Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Congress President Tomás Zambrano has directed the Labor Committee to speed up its review of the Part-Time Employment Law, passed in March, to address concerns from employers and workers and ensure the law actually creates jobs for young people.

Dozens of Honduran migrants trying to cross into Guatemala at Corinto were warned by US authorities not to risk the dangerous journey to the United States.

Honduras's congressional Food Security Commission met with the FAO and Spain's international development agency to review a family-farming proposal aimed at easing food insecurity and helping small farmers become government suppliers.

Congresswoman Merary Díaz has introduced a proposal to give tax incentives to developers who build free parking facilities in the capital, easing a parking shortage.

A congressman from Olancho has proposed setting up a tourism information and welcome center in Campamento to promote the department's cultural, natural, and economic attractions and boost local jobs and entrepreneurship.

The Supreme Court's full bench approved a plan to regularize interim judicial posts, requiring current officeholders to undergo a review of judicial-career requirements and an internal competitive selection to determine who qualifies to remain.

About 350 census takers and supervisors in Atlántida protested at the regional governor's office on September 21, demanding full pay for their August–September work and a new formal contract after the INE failed to pay them and their original contract expired.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $88.6 million in foreign exchange on September 21, setting the official rate at L26.8862 per dollar for September 22.

The Labor Ministry will hold a recruitment event on Friday, September 25, at the Government Civic Center in Tegucigalpa for a delivery-driver position requiring a heavy-truck license, primary education, and experience in consumer-goods distribution.

The Los Laureles reservoir serving Tegucigalpa rose 1.22 percentage points to 25.75% of capacity after weekend rains added roughly 90,000 cubic meters of water, though officials say it remains critically low and needs close monitoring.

Also reported by: La Prensa

Honduras has launched a two-year, $1 million project to bolster surveillance and fight antimicrobial resistance across the health, agriculture, animal, and environmental sectors through coordinated national action.

Twenty-two containers of furniture and educational equipment from the United States arrived in San Pedro Sula for distribution to schools in Cortés, Yoro, and Santa Bárbara, with items valued at up to $200 each.

A stationary trough will keep generating rain across Honduras through Friday or Saturday, with accumulated totals reaching up to 40 millimeters in affected regions.

Tegucigalpa's city government (AMDC) launched a cleanup operation on World Cleanup Day after storms hit the capital on Saturday.

Juan Ángel López Fuentes, 30, and Dixion Geovany Lara Aldana, 17, were found partially buried in a field in El Naranjo, Jutiapa, Atlántida, on Monday; a third man was wounded but survived, and authorities are investigating a possible family dispute as the motive.

Also reported by: El Heraldo, TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Congress and the National Penitentiary Institute met to discuss and approve reforms to tighten security in Honduras's prisons, including special controls on communications and maximum-security transfers for members of organizations designated as terrorist groups.