Friday, August 14, 2026

Congressman Yuri Sabas faulted the government's energy-reform bill as lacking substantive change, warning that ENEE could be hollowed out like the failed state telecom Hondutel despite holding valuable assets such as major dams.

A Libre party congressman introduced a bill to overhaul the 2014 anti-bullying law, requiring schools to set up prevention programs, internal reporting systems, immediate support for victims, and conflict-resolution efforts.

The Finance Ministry has set preliminary budget allocations for government institutions as they draft the 2027 General Budget proposal, due to Congress by September 14, with Finance Minister Emilio Hernández Hércules stressing the need to speed up public investment this year.

Under new rules taking effect later this year, the European Union will require Honduran palm-oil producers to prove through geolocation tracking and environmental compliance that their crops come from non-deforested land in order to keep and expand access to European markets.

Cohep, Honduras's main private-sector group, disavowed any role in Congressman Adolfo Ráquel's electricity-sector reform proposal, saying it has neither reviewed nor endorsed the plan and will not answer for its technical, legal, or financial fallout.

Adalid Irías, president of the consumer-advocacy group Defco, urged Honduras's consumer-protection office to meet with producers to pin down the causes of recent food-price increases, noting eggs are up 6 lempiras (about $0.24) per carton and other staples 3–4 lempiras, driven partly by drought and higher livestock-feed costs.

President Nasry Asfura urged Congress to pass energy-sector reforms aimed at cutting financial losses at the state-run electricity utility ENEE.

Leonardo Deras, a commissioner of Honduras's electricity regulator, warns that pressures from Middle Eastern conflict are likely to push power costs to their highest levels of the year in the fourth quarter, as deferred rate adjustments of about 6% per quarter may no longer hold.

ASJ, a civil-society organization, is urging Congress to aim energy-sector reform solely at overhauling the state power utility ENEE to improve efficiency, curb blackouts, and lower costs for poor households.

The national power utility ENEE has announced scheduled outages on August 14 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., hitting numerous neighborhoods, municipalities, and towns mainly in Atlántida department.

A L29 million (about $1.16 million) road project at the Los Cármenes intersection in San Pedro Sula — covering paving, a roundabout, signage, curbs, and retaining walls — is snarling traffic and will continue for at least two months, municipal officials say.

Honduras has approved land expropriations to finish an 8-kilometer, $57.7 million southern bypass around Tegucigalpa, with affected landowners entitled to fair-market compensation.

The government has committed more than L1.05 billion (about $42 million) in construction and supervision contracts to fill potholes and rehabilitate the national road network under an emergency decree, though various sectors are demanding proof of quality after recent rains.

Social Security beneficiaries in Tegucigalpa said they arrived before dawn two days running to seek medical appointments, only to find clinic gates locked, and complained of months-long delays and medication shortages.

Lech Poznań, the Polish club of Honduran forward Luis Palma, was diverted to Norway after bad weather prevented a landing in the Faroe Islands, pushing the UEFA Europa League playoff match back to 1:45 p.m. Honduras time.

Lawyers for Alexander Chande Ardón, the former mayor of El Paraíso, Copán, challenged the prosecutor's request that the court disregard its own financial expert report, calling the move extraordinary; a verdict is set for August 24.

Coiproden counted 363 violent deaths of children and young people in Honduras from January through July 2026, up 12% from the same period in 2025.

Marvin Omar Fernández, about 45, was killed when an unidentified attacker walked into his law office in downtown San Pedro Sula and shot him several times; police have opened an investigation and have yet to establish a motive.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)