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Dante Mossi, former president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, criticized a proposed reform excluding bonuses from income-tax calculations, warning it could enable employers to reclassify wages as tax-free bonuses and erode government revenue.

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.

The head of CODEH, a Honduran human rights group, said a bill that would expand self-defense law to allow lethal force against home intruders risks being abused and could give citizens a "blank check" to kill in a society already beset by violence and crime.

Congressman Carlos Umaña criticized the Public Prosecutor's order halting hospital construction nationwide, saying the audit should proceed without stopping work on projects requiring 18 more months to complete.

National Party congressional leader Carlos Cano called for a national drought-preparedness program, including agricultural extension workers in productive departments like Olancho, warning that repeated climate shocks risk pushing small and mid-size farmers into food crises.

The STENEE union is urging ENEE's new management to proceed with a stalled national and international tender for 1,500 megawatts of power, warning that peak demand has already hit 2,205 MW and that workers are prepared to take action if the procurement process is not reactivated.

Kenneth Madrid, a self-nominated lawyer seeking a seat on Honduras's National Electoral Council, says he has no party backing and needs 86 of 128 congressional votes, calling the selection a test of whether Congress will prioritize merit over partisan dealmaking.

A 20-year-old math and science teacher at a private school in La Ceiba, Atlántida, was arrested Thursday on a court-ordered warrant for the alleged ongoing aggravated rape of an 11-year-old female student.

The National Agrarian Institute issued three property titles to Chortí indigenous communities in the departments of Copán and Ocotepeque, formalizing land rights for those groups.

The Honduran government and the World Food Programme signed an agreement to guarantee school meals for more than 1.2 million children across the country.

Honduras's National Road and Transport Directorate planted 300 mahogany and oak trees in green spaces around the capital, aiming to improve air quality and promote environmental responsibility.

COHEP executive director Armando Urtecho says Honduras's new Part-Time Employment Law imposes overly strict registration requirements that will prevent companies from expanding flexible hiring, arguing job growth will depend instead on improved legal and personal security for investors.