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Congress is considering a reform to exclude performance bonuses, gratuities, and overtime pay from income-tax calculations, a move an economist says would reward worker effort but warns could enable tax evasion without proper state oversight.

Honduras's transport authority has seized 31 vehicles operating for Uber, InDriver, and VIP taxi services since February, citing lack of permits, while the ride-hailing platforms are scheduled to meet with Congress on June 10 to discuss regulatory frameworks.

The Public Ministry is investigating Salvador Nasralla's 2025 presidential campaign for alleged use of third-party accounts to receive unreported donations, fundraising in the United States, and possible transfers exceeding legal limits.

San Pedro Sula and Honduras's emergency agency (Copeco) launched a coordinated prevention plan ahead of the cyclone season, with crews clearing drainage systems and debris from highland areas that officials say clog urban drains during heavy rains.

Though Tropical Storm Boris poses no direct threat, a separate tropical depression forming off the Pacific coast will push moisture inland, bringing heavy rainfall to eight southwestern, central, and southern departments, with risks of flooding and landslides.

Polo's Water, which serves West End on Roatán Island, is expanding wastewater treatment, micrometering, and environmental education to ensure 24/7 potable water access while reducing waste and protecting local ecosystems.

The Supreme Court has approved online filing for criminal-record certificates by Hondurans overseas, eliminating the need for physical documents and aiming to speed up migration regularization in Spain and elsewhere.

Jesús Humberto Mancía, accused of participating in armed attacks on public buses in San Pedro Sula on August 30, 2003 that killed 17 people in a single day, faces trial on charges of 17 counts of murder and other crimes; the prosecution presented a protected witness who identified him among the gunmen.

A man died after receiving an electrical shock while attempting to connect a pump at a car wash in San Pedro Sula; police and forensic officials responded to the scene.

Tropical Storm Cristina is expected to bring heavy rains to multiple zones across Honduras this week, according to the National Center for Meteorology.

Congress is moving toward approving a structural reform that would divide the state-owned ENEE into three separate commercial entities for generation, transmission, and distribution, with energy experts warning the changes open a path to privatization and could weaken the utility's financial stability.

The Public Ministry arrested a suspect in San Pedro Sula linked to a criminal network that cloned WhatsApp accounts to commit digital fraud, impersonating users to deceive relatives and friends into unauthorized bank transfers.

The National Congress approved expanding a law that shields agroindustrial lands and investments to also cover energy and tourism projects, while adding a clause affirming the law's compatibility with indigenous peoples' right to free, prior consultation on communal lands.

A judge ordered pretrial detention for Carlos Molina and Williams Reyes, who are accused as co-perpetrators in a mass killing that left 19 people dead in the Colón village of Rigores.

Honduras, where a woman is killed every 32 hours, has approved sweeping Penal Code reforms raising femicide sentences to as high as 60 years and mandating specialized courts to handle gender-violence cases.

A truck made an unsafe passing maneuver and struck a motorcyclist in La Esperanza, Intibucá on Monday; the truck driver fled the scene.

Joel Alexander Álvarez Uclés, 16, was killed by gunfire in Tegucigalpa's Nueva Suyapa neighborhood after entering a gang-controlled area and being chased into a sector known as "El Infiernito," where he was shot multiple times.

Luis Arturo Avilés Moncada and Aracely O'hara Guillén, former Central Bank of Honduras officials, voluntarily appeared before a national criminal court and were released under conditions — including periodic check-ins and a travel ban — pending an initial hearing scheduled for June 18 on charges of reckless misappropriation of public funds.

The central bank auctioned $87.1 million in its June 8 foreign-exchange sale, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.6719 per dollar for June 9.

Authorities closed the northbound exit from Tegucigalpa after a collision involving two large trucks and a bus; no injuries have been reported yet, and officials urged drivers to use alternate routes.

Structural beams have arrived at the site of the Germania Bridge project south of Tegucigalpa, allowing crews to begin assembly work aimed at easing traffic congestion on a key route to southern Honduras.

The state power utility is installing a 30-megawatt transformer at the Santa Rosa de Copán substation (over 50 million lempiras, roughly $2 million) and building a 5-kilometer transmission line to reduce low-voltage problems affecting thousands of customers across Copán, Lempira, and Ocotepeque.

Honduras is piloting an anti-fraud digital licensing system in Tegucigalpa that ties first-time applicants to one exam center until the platform expands nationwide.

The second Copa UNITEC, a university sports tournament in Tegucigalpa featuring football, basketball, and volleyball from seven Honduran universities, wrapped with final matches and awards recognizing competitor talent and sportsmanship.

Honduras's Medical College escalated its strike into an eighth day of nationwide assemblies at health facilities, demanding answers on layoffs, reinstatements, back pay, and formal contracts for physician managers.

Honduras's agricultural authority confirmed H5N1 avian influenza in black vultures found dead in El Higuito, Lempira, and activated containment protocols; domestic poultry in the area remain healthy, but officials urged stronger biosecurity measures.

Tropical Storm Cristina, with sustained winds of 75 km/h positioned 160 kilometers west of Managua, threatens Honduras's Pacific coast with intense rainfall, flash flooding, and landslides through Thursday morning, with some areas expecting up to 12 inches of rain.

The Public Ministry's financial crimes unit (ATIC) and police corruption task force (FETCCOP) are investigating irregularities at the municipal government in Jutiapa, Atlántida.

Finance Minister Emilio Hércules said the government has begun distributing the 14th-month bonus to public employees, a payment expected to inject roughly 7 billion lempiras (about $280 million) into the economy by June 10.

Frequent blackouts are crippling Honduras's micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, with the sector reporting estimated daily losses of 15 million lempiras (about $600,000) as outages lasting up to six hours halt production and sales.