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Paralympic Games President welcomes launch of Caribbean Adaptive Sports Alliance
Searchlight
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August 29, 2025
Sports August 29, 2025 PRESIDENT OFTHE INTERNATIONAL Paralympic Committee (IPC), Andrew Parsons, has praised the formation of a new regional umbrella body for para- sports, describing it as a “big positive” for the movement. Speaking at the...
GMMAKA shines in Suriname Tournament with 29 awards
Kaieteur News
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August 29, 2025
Aug 29, 2025 Sports GMMAKA turns in outstanding performance in Suriname Martial Arts Tournament. Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association (GMMAKA) is once again proud to announce the outstanding performance of its team at...
Arts Beat: August 27-September 2
Biscayne Times - Miami
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August 28, 2025
Fiery Flamenco Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, a Miami-based, international company, celebrates its 40th anniversary on Sun. August 31, with “Juerga Flamenco” at the Moss Center in Cutler Bay. This production will incorporate live music, original...
Central FC, Robinhood battle to draw in Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 27, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 4 Hrs Ago Central FC captain Jameel Neptune (right) tries to keep pace with his SV Robinhood opponent during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup match at Dr Franklin Essed Stadion in Paramaribo, Suriname on August 26. - Photo...
Suriname's Staatsolie will launch an offer for offshore oil fields in November
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Suriname's state-owned oil company Staatsolie announced on Tuesday that it will offer an "open door" in November for the exploration and evaluation of offshore areas. The small South American country is seeking partners and funding for an oil and...
UAL launches Caribbean Shuttle connecting Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, and Surinam
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 26, 2025
UAL has introduced the UAL Caribbean Shuttle, a fixed 9-day loop service linking Point Lisas (Trinidad & Tobago), Georgetown (Guyana), and Paramaribo (Suriname). The new service responds to increasing demand for reliable, multipurpose shipping...
UAL Launches Caribbean Shuttle Connecting Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, and Suriname
Offshore Source - Florida
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UAL has introduced the UAL Caribbean Shuttle, a fixed 9-day loop service linking Point Lisas (Trinidad & Tobago), Georgetown (Guyana), and Paramaribo (Suriname). The new service responds to increasing demand for reliable, multipurpose shipping...
PAHO and CARICOM sign 2025-2029 Sub-regional Health Cooperation Strategy
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August 26, 2025
(L-R) DR. CARLA N. BARNETT, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa A JOINT SUB-REGIONAL Cooperation Strategy that will provide a coordinated...
Ramsubhag pleased with Junior Carebaco medal return
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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T&T Badminton Association (TTBA) president, Chandrika Ramsubhag, was full of praise for the T&T players who recently returned home with a bulging bag of medals at the conclusion of the Caribbean Regional Badminton...
A family home in Amsterdam is now a new gathering place for South Asian contemporary art
Architectural Digest India
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August 25, 2025
In the Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam, on Panamakade overlooking the Entrepothaven canal, is the home of Tasneem Hatimbhai and her Dutch husband, Joeri Aulman, both self-described “students of contemporary art” since their college days at Knox...
Maduro dice que EE.UU. violó el tratado nuclear de Tlatelolco, un acuerdo que Washington nunca suscribió
KESQ-TV - California
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August 29, 2025
Por Lizbeth Padilla y Germán Padinger El anuncio del despliegue de buques de guerra de Estados Unidos en aguas de América Latina y el Caribe ha generado un enfrentamiento entre Donald Trump y Nicolás Maduro, y en medio de las tensiones el...
‘Good politicians’ are not plentiful
Kaieteur News
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August 25, 2025
Aug 25, 2025 Letters Dear Editor A few weeks ago, as he and a few of his redshirted People’s Progressive Party (PPP) colleagues were campaigning in Beterverwaging, I had a fleeting encounter with Mr. James Bond. We shook hands on his move, but he...
Economist on 15% US tariff: Expect less forex, reduced taxes and job losses
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Andrea Perez-Sobers Senior Reporter andrea.perez-sobers@guardian.co.tt Republic Bank economist, Garvin Joefield, is warning of far-reaching implications for the domestic economy of the revelation that T&T stands to lose...
The Tiny Country With the Fastest-Growing Economy in the World Exceeds Forecast
Greek Reporter
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August 24, 2025
A view of the central business area in Mahdia Town, Guyana. Credit: Luisdavidleonlopez , CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia The tiny country that boasts the fastest-growing economy worldwide has not only continued to thrive and achieved a double-digit growth...
Grenada to host Caribbean Adaptive Sports Alliance launch
Now Grenada
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August 23, 2025
Grenada Paralympic Committee Inc. (GPC) will host its biggest Paralympic event since its formation less than a decade ago. This weekend and continuing until next Tuesday, 2 of the most significant personalities in global Paralympic sports, along...
An 80-year-old woodworker from Suriname brings his art and history to Baltimore
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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August 21, 2025
The woodworker pulled the brim of his hat low, grabbed an X-Acto knife, and began gently chipping and slicing thin layers of wood from a piece he had been working on for months. This one was a map of Africa, and in the center, there was a heart....
Amazon Summit Shows Scant Progress
Foreign Policy
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August 29, 2025
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Amazon rainforest countries hold a summit, Mercosur and Canada restart trade talks, and a Milei family scandal rocks Argentina. Forests in Focus Last Friday, leaders...
Newmont donates over $42.2m worth of essential medical supplies and equipment to health facilities in 36 countries
MyJoyOnline
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August 20, 2025
International mining giant Newmont, as part of measures to improve healthcare delivery among its host communities, has donated over $42.2 million worth of essential medical supplies and equipment to health facilities in 36 countries. The...
Bahamas ladies sweep Suriname 3-0 in the Billie Jean King Cup
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 20, 2025
(L-R) Captain Kim O’Kelley, Saphirre Ferguson, Sydney Clarke, Jalisa Clarke and Simone Pratt are pictured above on day two of the 2025 Billie Jean King Cup in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net...
UPDATE: VI edged by Suriname in crucial game of CFU Girls Challenge Series
Virgin Islands News Online
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BALMAIN, Couva, T&T- Ace striker Kiyah-Starr Shelton had been shouldering the Virgin Islands (VI) at the CFU Girls U14 Challenge Football Series in Trinidad and Tobago, giving them hope for qualification to the semi-finals; but it proved to be a...