Saturday, June 13, 2026 — Evening Edition

Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López, councillors on Honduras's National Electoral Council, have requested a one-year leave beginning July 1, leaving Congress to name temporary replacements from an earlier pool of vetted candidates.

The European Union is backing Honduras with a €6 million grant it will not have to repay, aimed at reducing investment risk, drawing in private capital, and folding the country into the bloc's Global Gateway infrastructure strategy, EU ambassador Gonzalo Fournier Conde said.

Honduras's Supreme Court voided Memorandum 02/2026 on gender identity, which had been issued earlier in 2026.

Honduras's manufacturing sector grew, driven by food production—coffee, meat, and fish processing—and construction materials including cement, concrete, and steel reinforcing bar, the Central Bank reported.

Customs Director Marco Tulio Abadíe said cigarette smuggling costs Honduras about L1 billion a year in lost tax revenue and broader economic harm, while only six companies operate under the authorized economic operator program meant to secure trade.

Honduras's agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector expanded on the back of higher coffee yields from improved farming practices and a rebound in banana, fruit, and African palm production.

Women now own the majority of deposit accounts in Honduras, a sign of their growing access to financial products, according to the banking regulator's 2025 gender-gap report.

Honduras's Property Institute reminded businesses and individuals that restaurants, hotels, and others cannot show 2026 World Cup matches without authorization from rights holders, and that private viewers cannot rebroadcast games on social media or video platforms, under threat of fines.

Patients returned to hospitals and clinics after physicians and the government reached a deal ending ten days of labor protests, though appointment backlogs, medicine shortages, and long waits persist.

The Marine Studies Center, a co-manager of a national marine park in the Bay Islands, is training fishers in responsible practices—including hook types, seasons, and minimum catch sizes—to protect fish stocks and safeguard long-term food security.

A joint investigation by Contracorriente and partners documents how companies in the EMCO mining group funded coordinated social-media campaigns branding Guapinol river defenders as "fake environmentalists"—a pattern tied to the killing of three activists and the exile of more than 400 others.

Honduras's social-development ministry launched an online application platform for its National Scholarship Program, which offers more than 8,000 monthly grants of 4,000 lempiras (about $160) to university students with a GPA above 80%.

Also reported by: Televicentro, Radio HRN, Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Several vehicles were trapped in floodwaters on the streets of San Pedro Sula after heavy rains swamped the northern city.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras, Radio Cadena Voces (X), Infobae – Honduras

Seven Hondurans were identified among 39 migrants rescued from a truck that caught fire in Texas on June 4, and Honduras's Foreign Ministry says it is providing consular assistance to those involved.

Honduran police dressed as 2026 FIFA World Cup mascots for an undercover operation that ended in the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker.

A 14-year-old and a 20-year-old remain in critical condition at Mario Catarino Rivas Hospital after a motorcycle hit a pickup truck near the Technological University of Honduras; one is in intensive care and the other on a ventilator after emergency brain surgery.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Prosecutors in the Atlantic Littoral region destroyed more than 20,000 coca bushes in operations in Olanchito, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate drug crops.