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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Granada, Bishop Bernard Hombach (aged 77), and appointed, the current Bishop of Matagalpa, Bishop Jorge Solórzano Pérezas (aged 49) as his replacement.

Hombach leaves under Canon 401 of the Code of Canon Law (A diocesan Bishop who has completed his seventy-fifth year of age is requested to offer his resignation from office to the Supreme Pontiff, who, taking all the circumstances into account, will make provision accordingly.)

An MRS sponsored bill is seeking a total ban on advertising in mass media and billboards on highways and the banning of tobacco companies sponsoring or promoting any event that relates to skills, associations or sports teams.

The initial initiative even prohibited the sale of cigarettes in packs of less than twenty.

I thought this comment was funny...

Carmen Hilleprandt, Manager of Corporate and Legal Affairs for British American Tobacco, told reporters that they always agree with sensible regulation, not choking the industry and avoiding the outbreak of an illicit trade.

Shannon's recent post about her ideas for rewarding/helping local kids produced a variety of responses.

This link below takes you to a great gallery, a written explanation of how this baseball camp came about and how one family turned a personal tragedy into an opportunity for others.

http://www.pbase.com/danpolley/baseballcamp2010

As usual they capture the moment and show how serious these kids take this opportunity, the looks on the kids faces tell the whole story. They will be talking about it until next camp.

Heartwarming.

First One: Amayo (Rivas) two weeks ago, a National Police operation produced a different contraband than the usual packages of white powder. The police report says that at 1am, five illegal African’s (in the company of six Nicaraguans) in four different vehicles were the catch of that day. The five Africans were handed over to the Immigration Department for possible deportation to their country of origin. The Nicaraguans, all from Rivas, are being processed through the judicial system as part of an ongoing investigation into alien smuggling.

Magnitude 5.6 off the coast of SJdS, Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 09:15:02 PM

70 km (40 miles) SW of Rivas, Nicaragua, 105 km (65 miles) SSW of Granada, Nicaragua 115 km (70 miles) S of MANAGUA, Nicaragua

Had call from Managua from someone who said they felt a shake. That prompted me to look it up and there it was.

http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/quake.php

Weather forecasting in Nicaragua falls under the umbrella of INTER, (Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales) or in English; The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies.

INETER have been busy trying to calculate when and how much rain we will get this year. However, they have not been able to offer much hope to regions such as the Pacific North West area of Nicaragua that is already feeling the effects of a drought.

FYL has updated the SJdS section (in Regions - Rivas, tool bar above). "Del Sur" is now known as Del Sur News (bi-lingual) and the simple format, fledgling, wordpress, online (bi-lingual) version can be found at www.delsurnewsonline.com

The words to "Salve a ti, Nicaragua" (Hail to You, Nicaragua), the National Anthem of Nicaragua were written by Salomón Ibarra Mayorga and were adopted in 1939.

The melody of the National Anthem is from a 300 year old liturgical anthem popular in Spain. It has been changed three times since it was used as the first official anthem between 1835 and 1837. In 1918 the original anthem was bought back and Luis Abraham Delgadillo, a Nicaraguan composer, was chosen to arrange the anthem. A government contest was held to decide on the new words for the anthem.

I was sent this today and thought I would share it.

http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/1479088.html

I am posting this here rather than continue the recycling responses on the Banana thread.

I want to fly the flag for these guys who are "pushing a boulder uphill all the way" so to speak, but have at least made a start. I also want to balance out some of the misconceptions that the gringos in SjdS all live in gated communities with our A/C on all day! Some do, a lot don't.

Site: www.comunidadconnect.org/programs_recycling.htm