Friday, August 7, 2026 — Morning Edition

A court hearing for Roosevelt Hernández, the former joint chief of staff charged in connection with alleged attacks on press freedom, was rescheduled after his defense cited a conflicting court date.

Attorney General Dagoberto Aspra said Juan Orlando Hernández threatened a PGR prosecutor during an August 3 hearing in the Pandora II fraud and money-laundering case, leading Aspra to take over the case himself at the next hearing, set for August 12.

Also reported by: El Libertador

Congress and Honduras's Joint Chiefs of Staff are reviewing the Armed Forces Organic Law to strengthen safeguards against politicization, particularly after concerns raised during the 2025 primary elections.

The US dollar strengthened to 26.81 lempiras for buying and 26.94 for selling on August 6, according to the Central Bank's official rate, a shift that affects imports, prices, and remittances to Honduran families.

Honduras formally launched its 2026 national census, using digital mapping and geolocation to gather population and housing data that will steer public investment toward the neediest municipalities.

Also reported by: La Prensa

Sedesol says more than 29,000 applications to its 2026 National Scholarship Program are under technical and documentary review, with the first contract-signing session for approved applicants set for August 10.

Eighteen schools in the departments of Cortés, Santa Bárbara, and Colón received their annual support from Mexico's three-decade-old Escuelas México program, which gives each school $1,000 for repairs, furniture, and teacher training.

The Ministry of Education named the 61 public and private schools that will march in Tegucigalpa's September 15 independence parade, grouped into five blocks by district, with Instituto Central Vicente Cáceres closing the procession.

The Education Committee is finalizing a plan to distribute more than 20,000 printed booklets on principles and values to all public-school students, with the materials donated by a Costa Rican NGO at no cost to Honduras and participation left voluntary for families.

A Spanish visitor posted on social media that he had been fined 6,000 lempiras in Juticalpa for allegedly filming on a public street, touching off an online debate over whether the citation was legal.

Kervin Arriaga, a Honduran midfielder for the Spanish club Levante, returned from injury Wednesday in a preseason friendly against Villarreal, coming on in the second half as Levante lost 1–0.

Lily Guevara, 17, earned Honduras a berth at the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima with her performance in the all-around final at the Santo Domingo Central American and Caribbean Games, cementing her status as a rising national figure in artistic gymnastics.

Two men were killed in the La Llorona community of Dulce Nombre de Culmí, Olancho; early reports say the victims sold plastic products, and authorities had not yet reached the scene.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Emily Dayana Muñoz, 9, was taken from her home in Sabá, Colón, on August 2, found dead in a plastic bag the next day, and buried Tuesday as her family and community pressed authorities to find her killer; a preliminary autopsy confirmed she died violently from blunt-force trauma to the head.

Also reported by: La Prensa, Once Noticias

Authorities recovered the badly decomposed remains of an unidentified man from a water well in La Ceiba, Atlántida, as police and forensic teams work to identify him and determine what happened.