Thursday, November 5, 2026 — Evening Edition

Congressman Sebastián Romero has introduced a bill to establish a professional association for Honduras's information and communications technology workers, setting standards for ethics, certification, and cybersecurity to support the country's digital transformation.

A legal reform allowing Honduras to use money and property seized from criminal organizations before a final conviction has sparked debate over due-process protections and civil-society demands for transparency and auditing of how the funds are spent.

Also reported by: TuNota (Canal 5 / TSI), Infobae – Honduras, Congreso Nacional

Civil-society groups and former election officials warn that without congressional approval of electoral reforms, Honduras will remain vulnerable to fraud and post-election crises in future votes.

The judiciary has launched a pilot program to digitize 100 criminal case files, building a searchable platform meant to cut processing times, tighten security, and free up physical archive space.

Honduras's exports of common iron products rose 27.5% year-over-year through August 2026, driven by a 33.3% jump in volume, with Central America accounting for 95.5% of sales.

Business council leader Gabriel Molina said talks are underway with employers and other sectors to reform Honduras's part-time employment law, which officials call overly complex and a deterrent to investment, with the aim of helping small and mid-size companies and new entrepreneurs.

The government negotiated a price cut with a poultry supplier that holds about 20% of the national market, lowering large cartons from 124 to 120 lempiras (about $5) and launching a direct-distribution plan to curb markups at small groceries.

Honduran government and business delegations are in Madrid seeking European investment ahead of the country's turn hosting the 2028 Ibero-American Summit, pitching legal security and investor confidence.

The World Bank and Honduras's tax authority, the SAR, released a study on tax reclassification showing that reclassified taxpayers quickly took on their new obligations and kept compliance high, while also prompting better reporting among suppliers that were not reclassified.

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry is preparing the roadbed in the Cantagallo sector as a base for pouring hydraulic concrete, advancing the road project.

Congressman Mario Reyes has introduced a bill to open a regional ENEE customer-service office in Las Vegas, Santa Bárbara, sparing residents trips to other municipalities for billing, payment, and service requests.

The Tegucigalpa city government has begun paving a 90–100 meter street in the Las Casitas neighborhood that links to Boulevard Los Hidalgos and the outer ring road, with completion expected in two weeks.

Honduran Army engineers, working with local governments and emergency authorities, are rebuilding a road between Río Jicatuyo and Nueva Celilac in Santa Bárbara that was cut off for more than 10 days by heavy rains, with work set to reach San Jerónimo del Pinar and benefit more than 11,000 people.

Honduras will become the first Latin American country to add lenacapavir — a twice-yearly injectable HIV preventive made by Gilead Sciences — to its public health system, available through 13 sexual-health clinics next quarter.

The director of Honduras's social security institute announced plans to sue employers who fail to pay mandatory worker contributions, aiming to recover the unpaid amounts.

The French Embassy has opened applications for its 2027–2028 Language Assistant Program, offering Honduran university students and French teachers seven-month contracts in French schools at 820 euros a month.

The Honduran Tourism Institute has opened bidding for two phases of restoration work on the historic Cuero y Salado tourist train, a heritage project meant to revive the landmark and boost tourism along the country's Atlantic coast.

Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, co-owners of the Arca Roatán Boutique Hotel in West Bay, were among nine people killed when a private Learjet crashed in Palm Beach, Florida, on June 1.

Hundreds of young Hondurans explored the country's geography, history, and natural heritage through virtual-reality exhibits and interactive digital platforms at Juventud Fest 2026, organized by the National Youth Institute with support from the Institute of Property's cartography division.

Honduran defender Julián Martínez was named to Alverca FC's squad for a November 2 match against Benfica, marking his return after eight months recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered playing for the national team in March.

A judge ordered Elderi Gómez Guevara, manager of a Koriun office in Copán, held in pretrial detention on suspicion of money laundering and criminal association, citing financial transactions topping seven million lempiras that investigators say far exceed his reported income.

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

A three-year-old child died after falling from an all-terrain vehicle into a ravine in Gracias, Lempira, and her mother was gravely injured in the accident.