 10,000 under-18s from Central America crossed illegally from Mexico into the United States without their parents in February, nearly double the previous month's figures, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Read more »
Mexico announces new border restrictions to curb COVID Agence France-PressePosted at Mar 19 11:26 AM MEXICO CITY - Mexico announced Thursday restrictions on non-essential crossings at its border with Guatemala to curb the spread of Covid-19, a move that coincides with increased migrant flows towards the United States. Read more »
Israel sharing some COVID vaccines with Palestinians, Honduras, Czech Republic ReutersUpdated as of Feb 24 06:18 AM JERUSALEM - Israel said on Tuesday it was giving small amounts of surplus COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinian-run territories as well as to several countries. Read more »
THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 18, 2021 ABS-CBN NewsUpdated as of Aug 16 04:08 PM Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »
Migrants hope to enter the US under Biden presidency Luis Echeverria, ReutersPosted at Jan 18 06:31 PM Migrants hope to enter the U.S. under the new administration of President-elect Joe Biden, but communications from the Biden transition team said they won't be able to make changes to the immigration situation immediately. Read more »
Storm Iota leaves over 30 dead in Central America Agence France-PressePosted at Nov 19 02:56 PM Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, but its remnants will continue to be deadly through Thursday even as 2020's biggest Atlantic storm subsided over El Salvador. Read more »
‘Worst storm in decades’: Central America reels, as death toll shoots past 100 Josue Decavele and Gustavo Palencia, ReutersPosted at Nov 07 05:00 AM Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei indicated the death toll caused by calamitous storm Eta could jump even higher. Read more »
Guatemala president to work remotely after 18 staff get coronavirus ReutersPosted at Jun 08 11:31 AM Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday that 18 employees at his office and on his security detail have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, so he will work remotely and the presidential offices will be disinfected. Read more »