Marine Restoration & Education: Aruba opened Coral Academy on De Palm Island, a new coral restoration and learning center for kids and adults, aiming to bring reef understanding to people who don’t get in the water; school visits and future research interest are part of the plan, backed by De Palm Tours and the TUI Care Foundation. Environmental Governance: Directie Natuur & Milieu, Aruba Conservation Foundation and Blue Marine Foundation briefed the ministry on the next round of stakeholder talks for the 30×30 marine protection process, sharing technical mapping and scenario work ahead of October consultations. Climate Data for Better Forecasts: The IPDC says digitisation and data rescue of historical meteorological archives for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten is complete, turning paper records into digital images and machine-readable formats to support long-term trend analysis. Public Accountability & Enforcement: United Merchants Aruba warns that weak enforcement across markets, rentals, traffic rules and animal welfare is punishing law-abiding businesses, with pension non-payment cited as a glaring example. Local Tech & Networks: Innovorbs Technologies expands multi-vendor network engineering and 24/7 managed operations across Cisco, HPE (Aruba/Juniper) and Arista, including hardware refresh. Border Tech: SITA launched pre-clearance “move-through” border flow lanes designed to speed passenger processing while keeping agencies in control.