Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Lawmakers received a sweeping bill on August 24 to prevent child sexual abuse, speed up reporting, and coordinate the response among institutions across Honduras, where officials report an average of 26 sexual assaults a day, 75% of them involving minors.

Congress will debate bills to expand consular services for Hondurans in the US, provide free hypertension medication, adapt to climate change, and teach CPR in schools, along with infrastructure projects and a pending vote on electricity-sector reform.

The national electric utility, ENEE, will cut power on August 25 in neighborhoods across Francisco Morazán, Comayagua, and Cortés departments for maintenance, equipment installation, and private-company work, with most outages lasting six hours.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Guanaja's mayor says the town is rebuilding concrete bridges damaged by natural disasters, remodeling a school, and working with the national power company to repair generators and add a new one to end nightly blackouts of three to four hours.

Honduras's metropolitan region has logged 96 suspected and 32 confirmed whooping cough cases, six deaths, and three infants under one year old in intensive care through epidemiological week 32, with health authorities urging vaccination for children under five and pregnant women.

As severe drought drains Tegucigalpa's reservoirs, roughly 30% of the capital's residents who lack a connection to the public water system must buy water from unregulated tanker vendors at up to 50 times the piped rate, squeezing poor households.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered near Roatán in the Bay Islands struck on August 24 at 9:13 p.m., with no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Olancho FC goalkeeper Gerson Argueta publicly accepted responsibility for a last-minute mistake that cost his team a win over Olimpia in the fourth round of the Liga Hondubet, saying his teammates and staff backed him rather than pointing fingers.

Honduran forward Bryan Róchez scored in the fourth minute for Leixões SC against União de Leiria on August 22, but his team gave up the lead and lost 4–2 in Portugal's Second Division.

Three men were shot dead in different neighborhoods of Yorito on the night of August 23, spreading fear among residents who reported hearing gunfire across the town.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Security Minister Gerson Velásquez said human trafficking is happening across Honduras, with recent investigations showing that relatives—including parents—have been implicated in selling or exploiting children in cases documented in Choluteca and Olancho departments.

Roatán will receive 50 new police officers, investigators, and a forensic laboratory backed by the Security Ministry and the Public Ministry, in response to recent incidents and the island's growth as a major tourism destination.