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Honduras and the World Bank will launch a program to provide technical training to roughly 200,000 small-scale coffee producers nationwide, aiming to boost productivity and competitiveness in a key sector of the economy.

Karim Qubain, president of the Honduran Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIC), warned that ongoing land invasions in rural and urban areas undermine legal security and discourage job-creating investment, calling on the government to expand social programs and job opportunities.

A Fosdeh economist argues that measures now being negotiated to stabilize Honduras's state electric utility must become permanent policy to prevent future administrations from reversing reforms, as has happened repeatedly.

Honduras's Health Ministry has flagged older adults as most vulnerable to myiasis (botfly infection) after three deaths among people over 70, with the parasite now detected in urban areas including Tegucigalpa.

Homer Mejía, head of Health Surveillance, warned that measles can cause severe complications including permanent vision damage, respiratory failure, and death, especially in young children and immunocompromised people.

Honduras's agricultural science agency is strengthening the genetic traits of corn, rice, and beans to improve their resilience to drought and climate-change impacts.

Economists say Honduras should revise its monetary program to counter inflation driven by fuel-price increases, and restructure the state power utility ENEE to reduce losses, cut political interference, and stabilize the electricity system.

The Public Prosecutor's Office has summoned witnesses to testify in a criminal investigation into Salvador Nasralla on allegations of fraudulent administration of public funds, while a clean-politics unit demands the Liberal Party provide emergency disclosure of Nasralla-linked bank accounts and a mysterious U.S. corporate registration.

Employees of Honduras's Judicial Branch are calling on the Finance Ministry to speed up delayed salary transfers, citing risks and uncertainty about their paychecks.

Congressman Julio Meléndez (PINU) has proposed legislation to increase access to technology and digital skills training in rural schools, aiming to narrow the technology gap in remote communities.

Congress is naming new members to Honduras's electoral bodies, the CNE and Electoral Tribunal, while the Electoral Affairs Commission plans initial reforms for July and deeper changes—including biometric voting—for October, pending agreement among political factions.

A new measles case has been confirmed in Honduras, prompting Congressman and physician Bayron Banegas to urge health authorities to immediately implement epidemiological containment measures and strengthen disease surveillance to prevent wider transmission.

Nelson Castañeda, security and justice director at the ASJ, said Honduras's Public Prosecutor's Office requires increased funding to improve its capacity to respond to cases.

Psychologists warn that online betting addiction is growing among minors in Honduras, driven by constant mobile phone use and aggressive advertising, and call for stronger regulation to protect children from digital gambling platforms.

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.

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.