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The San José Dam, Tegucigalpa's first major water-infrastructure project in three decades, has resumed work after a 17-month halt and is now 46% complete; city officials plan to finish by 2028 to help ease chronic water shortages in the capital.

The Hawks Mechanics team from Tegucigalpa's Sunshine School will compete in the First Lego League Asia Pacific Open in Sydney on July 9–12, after placing second in Honduras's national robotics competition and facing 60 teams from across the region.

An Israeli medical brigade will arrive in Tegucigalpa this Friday to conduct free eye surgeries and training for Honduran doctors at Hospital San Felipe over 10 days, addressing a backlog of vision-impaired patients in public hospitals.

Tegucigalpa's municipal water authority says thousands of households will continue receiving water only once per week as reservoir levels remain near 40% capacity and fall further due to lack of rain, with officials warning rationing may worsen if precipitation does not return soon.

At a job fair in Tegucigalpa, older workers reported facing age discrimination despite their experience and credentials, while hundreds of applicants across all demographics struggle with high unemployment and a shortage of formal-sector positions.

Two trained search-and-rescue dogs from the Military Police worked over 38 hours to locate victims in the rubble of a collapsed warehouse complex in Tegucigalpa's Loarque neighborhood, helping recover the third and final victim.