Sunday, September 6, 2026 — Evening Edition

Congress voted September 1 to grant Tigo and Claro, the two dominant mobile carriers in Honduras, an amnesty on unpaid telecom regulatory debts, but lawmakers from the Free and Liberal parties say the reconsideration vote broke procedure and lacked the required quorum.

The United Nations in Honduras is recruiting for several positions, including an Alliances Officer and a Data Specialist based in Tegucigalpa, with application deadlines in early to mid-September.

The Honduran Medical College warned it will hold nationwide informational assemblies starting Monday unless the government pays eight months of back wages owed to health workers and honors job-placement commitments made under a 2020 decree.

Endovascular neurologist Javier Lagos Servellón presented two difficult cerebral-aneurysm cases treated at San Pedro Sula's Mario Rivas hospital to international specialists at the ESMINT 2026 conference in Marseille, highlighting progress made despite limited resources.

A former employee at the Nueva Med clinic in Tegucigalpa testified that salespeople with no medical training posed as doctors, used false diagnoses to frighten patients, and pressured them into buying unnecessary treatments as part of an alleged fraud run by Colombians.

Also reported by: La Prensa

As Tegucigalpa's water crisis deepens, the city government is buying more than 2.4 million gallons from private wells to deliver by tanker truck, but experts warn that untreated well water can cause gastrointestinal illness and urge chemical and bacterial testing before it is consumed.

Honduras opened a cultural commemoration in Copán Ruinas marking 1,600 years since K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' founded the Maya dynasty, with Japan agreeing to fund a new visitor center at the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Instituto Gubernamental Mixto Hibueras is sending 112 students in marching bands, baton twirlers, and cheerleaders to Honduras's September 15 independence parade at the National Stadium, with choreography set to cumbia, merengue, punta, and salsa.

Estrella Roja player Cristian Cálix, knocked unconscious in a collision in the fourth minute of a September 6 match against Marathón, was taken to a San Pedro Sula clinic for imaging and cleared with no injury found.

Honduran striker Bryan Róchez scored in Leixões SC's 3–1 win over Amarante in Portugal's second division, his fourth goal in five games this season.

President Nasry Asfura asked the US to give Honduran TPS holders time to prepare for their return after Washington rejected Honduras's request for a transition extension; about 55,000 Hondurans are affected by the program's end.

Also reported by: El Heraldo

Armed Forces units seized three coca plantations covering seven acres with 25,000 bushes and a marijuana plot of 3,500 plants in Olanchito and El Bañadero in Yoro department, part of a broader 2026 eradication campaign that has already taken down 54 coca farms.

Also reported by: HCH

Honduras's anti-narcotics directorate, backed by military police, carried out four court-authorized raids in Cortés on September 5 against suspected MS-13 members, seizing 3 kg of cocaine, firearms, 11 phones, six vehicles, and about L7,500 in cash, and arresting one suspect.

A decomposed body found floating in Tegucigalpa's Guaserique River bore apparent signs of violence, leading authorities to suspect the man was murdered and dumped in the water.