Saturday, September 5, 2026 — Evening Edition

An assessment by academics, civil-society groups, businesses, international donors, and political figures found that 80% consider the government's anti-corruption effort ineffective, with widespread doubt that any deep structural change is underway.

A court dropped the charges against Arcadio López, Perfecto Enamorado, Antonio Kattán, and Gerardo Galeano, who spent more than a year facing terrorism and assassination accusations built on WhatsApp conversations that authorities said revealed a plot against former president Manuel Zelaya.

Economist Santiago Herrera warns that ending the US Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans could cut remittance inflows by as much as $380 million, threatening the households that depend on them and straining the country's ability to reabsorb returning workers.

Also reported by: Once Noticias

Honduras has again been named a candidate country for 2027 funding from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US-backed program that supports governance and economic development, according to CCIT vice president Enrique Jaar.

ENEE will cut power to several San Pedro Sula neighborhoods from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on September 6 to install metering equipment on a dual-circuit transmission line.

Honduras's civil protection agency and international partners will run a large-scale tsunami drill on October 13 in coastal communities of Atlántida to sharpen emergency coordination and community awareness.

The Bay Islands recorded 84 malaria cases in 2026, a 60% drop from last year, but about 90% are clustered in Santos Guardiola, where local transmission persists despite fumigation, community cleanups, and other prevention efforts.

Designers Roberto Ramírez and Celina Brizuela have created 'Cordelia,' a fashion and jewelry collection inspired by Roatán's coral reefs and Honduran minerals, which will debut on the Runway7 catwalk in New York with backing from Próspera ZEDE.

Honduran forward Romell Quioto scored his third goal for Saudi second-division club Al-Ula in Wednesday's 2-0 win over Al-Raed, extending a strong start to his time in Saudi Arabia.

More than 300 teachers asked to be transferred in 2026 because of threats, extortion, and harassment, part of a nine-year pattern that has displaced over 900 educators since 2017, with Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela accounting for more than half the cases.

Police in Villanueva, Cortés arrested a 40-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter from age 8, including rape starting at age 11, using threats to silence both the child and her mother.