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The president of the IHSS physicians' association reports that Honduras's main public hospital remains in severe decay despite a three-month emergency decree, with persistent shortages of surgeons, staff, medicines, and functioning laundry services.

Seven domestic and international firms have entered the auction for Honduras's presidential aircraft, with the public sale scheduled for July 10.

Honduras's Energy Ministry announced another price cut for the week of July 6–12, extending six weeks of consecutive fuel reductions that have lowered some petroleum products by more than 15 lempiras total.

Honduras's National Congress approved a resolution to provide logistical support for transporting humanitarian donations to Venezuela following recent earthquakes, coordinating the shipment of food, medicine, and essential supplies.

The Public Ministry rejected former Congress president Luis Rolando Redondo's appeal of a June 2 decision to maintain secrecy around his investigation into his role at the now-defunct Permanent Commission, finding the prosecutor properly withheld details to protect the inquiry.

Former Energy Secretary Erick Tejada says Honduras's state power company needs eight years to recover from deep structural problems, and warns that the government's no-subsidy policy is pushing electricity rate increases onto ordinary Hondurans.

Honduras's National Migration Institute registered 4,917 foreign nationals passing through the country in transit between January and June 25, 2026, marking a decline in irregular migration flows.

ENEE manager Guillermo Peña Panting disclosed that the state electric utility's largest debtor is the government and its institutions, which owe approximately L14 billion of the utility's L18 billion in total accounts receivable.

Marvin Ponce alleged Wednesday that five Liberal Party members of Congress are demanding bribes in exchange for votes on energy reforms aimed at reducing electricity theft and restructuring the state utility into three separate entities.

A Paradigma poll shows Eduardo Maldonado leading the Liberal primary with 55%, Tomás Zambrano favored in the National Party primary, and Rixi Moncada in the Free Honduras primary.

Transport operators say they will not reduce urban bus fares in the capital until diesel and gasoline fall to L75 (about $3) per gallon, citing insufficient relief from current fuel-price declines.

The Public Ministry filed pretrial charges against former Congress president Luis Redondo and 11 former members of the dissolved Permanent Commission on six counts.

Eleven Honduran police officers will learn their sentences on June 29 for allegedly planting evidence on two Filipino nationals and robbing them during an illegal 2023 raid in Villanueva, Cortés.

Congresswoman Iroshka Elvir of the Liberal Party criticized the government's pause on eight hospital projects begun under former president Xiomara Castro, arguing the freeze favors private healthcare over public services.

Investigators from the Public Ministry's Criminal Investigation Agency are conducting a third day of document seizures at the Infrastructure and Transport Ministry, seeking records on hospital construction projects in Olancho, Ocotepeque, and Santa Bárbara initiated under the previous administration.

Honduras's National Autonomous University (UNAH) has failed for a second consecutive year to appear in the QS World University Rankings 2027, one of the world's most influential higher-education assessments.

The first shipment of new John Deere graders and tractors arrived at Puerto Cortés from Brazil on Friday as part of President Nasry Asfura's program to strengthen the operational capacity of all 298 municipal governments in Honduras.

Honduran chef Sandra Isabel Díaz del Valle died after receiving treatment for severe neck pain and stiffness at a private clinic on June 10, with medical records now detailing the diagnoses, medications, and procedures during the emergency that led to her death.

Congress began first-round debate on a 18-article bill to reorganize and strengthen Honduras's power system, which still requires two more votes before final passage.

Joaquín Alvarado Bueso, 38, was extradited to the United States on charges of first-degree rape, indecent acts against minors, and child sexual abuse involving two stepchildren.

Members of the Libre party blocked an entrance to Congress and staged protests against proposed energy reforms set for first debate, with the party's congressional leader Ronald Panchame saying they oppose privatization of the state utility ENEE.

The Liberal Party declared support for reforming the national electricity utility ENEE but demanded that strategic state assets, including the El Cajón hydroelectric dam, be protected from any privatization as part of the overhaul.

Congress passed reforms to the domestic-violence law that will bar anyone convicted of domestic violence from obtaining a driver's license, purchasing or possessing firearms, or holding public office.

Honduras's Supreme Court president Wagner Vallecillo Paredes delivered a proposed law on the Judicial Council and judicial careers to Congress's Constitutional Affairs Commission, unanimously approved by the court's full bench and representing input from judges and court employees.

The Honduran business chamber (CIMEQH) called for a halt to a proposed electric-sector reform, citing risks that the legislation could drive up utility rates and lead to privatization of public power assets.

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.

A broad area of low pressure off Central America's coast has a 70% chance of developing into a tropical depression within 48 hours, with heavy rainfall and flash flooding expected across Honduras and neighboring countries over the coming days.

Liberal Party congressman Roberto Pineda Chacón introduced a motion Thursday to impose penalties for burning tires during protests and for dumping tires in public spaces, citing environmental protection ahead of World Environment Day.

The Supreme Court of Justice suspended the arrest warrant against former president Juan Orlando Hernández, clearing his return to Honduras on July 31 to face fraud and money-laundering charges in the case known as Pandora II, with voluntary court appearance set for August 3.

Firefighters and multiple rescue teams are searching for two people, including a woman who arrived early for work, buried when a hillside gave way onto a warehouse and triggered a fire.