Thursday, October 22, 2026 — Evening Edition

The National Congress passed on first reading a sweeping overhaul of Honduras's anti-money-laundering laws, creating the country's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency providers, tightening electronic-transfer controls, and raising the mandatory customs declaration threshold for cash to $15,000.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

The National Congress Mining Commission met with residents of El Corpus, Choluteca, to address concerns about possible violations by mining companies operating in the municipality and to explore ways to ensure responsible mining.

Honduras's bakers say production costs have climbed 30% on higher prices for flour, shortening, fuel, and electricity, and may raise bread prices starting in November to keep quality intact.

Banco Ficohsa and Visa unveiled TapiYa, a mobile payment tool that lets Honduran entrepreneurs and merchants take real-time payments by card tap, QR code, or WhatsApp link without handling cash.

Honduras received $10.1 billion in family remittances in the first nine months of 2026, up 11.2% from the same period in 2025, with the funds accounting for more than a quarter of GDP and serving as the country's main source of foreign currency.

Honduras's regulated financial system reported 8.06 million active deposit accounts at the end of 2025, widening access to banking and formal-sector participation for Hondurans.

COHEP is holding an employability fair at UNICAH's Siguatepeque campus on October 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., connecting local jobseekers with regional employers and institutions.

Honduras's state power utility will forgive 100% of accumulated electricity debt—including penalties and interest—for low-income residential customers averaging up to 250 kWh a month, under Article 20 of the Energy Justice Law passed in August.

An International Monetary Fund mission has begun the sixth and final review of the economic agreement Honduras signed with the IMF in 2023, ahead of talks on a new program.

René Alfaro, a former ENEE administrator, says Honduras's energy reforms have yet to produce tangible results and warns that tying financing to five-year loss-reduction targets lacks technical clarity and could hamper the state power utility's recovery.

Residents of the Monte de los Olivos neighborhood in Tegucigalpa say a street the municipal government opened months ago was blocked off on October 21 with barbed wire and posts by people claiming to own the land, cutting off vehicle access to their homes.

Motorists protested on the peripheral ring road near La Quesada to demand that the government repair the area's deteriorating roadways.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government reopened a well in the Satélite neighborhood with a capacity of 100 gallons per minute to serve about 5,000 residents and a nearby school, part of a push to recover water sources across the capital.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

Crews are laying 180 meters of fill and building a retaining wall more than 10 meters tall on the main Yoro highway, which serves drivers and communities across more than 11 municipalities in the department.

Pharmacists warn that medications lacking health-authority registration may be circulating through Honduran pharmacies and labs under an emergency decree allowing direct government purchases, posing a public health risk.

An infectious-disease specialist warns that some Honduran dengue diagnoses may in fact be rickettsiosis, pointing to a confirmed Olancho case in which a patient with fever, seizures, and delirium tested positive for rickettsia Typhi.

Evangelical churches across Honduras are organizing prayer vigils and worship services on October 31, including a six-hour event in La Ceiba, while two municipalities have restricted Halloween celebrations citing cultural and moral concerns.

Olimpia has logged 934 under-20 minutes through ten matches, far above the Liga Nacional's reduced requirement of 540 minutes for the 2026–27 season, while three clubs risk point deductions for falling short.

Honduras has been chosen to host the XIII Central American Games in October 2029, with Tegucigalpa as the main venue, the country's first turn as host in more than three decades.

U.S. ICE deported three Hondurans—Víctor Manuel Zelaya García (firearms and traffic convictions), José Daniel Burgos Laínez (armed robbery), and Ludwig Criss Zelaya Romero (cocaine conspiracy and firearms charges)—among 12 immigrants removed from Texas.

Reinieri Licona, 27, allegedly attacked two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with a hammer during a traffic stop in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, in October as he was being detained for immigration violations; he now faces federal charges.

Criminal investigators carried out simultaneous raids on four underground lottery businesses in San Pedro Sula, seizing electronic devices, records, and cash in an investigation into trademark violations and unlicensed gambling.

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

A 15-year-old girl, Bany Danely Muñoz Mejía, was found dead in the remote hamlet of El Chaparrón in Zacapa, Santa Bárbara; authorities are investigating, with family members suspecting a crime of passion.