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Kutztown resident Scot Guldin, a financial consultant for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, will give a presentation at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Mertztown, on Dec. 13 after the worship service at 10 a.m.
Posted 6 a.m. Mon., Nov. 23 - Emily Thenhaus is spending a semester at the University of Central America in El Salvador, where she is taking classes and -- as required -- is working with the poor.
She is starting a relief drive for flooding victims in El Salvador.
Jose Alvarado and Calixto Hernandez were cousins who grew up together in El Salvador. Friday, their family grieved for Alvarado, killed in a Thanksgiving night crash in which Hernandez was driving.
A restaurant is collecting money to help families devastated by Hurricane Ida in El Salvador. The owners of Los Dos Hermanos restaurant, 3590 River Road N, have set a goal of raising $2,000 or more by Dec. 7.
The ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit priests killed in El Salvador struck Loyola students, professors, administrators and even a group of students from Notre Dame Prep. One of the most shocking parts of the commemoration that took place on November 16 was the representation, by Loyola's Jesuits, of the six Jesuit faculty members at the University of Central America ...
Current Prior Producers Angola (Readj Kwanza) AOA 85.8 88.5 Bolivia (Boliviano) BOB 7.02 7.02 Brazil (Real) BRL 1.7479 1.7275 Burundi (Franc) BIF 1236 1236 Central African States XAF 440.5 436.1 Central Bank of West AfriXOF 440.5 433.18 Colombia (Peso) COP 1978.4 1973.3 Costa Rica (Colon) CRC 558.2 558.3 Cuba (Peso) CUP 1 1 Dominican Rep (Peso) DOP 36.05 36.16 Ecuador (USD) USD 1 1 El Salvador ...
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- El Salvador paid two percentage points more than Panama in a sale of $800 million of bonds as the Central American country tapped debt markets less than a week after having its credit rating cut to junk.
A group of Latino merchants and entertainers is organizing a music, food and soccer event tomorrow to raise money for victims of Hurricane Ida in El Salvador. Mudslides and flooding nearly two weeks ago left about 200 dead and 15,000 displaced. Ida’s remnants dumped several inches of rain in the Richmond area last week, too. “The people need our help,“ said Demetrio Flores, one of the organizers ...
Two trucks carrying 80 tons of humanitarian aid were to leave Chicago Tuesday for El Salvador, sent by Hispanic immigrants to victims of devastating flooding and mudslides.
Shasta County anti-gang investigators arrested an El Salvador man in Redding on Tuesday evening in connection with a Marin County burglary.Nelson Lara-Riviera, 24, was caught at around 6:30 p.m. trying to escape the backyard of a Justin Way home officers were searching, according to a Redding Police Department press statement.Lara-Riviera has been deported before as an aggravated felon and is a ...
An immigrant from El Salvador was sentenced Monday to two consecutive life terms plus 30 years for beating an 83-year-old woman and setting her on fire while she was still alive. Ramon Alvarado, 33, was convicted last month of murder, arson and conspiracy in the death of Lila Meizell of Wheaton. Ms. Meizell had employed Alvarado and his cousin, Jose, as landscapers. Prosecutors said the cousins ...
SAN SALAVADOR, El Salvador, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- More than 15,000 people in El Salvador have been displaced by recent flooding caused by heavy rainfall and Hurricane Ida, Oxfam International said.
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has assigned El Salvador's upcoming USD-denominated bond issue, which matures in 2019, a 'BB' rating.
ROCKVILLE , Md. (AP)- An immigrant from El Salvador was sentenced Monday to two consecutive life terms plus 30 years in prison for beating an 83-year-old woman and setting her on fire while she was still alive.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador----To help the victims of Hurricane Ida in El Salvador, the Western Union Foundation today donated $10,000 to Mercy Corps. The grant is part of the Western Union Our World, Our Family® global initiative and it will enable Mercy Corps to provide support to local NGOs responding to the disaster, including the Asociacion para el Desarrollo Humano , a humanitarian ...
