Sunday, August 23, 2026 — Morning Edition

Congress passed a temporary reform letting former employees of certain government programs settle outstanding wage claims with the state, with payments spread over as long as 18 months if budgets allow.

Also reported by: HCH

The Economic Development Ministry has digitized eight administrative processes to cut processing times, costs, and red tape, among them temporary-import registration, consumer complaints, and cement-trader licensing.

A severe water shortage has gripped Tegucigalpa, with tanker trucks waiting two to three hours at wells to fill up and authorities capping deliveries at two trips a day, leaving many neighborhoods short.

Honduras's disaster agency, Copeco, has begun handing out food packages worth 4,000 lempiras (about $160) each, along with medicines, in drought-stricken municipalities in Choluteca and El Paraíso, backed by a 300-million-lempira (about $12 million) budget, with cash transfers planned for up to 15 of the 75 municipalities identified as hardest hit.

Ten months of severe drought have wiped out crops and livestock for 2,700 families in Apacilgua, yet the Agriculture Ministry calls the crisis a structural problem rather than an emergency demanding immediate aid.

The mayor of San Miguelito in Francisco Morazán says severe drought has destroyed every crop and forced farmers to sell cattle at half their usual price, with no rain since May and water sources running dry.

At least 80% of Honduras's municipalities are under some level of drought alert, with those in the south hardest hit, according to a data analysis by Consulting HNL.

Director William Reyes's film 'EVA,' which opened in Honduran theaters on August 13, follows a trans mother and son seeking reconciliation after tragedy and has drawn notice for an unusual rating change from +16 to +18 soon after release.

Genesis FC coach Fernando Mira said Honduran content creator Brayan La Playa, who joined the team this week, has the ability to play but must earn a starting spot like anyone else, with no guarantees from his social-media fame.

Defenders Andy Najar and Bryan Acosta are flourishing in Major League Soccer after taking criticism at home; Najar earned a spot in the MLS All-Star Game, and both say they are proud to represent Honduras and the Latino community at that level.

Honduras's migration authority reported that more than 30,000 Hondurans have been deported from the US, Mexico, and Guatemala through August 20, 2026, and warned that ending Temporary Protected Status for 55,000 Hondurans could trigger mass deportations and threaten the $10 billion in remittances the country receives each year.

Two Hondurans, ages 17 and 21, were arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 15–16, along with a Nicaraguan and a Cuban, in the July 16 killing of an 18-year-old Nicaraguan man; all four are jailed pending trial and face immigration proceedings.

Two children found a pistol in the Rioblanco area of Catacamas, Olancho, while walking home from school when the 10-year-old accidentally fired it, killing his 8-year-old brother.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Walter Peña, whose daughter Angie vanished in Roatán in January 2022, says he has received written threats demanding he stop giving interviews and pursuing the case, but he refuses to be silenced and believes she is still alive.