Battle for Old Port Royal ( the Bitter end of our indigenous past )
Bay islands Magazine is proud to present an article by the historian Matthew Harper fetched from MJ Harper’s blog! In 1650, Spanish forces launched two…
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Growing Mangroves on Utila
By Angela Claire Bjoroy-KarlsenPast President of Roatan Utila Guanaja Rotary and Rotaract are joining forces to expand BICA Utila’s mangrove nursery and support the island’s coastal environment. Mangrove forests help stabilize shorelines and shelter coastal wildlife. AI-generated illustration.…
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Postcards from Paradise – a book review
Preserving the Soul of Roatan Through Poetry Poems Celebrating Roatan’s People, Culture, & Creatures Roatan is more than turquoise water and postcard sunsets. It is…
When Paradise Become Painful
Protecting Roatan’s Hearing, Health—and the Peace Paradise Requires When I lived in the peaceful village of Sandy Bay in the early 1990s, roosters crowed, dogs…
Saving a Vanishing Voice
How the Royal Reader Program is Helping Bay Islanders reclaim their English Heritage. Who?W-H-O!Twenty-three children chant the letters in unison inside a small classroom in…
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A community lifeline: the story of Charmont Learning Center
They don’t fit into mainstream society. Some raped or bullied. Orphans, homeless, or medically fragile and have witnessed horrors no child should see. And some…
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Tino and Alejo Monterroso – Legendary Dive Masters of the Bay Islands
Long before Roatan became a world-class dive destination, two young islanders were slipping beneath its waves with little more than a mask, fins, and a…
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