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This Beach Vacation Is Equally Sustainable and Sandy. Here’s a Travel Guide to this Idyllic Island
Maybe you first heard of Aruba from the breezy, upbeat Beach Boys tune Kokomoko. Or perhaps the island’s warmth reached you through someone else’s sun-soaked travel stories. Or even someone's IG stories! However Aruba came onto your radar, one...
Beautiful San Juan celebrations bring neighborhoods to life
Last Tuesday, Aruba came together to celebrate one of its most vibrant cultural traditions: San Juan Day, known locally as Dera Gay. This deeply rooted festival was held in neighborhoods across the island, thanks to the dedication of community...

Local View: Remember when the Beach Boys turned into men?
Around 10 years younger than the Beach Boys, I grew up listening to their music. As if I had a choice! It was everywhere, in every house, every car, every weekend cookout, the overhead speakers at the mall, and movie soundtracks at the drive-in...

Stunning tiny island with no hurricane season and most sunny days in Caribbean
Aruba, a tiny island in the Caribbean just 20 miles long, has plenty to offer, from chic boutique hotels and top-tier eateries to golden sandy beaches and crystal-clear seas. And according to the tourist board, it sees more sunny days than any...

Cannes Briefing: A sunburned reckoning
Cannes has always thrived on the blur: part conference, part fever dream, part reputation management exercise with a rosé chaser. But this year, before you even see the beach, there’s a different kind of friction: immigration protocols, risk memos...

Travel experts reveal the truth about cruise ship myths - from claustrophobia to norovirus outbreaks
Cruise gurus, including one who's been on more than 90 sailings, to dispel some popular myths... We spoke to several cruise experts and asked them to weigh in on some of the more prevalent myths about cruises that may be putting you off. Perhaps...

HPE closes $14B Juniper acquisition following regulatory approval
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has closed its acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc. more than a year after signing the $14 billion deal. The companies announced the milestone this morning. A few days earlier, the U.S. Justice Department ended an...

Affecting Personal Career, Sha’Carri Richardson Spares 2 Words For US Track & Field Coach Over Big Announcement
Around 2000 athletes from nearly 200 countries will land in Japan in September, when the World Athletics Championships commence in Tokyo. So, who is the US sending? Defending champion Sha’Carri Richardson is a definite. Sure, her 2025 season...

Episode CCCIX -309: The Sacred Gourd: From Myth to Totuma and Maraca
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Kyra Hoevertsz places fourth in 2025 World Aquatics Cup
0 Aruba’s artistic swimmer Kyra Hoevertsz has wrapped up her 2025 World Cup season with an impressive fourth-place finish in the women’s overall rankings. While she narrowly missed the podium, she firmly cemented her position among the world’s...

David’s Bridal introduces agentic wedding planner features in beta
David’s Bridal is bringing agentic commerce to its Pearl wedding planner. The addition to its wedding planning platform for couples and vendors will introduce new artificial intelligence (AI) use cases as part of the company’s broader push to...

Visit Seattle Launches Emerald, a Custom AI Travel Genius Powered by GuideGeek
With unrivaled natural beauty, world-class attractions, major sports teams, a thriving arts and culture scene, and culinary delights around every corner, there is an abundance of adventures for all kinds of visitors to the Seattle area. Luckily, a...

Coordinated Drone and Rocket Attacks Hit Critical Sites in Northern Iraq
More Than 10 UAVs Target Baiji Refinery Adel Al-Daraj, the subdistrict governor of Baiji in Salahaddin province, confirmed that “the Baiji refinery was attacked by more than ten unmanned drones at dawn Tuesday.” He added that security and...

Emotive Delirium
Emotive Delirium Dimanche-Jolie (Aruba, 2004) Dimanche-Jolie is an emerging artist born in Aruba in 2004. She was self-taught until the age of 13, when she joined Ateliers ’89 and began a seven-year journey exploring various disciplines—painting,...

Coach Ed Gurka to Retire After 49 Seasons at William Paterson University
William Paterson University head coach Ed Gurka has announced his retirement after 49 years leading the Pioneers. William Paterson is a Division III school in Wayne, New Jersey. Gurka started his journey with the Pioneers in 1976 and has recorded...

Grease: The Road to the Final Bow
What began as a dream in an office at Cas di Cultura—to bring an internationally renowned show to Aruba—culminated in the granting of the official license to produce the musical GREASE. A great honor for Stichting Schouwburg Aruba and a testament...

Brian Wilson made a mark on my generation
Around 10 years younger than the Beach Boys, I grew up listening to their music. As if I had a choice! It was everywhere. Every house, every car, every weekend cookout. The mall speakers at Evergreen Plaza. Movie soundtracks at the Double Drive-in...

HPE goes full stack with AI factories, agentic ops and cloud software suite
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s theme for this week’s Discover event in Las Vegas could be that artificial intelligence isn’t an application but a factory. And it wants enterprises to believe it has all the right parts to build it. In a sprawling...

Minister Dowers addresses concerns over delay in Ayden investigation
0 On Monday morning, Aruba’s Minister of Justice, Arthur Dowers, appeared before Parliament to provide an update on the ongoing investigation into the death of Ayden CJ Lanoy. The meeting, which was open to the public, included a series of...

Youngsters step up as Canada flexes might against Honduras at Gold Cup
VANCOUVER — Coach Jesse Marsch downplayed suggestions ahead of the start of the Concacaf Gold Cup that Canada was the odds-on favourite to win the competition. He’s right to be cautious about the hype surrounding a Canadian men’s team that has...