La Ceiba News

Business chambers and vendors in La Ceiba are drafting a proposal to present to Congress and the government to regulate the rapid expansion of Chinese-owned stores, citing unfair competition from lower import tariffs on Asian goods.

A National Police officer, Cristian Fabricio Blandín Arriaza, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the April 2026 killing of Ángelo Uriel García Murillo, a young man who left home to deliver medicine to his mother in La Ceiba.

Evangelical churches across Honduras are organizing prayer vigils and worship services on October 31, with a six-hour event in La Ceiba, while two municipalities have restricted Halloween celebrations citing cultural and moral concerns.

Honduras's Judicial School is conducting a training module on indigenous peoples' rights within the criminal justice system in La Ceiba, October 19–20, in partnership with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Two children were attacked by pitbulls after entering a private property in La Ceiba on October 15; one escaped by climbing a tree unharmed, while the other suffered severe bites to the legs and arms and was hospitalized at Hospital Atlántida.

About 140 families were peacefully removed from an illegal settlement on private land in La Ceiba's west sector after occupying it for over a year; the owner pursued a legal claim to recover the property.

La Ceiba's municipal tourism office announced entertainment and concerts starting October 7 during Honduras's Morazán holiday week, featuring live music, extreme sports in the Cangrejal River basin, beaches, and local cuisine to attract visitors.

The Bay Islands Chamber of Commerce called on authorities to urgently address deteriorating conditions at La Ceiba's coastal shipping port, citing shallow-water access problems and infrastructure damage that threaten maritime connectivity and island businesses after a Safeway Maritime vessel partially sank at the dock.

A National Congress member proposed declaring an emergency at La Ceiba's cabotage port to fund urgent dredging after seven vessels ran aground there in recent months.

The Tropical Wave, operated by Galaxy Wave, ran aground on a sandbar at La Ceiba's port while returning from Roatán on September 29, but naval and rescue teams evacuated all passengers and their baggage unharmed, with port officials still investigating the cause.

A sentencing tribunal in La Ceiba held a trial hearing for Ronal Alexis Cotto on charges of abuse of authority and violation of official duties in connection with harm to the public administration.

Public agencies and private tourism organizations in Tela, Atlántida, joined forces on Saturday to clear sargassum seaweed from the municipal beach, removing accumulated algae that degrades the coastal environment and affects the tourist industry.

La Ceiba's municipal government and COPECO will dredge the Adán Creek, which flows through about 50 vulnerable neighborhoods, to improve water flow and reduce flooding during the rainy season, with longer-term flood-mitigation projects planned.

La Ceiba's municipal government began removing massive accumulations of sargassum seaweed from over two kilometers of central beach ahead of the Morazán holiday tourism surge, with crews and heavy machinery working to clear the area before visitors arrive.

Residents of Cayos Cochinos and Nueva Armenia demonstrated at the Atlántida provincial office in La Ceiba, urging authorities to allow the Spanish television production Supervivientes to remain, saying the show provides seasonal employment and tourism benefits despite environmental and indigenous-rights complaints from activist groups.

About 350 census takers and supervisors in Atlántida protested at the regional governor's office on September 21, demanding full payment for August–September work and a formal new contract after the INE failed to pay them and their initial contract expired.

The Bethel Drum & Bugle Corps announced it will not participate in Honduras's September 15 independence celebrations, citing harassment and demeaning comments directed at band members on social media following a recent video posting.

Tela is preparing to welcome approximately 200,000 tourists during Morazán Week (October 7–10), one of the year's peak tourism seasons, with about 60% of visitors coming from central Honduras departments.

A 61-year-old woman from Catacamas was detained at La Ceiba's Golosón Airport on Thursday after customs inspectors found she could not justify carrying $11,629 in cash; prosecutors are investigating possible money laundering.

Hundreds of job seekers of all ages crowded a La Ceiba employment fair organized by the Chamber of Commerce, labor ministry, and other partners, where 40 companies offered roughly 150 openings across commerce, services, food, and manufacturing—exposing acute unemployment in the Atlantic coast region.

Nelson Aguilar González, 32, who had recently been deported from the United States, was killed in a drive-by shooting on a busy street in La Ceiba; police are investigating personal disputes as a possible motive.

CD Victoria, the La Ceiba football club acquired by TikToker Carlos Eduardo Espina, is defending 14 arbitration cases from former players including Wisdom Quaye, Fabricio Silva, and Walter Martínez seeking unpaid wages, with hearings underway.

The Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba is proposing to convert the shuttered English Quarter prison—closed in January 2024 and now deteriorating—into a temporary farmers and artisans market while authorities decide the site's permanent use, with local church and municipal leaders expressing support.

Jeannette Kawas, the Tela activist murdered in 1995 for opposing illegal development of the Punta Sal peninsula, is remembered through the national park bearing her name—though no one has been arrested for her killing despite a 2009 Inter-American Court ruling against Honduras for negligence.

A congressman from the Liberal Party proposed designating the football field in La Isla neighborhood, La Ceiba, as a cultural heritage site to recognize its historical significance to the community.

Two men, identified as Kevin Ruiz Sánchez and Kelser Orlando Castillo, were shot and killed Sunday afternoon inside a home in La Ceiba's Bonitillo sector; one was the homeowner's son, and authorities are investigating the motive.

The Bethel Drum & Bugle Corps of La Ceiba scored over 91% to win the World Class category at the Latin American Drum Corps competition in Guatemala, securing back-to-back titles and earning individual awards for color guard, visual design, brass, and general effect.

Pedro Darío Lobo Rodríguez, 38, suspected of arranging illegal migration to the United States, was shot dead inside an auto-repair shop in La Ceiba by armed assailants who fled on a motorcycle.

The United Taxi Drivers Association of Honduras will hold a sit-in in La Ceiba on Tuesday to protest high fuel prices and demand the government respond to the sector's concerns.

A ferry traveling from Roatán to La Ceiba struck the dock on September 29 after hitting shallow water caused by insufficient dredging; all passengers were safely evacuated, and the operator is calling for port maintenance.