Sunday, July 5, 2026 — Evening Edition

More than 129,000 Honduran children and adolescents have been deported back to Honduras since 2014, according to the child-welfare group COIPRODEN.

Scaling back the electricity rate increase, originally set at 21.5%, will cost the state heavily, Finance Minister Emilio Hércules said.

Honduras has built up $1.346 billion in net international reserves since January 27, lifting import coverage to 6.7 months, the central bank said.

Three new companies that set up in Honduras during the first half of 2026 are expected to generate around 500 jobs, free-zones adviser Santos Roberto Peña said.

A JP Morgan Chase report ranks Honduras among Latin America's lowest-risk countries for investment, but economists say the country must improve public services and compete for capital to make the most of it.

State power utility ENEE will carry out maintenance and grid upgrades across Tegucigalpa from July 6 to 10, cutting power to dozens of neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and businesses during working hours each day.

Honduras's National Directorate of Roads and Transport said it will bar more than 325,000 drivers with unpaid traffic fines from public services, including police clearances and gun permits, and may report them to the national credit-risk registry.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio Cadena Voces (X)

The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry reinforced 260 meters (about 850 feet) of levee along the Chamelecón River in Finca 44 to shield more than 600 families and farmland in the Sula Valley from flooding.

Lawmakers from the opposition Liberty and Refoundation party called the government's cancellation of a planned molecular laboratory a major mistake, saying officials have not publicly explained the decision or their reasons.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Health authorities in Cortés have confirmed 395 dengue cases through epidemiological week 25, including 18 new cases in the latest week, and urged residents to clear standing water and seek care at the first sign of illness.

Doctors in Honduras report a recent surge in COVID-19 cases and are urging the public to resume biosecurity measures, especially mask-wearing, in healthcare and public settings where the risk of transmission is highest.

The head of the IHSS physicians' association says Honduras's main public hospital remains in severe disrepair despite a three-month emergency decree, with continued shortages of surgeons, staff, medicines, and working laundry services.

Honduras's agriculture ministry held an international workshop on bean breeding with scientists from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to develop varieties that resist disease, withstand climate stress, and raise yields, helping meet the country's annual demand of about 3 million quintals (roughly 135,000 metric tons).

INFOP is offering a free, month-long beginner English course starting July 13 for Valle de Ángeles residents aged 15 and up, taught online in two afternoon and evening sessions Monday through Friday.

Erandique, Lempira, has gone 18 days without rain, severely damaging crops in low-lying areas, and officials are weighing whether to declare an agricultural emergency.

A bus on the Victoria-Yoro route collided with a white pickup truck in Morazán, Yoro, injuring several people; witnesses reported at least two deaths, but authorities have not confirmed any fatalities.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Police arrested a 38-year-old woman accused of killing Florinda Ramírez in February after the victim came to collect on a loan; Ramírez was attacked with a machete and her body was later found in Orica, Francisco Morazán.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Infobae – Honduras, Policía Nacional de Honduras, Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Fifteen members of the Pandilla 18 gang have been convicted and sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison for the June 2023 attack on the women's prison in Támara that killed 46 inmates, many of them burned alive in locked cells.

Honduras's National Police said security cameras are not banned in homes and businesses, knocking down social-media rumors that spread after police dismantled cameras allegedly installed by criminal gangs in San Pedro Sula.