Regional Sports & Business Spotlight: Club Sando booked the first semifinal ticket in their debut Concacaf Caribbean Cup campaign after a 0-0 draw with Delfines del Este, moving to seven points and keeping the tournament’s top clubs in tight contention. Regional Corporate Deal: PBS Group has completed its acquisition of Trinidad Systems Limited (TSL), taking full ownership of the 47-year-old ICT firm while keeping TSL as a separate brand; TSL CEO Stuart Franco now becomes COO for PBS’s Eastern Caribbean Cluster covering Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda and other OECS states. Suriname-Linked Governance: Suriname is advancing responsible AI governance with UNESCO’s RAM 2.0 readiness work, bringing together 106 participants from 67 institutions across 10 sectors to map ethical AI use, skills needs and safeguards. Suriname-India Cooperation: India’s ambassador Subhash Gupta met Suriname’s FM Alva Baptist and handed over a pedestrian safety Quick Impact Project in Paramaribo, part of Golden Jubilee India–Suriname ties. Energy & Renewables in the Region: Rubis signed to install an 8MW solar plant in Jamaica as it reported strong first-half Caribbean earnings, while CAE urged Curaçao to focus on ship repair/offshore services and renewables for the former refinery sites. Mining (Suriname): Founders Metals reported 27.0m of 20.38 g/t gold in first step-out drilling at its Antino project in southeastern Suriname.