Thursday, October 8, 2026 — Evening Edition

The El Amatillo crossing is badly backed up as travelers pour into El Salvador over the Morazán Day holiday, leaving long delays at immigration and customs.

A Latinobarómetro survey finds that Hondurans still prefer US influence to China's, but the gap is closing as Beijing gains ground across Latin America.

Honduras scored 22 of 100 on Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perception Index and ranked 157th of 182 countries, unchanged from 2024 but down three places as other nations improved, while only 14% of Hondurans believe the government makes fighting corruption a priority, according to civil-society monitor ASJ.

Rice growers in Colón say mechanized land is sitting unseeded for lack of financing, crop insurance, and guaranteed prices, a shortfall that threatens to push output below 2026 targets.

Honduras's tax authority is offering amnesty through October 12 for taxpayers to settle overdue obligations under Decree 07-2026 without fines, interest, or surcharges on unpaid taxes and filings due by December 31, 2025.

France, the agricultural research center CATIE, and the French research institute CIRAD have identified coffee, cacao, forest restoration, and biodiversity as areas for potential joint projects and funding in Honduras, building on three decades of scientific collaboration in Central America.

The state power utility ENEE has contracted 2,073 megawatts of reliable capacity but projects demand of 2,289 megawatts in 2027, meaning it must secure more power to prevent blackouts during peak demand from April through June.

Recent rains have raised water levels at the Los Laureles reservoir, prompting the municipal water authority to open the spillway for a two-day controlled release to clear sediment and debris before filling to capacity.

Congressional negotiators agreed to three technical-cooperation pacts with Costa Rica's health authorities to strengthen Honduras's primary care system and adopt a unified electronic health record across the public network.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Honduras's Medical College warns that physician protests over months of unpaid salaries will escalate after a national holiday unless the government offers concrete payment solutions, with the current 30-day work stoppage already forcing thousands of hospital appointments and procedures to be suspended and rescheduled.

Also reported by: Radio Cadena Voces (RCV), Radio América Honduras

The capital's municipal authorities put the Distrito Central, covering Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela, on yellow alert for 48 hours over heavy rain and the risk of landslides and flooding, after recent storms collapsed at least 13 homes in the Villa Unión neighborhood.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Heavy rains collapsed four houses in the La Laguna neighborhood of Tegucigalpa on October 7, and firefighters rescued one person and are searching for three others believed trapped under the rubble.

Also reported by: La Prensa

Intense rainfall sent the Quebrada La Orejona creek over its banks, submerging a street in the La Alameda neighborhood of Tegucigalpa and leaving nearby homes at risk of flooding.

Kevin Pacheco, from La Masica in Atlántida, was killed instantly by a lightning strike while in the Santa Ana River during an electrical storm, as heavy rains and lightning sweep across Honduras.

Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera of Choluteca, 63, who died of respiratory failure on September 28 at Madrid's airport while en route to Rome, was returned to Honduras on October 6 and is being honored with funeral rites before burial on October 8.

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

Víctor Vandenbroucke, a young midfielder, has decided to stop playing for Honduras and will answer a call-up from Belgium's U-23 squad after going unused in the recent Nations League tournament, his mother told the national federation.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

A judge ordered four members of the National Police's Intelligence Directorate (Dipol) held in pretrial detention for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old from Tegucigalpa on August 30 and demanding 600,000 lempiras, about $24,000, for his release.

Also reported by: Poder Judicial Honduras, Ministerio Público (X), Radio América Honduras

A woman riding a motorcycle was killed when a cargo truck struck her in the Aurora neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, and the truck driver fled the scene and remains at large.