Grant Thornton promotes Ashiq Nanhekhan to Director in Caribbean business

Ashiq Nanhekhan, a member of Grant Thornton based in Aruba, has been promoted to Director in the firm’s Advisory practice. In his expanded role, Nanhekhan will lead initiatives in cybersecurity, IT audit, data analytics, and artificial...

13th-largest US private jet operator Verijet files for bankruptcy after CEO’s death – owes $10.5M to customers

Days after Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy and began restructuring, another airline, Verijet, a private jet startup, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Florida’s Southern District Court. The filing comes just weeks after the sudden death of...

Positive people in Pinecrest : Lucia Granados

Lucia Granados Westminster Christian School senior Lucia Granados predicts she might reach a thousand community service hours before her senior year is over. “I feel like if I have too much free time, I feel like I don’t have enough to do,” she...

Major Company Investor Speaks on Glove Company that Now Owns Paper Mill

Having ownership for only three days, new Chillicothe mill owner “U.S. Paper Mill Company” hosted an upbeat news conference on Friday in front of two glove production lines already installed. I spoke with one of the company investors who said they...

Iberia Economy & Business Class 10% To 60% Award Sale For Travel October 13 – December 31, 2025 (Book By November 16)

Iberia has launched an excellent economy and business award sale for travel between October 13 and December 31, 2025, across most of its network (routes to Asia excluded). The discount varies between 10%, 30% and 60%, and most transatlantic...

Up To 9h 35m: Air Astana’s Very Long Nonstop Airbus A321LR Flights To London Heathrow Explored

Your eyes did not deceive you. It is true: Air Astana's service from Almaty to London Heathrow is indeed timed up to 9h 35m. Thanks to additional fuel tanks on its Airbus A321LRs, which meant freight capacity was reduced, flights operate nonstop....

Owner of Rumba bar in Sosúa retains rights to business despite possible deportation

Sosúa, Puerto Plata — In response to rumors circulating on social media about the alleged loss of property belonging to foreign citizen Devree Antoine Holis, known as “Ray,” a Bahamian national and owner of the Rumba bar on Pedro Clisante Street,...

Leonardo Wehe named Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 for advancing tourism in Cabarete

Santo Domingo.- Businessman Leonardo Wehe was honored as Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 during the National Tourism Awards in recognition of his major contributions to the cultural and tourism development of the Dominican Republic’s north coast,...

The best resorts for grandparents, parents, and kids to enjoy together

What makes a good resort for a multigenerational vacation? It starts with a location that’s relatively easy to get to and desirable to visit. Accommodations need to appeal to both parents traveling with young children or teenagers and grandparents...

Government to introduce law turning sargassum into economic opportunity

Origin by Ocean starts exporting sargassum from the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo.- The Dominican government announced plans to introduce a package of legislative initiatives to the National Congress aimed at modernizing the economy and...

Another airline files for bankruptcy, cancels all flights

While the start of 2025 brought with it much optimism about high traveler numbers, the projections did not pan out for every airline. By September, two Scandinavian airlines — Play and Braathens Aviation — left travelers in different parts of the...

Costa Rica is the 6th most innovative country in Latin America by 2025

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica ranked sixth in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII), published in September by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in conjunction with Cornell University and the...

Everything You Need To Know About the 2025-2026 UCF Women’s Basketball Team

The UCF Knights Women’s Basketball team opens its season on Monday night against Bethune-Cookman. Here’s everything you need to know about UCF Women’s Hoops as it is set to begin its third campaign in the Big 12: 12-18 (4-14 Big 12), T-12th in the...

How Chilat can bridge Caribbean businesses to China’s factories

Business Newsday 2 Hrs Ago - During my recent trip to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took our delegation to a city every Caribbean entrepreneur should know — Yiwu, the global capital of small commodities. Home to more than 70 000 vendors,...

Small Business Highlight: Pollinator Chocolate creates tropical confectionary in the heart of the Rockies

Mark Burrows: So this is the, the noise I was talking about, like it's a vibrating table that takes these won be bonbons, but she fills them with chocolate and that's what doing here. But then she has to dump all the chocolate out the vibrating...

China to host major trade expo 10-13 October 2025

The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has officially announced the 2025 China Trade Expo in the Dominican Republic, to be held 10-13 October 2025 at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel & Convention Center in Santo Domingo. The...

IICA launches emergency fund to aid Caribbean agriculture after Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established an emergency fund to assist the agriculture sectors of the four Caribbean nations most impacted by Hurricane Melissa. In a release on Monday,...

DR Customs chief declares logistics the nation’s ‘new economic axis’ in address to UASD students

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic Director General of Customs (DGA), Yayo Sanz Lovatón, delivered a powerful address to students at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) this week, proclaiming the logistics sector as the country’s...

Navro Expands Real-Time Payout Network to 61 Countries, Enabling Businesses to Transact Like Locals in More Markets

Navro, the pioneering fintech that simplifies international payments for businesses, today announces a major expansion of its real-time, pay-to-bank capability – that is, the ability for businesses to send money instantly to someone’s bank account...

11 Of The Oldest Players In College Basketball Entering The 2025-26 Season

© Jake Crandall/ Advertiser / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The 2025-26 college basketball season is set to kick off in November as the race for a national championship begins. Experience will benefit a number of teams in their postseason...