Thursday, October 1, 2026

A PINU-SD congressman filed a bill Tuesday to declare a national emergency and open unused state-owned land to large-scale food cultivation.

A proposed law would hold tenants responsible for electric bills run up during their lease and let utilities report unpaid balances to credit agencies after 30 days' notice, shielding property owners from inherited arrears.

Also reported by: Congreso Nacional, Ministerio Público (X)

A congressional transport commission met with operators from across the country to explore ways to convert transport vehicles, aiming to cut operating costs and improve conditions for the sector.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI)

Rep. Erika Madrid of Intibucá warned that smuggled Guatemalan potatoes are flooding Honduras's western farm markets and undercutting local growers who already earn razor-thin profits, and she proposed activating soil-analysis labs to pin down the product's origin.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras awarded a 49.7 million lempira (about $2 million) contract for a national early-alert platform to a consortium that includes International Technology Group, a company linked to a scheme that drained roughly 7 billion lempiras from the social-security institute.

The Public Ministry has asked the Supreme Court for pretrial procedures to swear in an expert witness in the ongoing investigation of former Social Development Minister José Carlos Cardona and others.

Demonstrators blocked the CA-5 highway in Villanueva and a detour toward Calán in Cortés department, disrupting traffic in the area.

Vendors who ran El Lempirita, a government-backed market selling produce and basics below market price, have been quietly removed from the Olympic Complex grounds in Tegucigalpa, leaving shoppers without an affordable option and workers with no explanation or help relocating from authorities.

Honduras's Attorney General and Supreme Court are taking part in the UN's 15th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, seeking international agreements to shore up cybersecurity in the country's justice system.

The Central Bank of Honduras auctioned $92.7 million in its September 30 currency sale, setting the weighted average exchange rate at L26.8989 per dollar for October 1.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano proposed working groups with fuel importers, distributors, and industry sectors to find alternatives after 11 straight weeks of fuel-price increases, while transport leaders demanded a diesel-tax exemption and threatened a nationwide shutdown if the government does not respond this week.

Also reported by: Radio América

A Central Bank survey found that nearly two-thirds of respondents send remittances averaging $510.30 a month, reporting average monthly income of $4,065.80 and expenses of $2,107.60.

WestJet and its vacation arm Sunwing will keep serving Roatán through the 2026–27 winter season, with seasonal flights from Toronto and Quebec City starting in November and December.

A member of Congress proposed declaring an emergency at La Ceiba's cabotage port to fund urgent dredging after seven vessels ran aground there in recent months.

Honduras's highway authority has impounded more than six public buses in San Pedro Sula for illegal window tinting, imposing fines of L600–L2,500 (about $24–$100) and holding the vehicles until the tinting is removed.

The Medical College of Honduras and the Health Ministry ended talks without settling a dispute over unpaid physician salaries, though the ministry says it has paid 95% of what it owes, and the two sides will meet again Friday to reconcile payment records.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Radio América

Health authorities warn that vaccination coverage among pregnant women in Honduras remains below 50%, leaving newborns exposed to pertussis, tetanus, and influenza in their first months of life.

Honduras has recovered its status as a country free of avian influenza after three months of coordinated work with the poultry sector, the National Agricultural Health Service announced.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

An environmental leader in El Salvador has called for talks with Honduras and Central American coordination over Honduras's cloud-seeding operations using silver iodide, warning that weather modification could shift rainfall patterns across the region.

Honduras's Environmental Police (DPI) have arrested 97 people for environmental crimes so far in 2026, the National Police said.

The Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) is carrying out a technical survey of Juan Brooks School in Roatán to refine an existing design and meet lending and education ministry requirements before moving to bidding and construction of a new building to replace the deteriorating 51-year-old facility, which serves about 700 students.

The Municipal Seafood Market in Tegucigalpa will hold a Seafood Fair from October 2–4, with 64 vendors offering tilapia, corvina, shrimp, lobster, and other fresh fish and shellfish from Honduras's northern coast, southern region, and La Mosquitia.

Three men—Carlos Chirinos, Cristian Chirinos, and José Benito Cálix—were found dead, apparently shot, in a home in the Villa Santa neighborhood of Juticalpa, Olancho; authorities have opened an investigation into the killings.

Also reported by: Radio HRN, Poder Judicial Honduras