By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru’s Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed with the government, as some local officials have sought to backtrack on the deal. Hong Kong-based Cosco Shipping Ports will defend […]
A powerful jolt that struck Taiwan on April 3 caused landslides in the island’s mountainous east. However, dramatic footage of vehicles crushed by rocks on a highway circulating on social media was in fact unrelated to the disaster. The video was filmed in Peru and surfaced online weeks before the quake, Taiwan’s strongest in 25 […]
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national who brutally killed Alabama 18-year-old Natalee Holloway during her class trip to Aruba as a high school senior in 2005, has been pummeled in a remote Peruvian prison, where he previously boasted of conjugal visits with multiple women. The 36-year-old murderer is locked up in Peru for the […]
Apr. 8—PERU — Work began this week in Peru on the reconstruction of Second and Forest streets. The multi-million dollar project will see about 1,000 feet of roadway rebuilt, along with the addition of sidewalks, trees lining the street and new lighting. Once complete, the street will connect Peru’s growing riverfront district to downtown. The […]
Mar. 25—”Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.” For those not familiar with the poem, the rest of the words paint a picture of a peaceful place where pets that have passed are restored to health and watch over their owners on earth. And if Rainbow Bridge had a spokesman, or […]
Mar. 22—PERU — The Peru Community Church’s Sunday worship service returns at 9 a.m. in the Sanctuary of the historic stone church, located at 12 Elm Street, on Sunday, March 24 for Palm/Passion Sunday and continuing each Sunday going forward. The Rev. Peggi Eller is pastor of The Peru Community Church. During the cold winter […]
Mar. 21—WABASH — Peru Community Schools will move its Head Start classrooms to South Peru School starting next school year. It’s the first step in a two-year plan in reopening South Peru School. The move is meant to increase child care options in Peru. Moving Head Start to South Peru School will allow Peru schools […]
Mar. 16—PERU — A Peru man is under arrest after police say he caused his 4-month-old son to suffer fractured ribs, hemorrhaging in his left eye and bruising to his head. Steven Timm, 29, is facing two charges of domestic battery with serious bodily injury to a person under 14 years of age, both Level […]
You may not realize it, but your clothes, blueberries, and increasingly your avocados come from this country. If you’re stumped, then you may want to head to downtown Miami and look for a massive ship and see what’s on display. The B.A.P. Unión, a four-masted flagship of the Peruvian navy, docked at Maurice Ferré Park […]
Mar. 11—PERU — A moving crew unloaded furniture from a box truck as rain fell Friday along the Wabash River. It was one of three move-ins and three showings scheduled for the day at Wabash River Commons, Peru’s newest housing complex. The 26-acre property, at 548 Sycamore Trail, is now open. The 180-unit complex offers […]
(Bloomberg) — Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola resigned his post Tuesday while defending himself against corruption allegations, depriving President Dina Boluarte of a key political ally. Most Read from Bloomberg Panorama TV reported over the weekend that Otarola had a romantic relationship with a woman who obtained a government job. The TV program played an […]
Joran van der Sloot, who murdered Alabama teen Natalee Holloway when she refused his sexual advances and then killed Peru business heiress Stefany Flores exactly five years later, is currently seeing up to three women in conjugal visits in his Peruvian prison. A Peruvian official with knowledge of the situation told Fox News Digital that […]