Thursday, June 25, 2026 — Morning Edition

Honduras's Supreme Court approved a 7% pay raise for all judicial employees—permanent, interim, and contract alike—taking effect in August and benefiting roughly 6,000 staff after the Finance Ministry released pending budget funds.

A congressional committee is studying a fuel-price stabilization fund—bankrolled by the government, importers, distributors, and possibly consumers—that would cushion Hondurans against price spikes when global oil costs climb.

The full bench of Honduras's Supreme Court will decide a constitutional appeal by retired General Romeo Vásquez Velásquez after the Constitutional Chamber failed to reach a unanimous ruling on the case, filed in January 2025; his defense hopes for a favorable decision that would void an arrest warrant against him.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

A Supreme Court magistrate took part in interinstitutional meetings as an international donor delivered the audiovisual equipment and specialized furniture needed to bring the Gesell Chamber at the Francisco Morazán Criminal Court into operation.

A civil-society watchdog warns that the Asfura administration is pushing laws that criminalize peasant and indigenous land claims while protecting agribusiness interests, pointing to a sweeping anti-terrorism statute, an agroindustrial-protection law, and an expansion of self-defense rights tied to defending property.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $106.2 million in its daily currency offering on June 23, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.7190 per dollar for June 24.

Mario Hung, of Honduras's Chinese Descendants Association, defended Asian-owned businesses in the country as legal and tax-compliant, pushing back against a recent congressional motion to oversee and regulate them.

Family remittances, which make up 54.2% of all foreign currency flowing into Honduras, are keeping the country's net foreign-exchange position positive even as outflows grow more slowly.

Tegucigalpa will get piped water only once a week as reservoirs fall, with the municipal water utility expanding free tanker deliveries to neighborhoods and hunting for alternative sources to keep service running until the September rains.

Honduras has logged 4,605 suspected dengue cases this year, including 76 severe ones and one death, as the rainy season speeds up spread of the mosquito-borne virus, with health officials urging anyone with fever or other symptoms to seek care at once.

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

Copeco forecasts moderate rain across the Sula Valley from Tuesday through Friday, mostly in the afternoon and evening as Caribbean moisture feeds the region; authorities urge residents to stay away from swollen waterways and to report emergencies.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Agricultural leaders are advising Honduran smallholders to hold off planting until at least September, citing a prolonged dry season and a forecast 40% rainfall shortfall tied to a strong El Niño that threatens six drought-prone departments.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV)

Heavy rains swelled the Goascorán River, swamping the only road into 16 communities in Costa de los Amates and cutting off more than 900 families; authorities have sent boats as a stopgap while residents and local officials press for a permanent fix.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

A tropical wave moving into Honduras on Friday will break a dry spell with rain nationwide, and forecasters expect up to 30 millimeters (about 1.2 inches) in the east and west.

A judge in Yoro ordered two inmates held in pretrial detention on charges of sexually assaulting a fellow prisoner at the Olanchito penal facility; prosecutors say they have forensic and witness evidence for a hearing set for June 25.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (X)

A judge ordered Marvin Ramón Salgado held in pretrial detention on charges of animal cruelty, violence against women, and threats allegedly aimed at two women, with his initial hearing set for June 29.

An unidentified man in his 30s was found dead beneath the Río Danto bridge in La Ceiba, his bicycle nearby; authorities suspect he may have fallen from the bridge overnight.

The Public Ministry's human-trafficking unit carried out raids in Choloma, Cortés, as part of an investigation into alleged child sexual-abuse material.