Friday, August 14, 2026 — Evening Edition

Congress has put off debate on an energy-reform bill at the government's request, delaying it indefinitely to allow more time to build consensus.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

A labor-union leader warns that 2.5 million Hondurans lack adequate food despite reported macroeconomic growth, arguing that low wages and weak job prospects drive mass migration and leave the country rivaling Haiti on poverty measures.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $92.3 million in its daily currency offering on August 13, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.8230 per dollar for August 14.

Honduras's tourism chamber says the part-time employment law Congress passed in March has proven unworkable, citing the difficulty of guaranteeing the fixed hours or event-based contracts it requires, and is asking lawmakers to revise or reconsider it.

Immunologist Mary Vallecillo of Harvard Medical School pushed back on a congressional health commission's proposal to require special sanitary licenses for used-clothing stores, saying the weeks-long shipping time in containers eliminates any risk of viral transmission.

The government will fund about 3,000 water-harvesting reservoirs nationwide, using geomembranes to store seasonal rainfall for livestock and irrigation through the dry months, after drought killed 300 cattle and cut milk output by 50% on unprepared farms.

The first class of UNAH's master's program in multimedia communication presented more than 24 research and innovation projects on artificial intelligence, digital media, and digital transformation, each aimed at solving problems identified across Honduras.

San Pedro Sula will mark Honduras's 205th independence anniversary with three days of parades from September 13 to 15, capped by a special show at Francisco Morazán Stadium featuring skydivers and Colombian musical groups.

The Honduran Tourism Institute is investing L8.25 million (about $330,000) in Santa Rosa de Copán to build a glass overlook in the La Honduras sector and a bird-watching tower at El Cerrito, turning former dumpsites into family recreation and tourism spaces.

Honduran club Marathón beat Antigua GFC 3-0 in Guatemala in the 2026 Central American Cup, taking three points to keep its hopes of advancing in the regional tournament alive.

Honduran forward Antony "Choco" Lozano has agreed to a one-year contract with CD Marathón, returning to the Honduran league after a knee injury ended his stint with Mexico's Santos Laguna.

Brayan Sánchez, a Honduran the United States deported to the Central African Republic, and a group of Cuban and Ecuadorian deportees are appealing to Florida lawmakers for help getting home, while Sánchez's wife says the Honduran government has offered little support and calls their plight an abuse of immigrants.

Also reported by: Radio América

Gerson Turcios, 23, who came to Rhinebeck, New York at 17 and built a life there, faces deportation after an old removal order surfaced following his arrest; neighbors, celebrities, and lawyers have launched a campaign to fund his legal defense and fight the order in court.

Ruth Yanira Quiroz turned herself in and appeared before a judge in La Ceiba, who released her on conditions including a travel ban and periodic check-ins, while she also faces a separate investigation into the alleged abuse of her 16-year-old son.

Also reported by: HCH

A court rejected an appeal by retired General Roosevelt Hernández, who must now appear for his first hearing on August 19 on charges tied to alleged actions against journalists and press freedom.

Conapremm, Honduras's national mass-mobility commission, has launched physical and mechanical inspections of buses ahead of Semana Morazánica to cut traffic accidents, drawing in police, the military, firefighters, and the Red Cross.