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Honduras's Education Ministry ordered all public and private schools nationwide to resume regular class schedules beginning June 1, after weeks of shortened hours due to high temperatures; improved air quality from recent rains prompted the decision.

Students, graduates, and colleagues in Cofradía, Cortés have flooded social media with tributes to Víctor Fiallos, the beloved founder and principal of Instituto Polivalente Gubernamental Brisas del Valle, whose killing authorities are still investigating.

Attorney Ángel Murillo was sworn in as director of the ATIC criminal investigation agency as Honduras undertakes a broader security overhaul, including the new National Crime Agency and a replacement anti-extortion division after five officers died in a botched raid.

The Televicentro-led Plantatón HN reforestation campaign has surpassed 57 million trees planted across Honduras and is launching its 2026 edition, with a major public distribution of more than 3,500 trees set for June 7 in Tegucigalpa.

Retired General Roosevelt Hernández, former chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Attorney General's investigation into the flawed March 2025 primary elections is diverting attention from a surge in massacres that has left roughly 1,000 Hondurans dead so far this year.

The Education Ministry announced that all public and private schools will resume regular class schedules starting Monday, June 1, after recent rains improved air quality and ended weeks of shortened school days.

The Health Ministry graduated 94 nursing assistants from the 2024–2026 academic program, adding trained staff to the public health workforce.

Honduras's public health network carried out 1,854 elective surgeries across 29 hospitals in May, clearing 49% of the backlog of patients awaiting non-emergency procedures, the Health Ministry said.

Tegucigalpa's mayor warned that the capital's water shortage will persist as reservoirs remain critically low — La Concepción at 42% and Los Laureles at 33% — with relief not expected until a new dam, set to serve 350,000 people, is completed in early 2028.

Honduras's Public Ministry will summon former National Congress president Luis Redondo and four current lawmakers next week as part of an investigation into the former Permanent Commission, with their legal representatives already notified.

Yorleni Florecita Guzmán Chacón, a preschool teacher in the Dolores Merendón area of Ocotepeque, died on May 29 after a period of serious illness, leaving colleagues, students, and community members grieving her loss.

Antonio Reyes, about 35, was shot and killed by armed assailants while riding a motorcycle in the San Juan neighborhood of Guaimaca, Francisco Morazán, with more than 12 shell casings found at the scene.

Honduran armed forces have destroyed more than 515,000 coca bushes across at least 25 illegal plantations and nine drug-processing sites in six departments so far this year, including a newly secured crop of 16,500 plants in Colón.

New weekly fuel prices take effect Monday, with super gasoline and diesel dropping in both Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, while regular gasoline and domestic LPG rise slightly, according to the Energy Secretariat.

Honduras will host the Third Ibero-American Tourism Forum in San Pedro Sula on June 3, bringing together public and private sector representatives to discuss AI, infrastructure, and connectivity in tourism development.

Health Ministry data show 3,271 colon cancer cases were recorded in Honduras between 2015 and 2025, with 2025 marking the highest single-year total at 446 cases, as patients also face chronic shortages of drugs and supplies in public hospitals.

Officers carried out a raid in the village of Talgua, Salamá, Olancho, detaining one man on drug trafficking charges.

Honduran club Motagua has officially released midfielder Carlos Mejía, who joined in 2021 and won three league titles with the club, despite having one year remaining on his contract.

The UN and international partners will deliver multi-sector humanitarian assistance across 33 Honduran municipalities, reaching more than 760,000 people with $63.2 million from OCHA's emergency fund.

A technical mission led by Honduras's Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization concluded with a roadmap to improve combined HIV prevention strategies and earlier diagnosis across the country.

Honduran police captured a suspected hitman linked to the criminal gang "El Yoni" in Nacaome, Valle, on charges of attempted murder and criminal association.

Honduras's state utility ENEE has planned maintenance outages Saturday, May 30, affecting multiple neighborhoods in Choluteca (11 PM–5 AM), Puerto Cortés (9 AM–3 PM), San Pedro Sula (8 AM–10 PM), and Villanueva and Pimienta (7 AM–4 PM).

Following an unauthorized operation in Corinto, Cortés, that killed five officers, Honduras dissolved the Dipamco anti-gang police unit and fired its top commanders, who now face disciplinary and criminal proceedings.

Víctor Fiallos, principal of Polivalente Brisas del Valle school in Cofradía, Cortés, was found dead on the premises, one day after a student at the same school also died under unexplained circumstances under investigation by authorities.

The Asfura government dissolved the Dipampco police anti-gang unit and created a new Anti-Extortion Division led by Commissioner Jorge Daniel Molina Gálvez, who faces two prior prosecutorial charges for illegal detention and abuse of authority, drawing concern from human-rights groups.

Club Olimpia president Rafael Villeda dismissed rumors linking the team to Joel Campbell and Jhow Benavídez, confirming only Jonathan Paz and Elvin Casildo have left as the club seeks reinforcements for the next Liga Nacional season.

Honduras's Liga Contra el Cáncer detected 218 skin cancer cases in the past year, including two early-stage melanomas, as dermatologists urge the public to seek immediate evaluation for any mole or lesion that changes size, color, or causes itching or pain.

Honduras's civil-protection agency warns of heavy rain, lightning, and strong wind gusts across the western, central, southern, eastern, and northern regions, with particular concern for flooding and wind in the Distrito Central.

A judge in San Pedro Sula ordered the pre-trial detention of Germán David Gómez Escobar and Mauricio Yandel Alvarado Montoya, accused of murdering three students in El Progreso, with an initial hearing set for June 3.

Denilson Josué Vásquez Cortés, 27, died after suffering an electric shock while plugging in a phone charger in the village of Matón Quemado, Talanga, as authorities investigate the cause; police data show nine electrocution deaths in Honduras so far this year.