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Amazonian Countries’ presidents meet in Colombia

The presidents of Colombia, Gustavo Petro; Brazil, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva; and Bolivia, Luis Arce, as well as representatives of the other five member nations of the organization, including Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, are...

No local entries yet for inaugural International Film Festival- Ms Natalie O. Hodge

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Commissioner of the BVI Tourist Board and Film Commission (BVITBFC), Ms Natalie O. Hodge, is calling on local filmmakers to submit entries for the inaugural International Film Festival. The 284 Excellence Film Festival...

An 80-year-old woodworker from Suriname brings his art and history to Baltimore

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....

Bahamas ladies sweep Suriname 3-0 in the Billie Jean King Cup

(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

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...

Bahamas blanks Suriname 3-0 at BJKC

Guardian Sports Reporter The Bahamas’ Billie Jean King Cup (BJKC) team is holding its own at the 2025 Americas Zone III Tournament in Santa Tecla, El Salvador. The Bahamian contingent continued its winning ways on Tuesday, blanking Suriname 3-0 in...

Despite Delays Suriname’s Oil Boom is Fast Becoming a Reality

It is a long time coming, but the impoverished South American country of Suriname is poised to enjoy the fruits of a major oil boom. For nearly a decade, the government, in the capital Paramaribo, hungrily eyed neighboring Guyana’s drilling...

‘Virtually impossible’ for anyone to vote twice in September elections

–GECOM’s CEO affirms; DECO highlights over 700,000 persons registered to vote across Guyana WITH just under two weeks to go before Guyanese head to the polls, Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud has declared that the Guyana Elections...

Bahamas ready to compete in Billie Jean King Cup

By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER staging their first practice in Santa Tecla, El Salvador on Saturday, Sydney Clarke said Team Bahamas is ready to compete in the Billie Jean King (BJK)Cup. Team Bahamas, captained...

President Ali’s diplomacy

Dear Editor, GUYANA’S international standing has been on a roller‑coaster since 2020. When the APNU+AFC coalition tried to overturn the March election, prominent Commonwealth observers warned that defying the vote would brand our country a pariah...

President Ali unveils plan to construct 30,000 houses in five years

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Thursday night revealed that the government intends to construct a minimum of 30,000 new houses with 16 homes being delivered every single day once the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is re-elected to office on...

Reggae Girlz chart course toward historic third-straight World Cup appearance

Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz now know the path they must travel if they are to reach a third consecutive FIFA Women’s World Cup. - Advertisement - In Wednesday’s official Concacaf draw, the Jamaicans were placed in Group B of the first round of the...

Trinidad and Tobago grouped with El Salvador, Honduras for Concacaf W qualifiers

Sports Roneil Walcott 5 Minutes Ago National women's footballer Kennya 'YaYa' Cordner. PHOTO COURTESY TTFA. - Trinidad and Tobago's women's football team have been placed in Group F for the 2025/26 Concacaf W qualifiers – the qualifying tournament...

Team Bahamas to Take on USA in Opener

Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement NICARAGUA – We’re less than 24 hours away from tipoff at the FIBA Americup in Managua, Nicaragua and Team Bahamas is ready to take on one of the toughest field’s the program has...

Suriname could receive another $500 million from IDB in next year, Goldfajn says

PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) could approve another $500 million, on top of the $500 million already signed off on, for Suriname within the next year, the lender’s head said on Tuesday. IDB President Ilan...

The True Face of the Great Emancipator

Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page, Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement, University of Missouri Press, 2011, 164 pp., $28.00 (softcover) Abraham Lincoln is revered as one of the greatest heroes of...

Could Putin be arrested in the US during Trump meeting as people call for president's detention over 'war crimes'

Picture this, Russia's Vladimir Putin departs from his presidential plane in America on Friday... only to be met with handcuffs the moment he steps foot on US soil. The 72-year-old is currently scheduled to travel to Alaska this Friday (15 August)...

CARICOM Youth Ambassadors mark International Youth Day as ‘builders of the future we deserve’

“Today, as we mark International Youth Day 2025, we do so not as bystanders to history, but as builders of the future we deserve.” – Ms. Shakiah Lewis, Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors In a message to mark International Youth Day today, Ms....

Sranan Gold Initiates Diamond Core Drilling Program on the Randy Trend at the Tapanahony Project in Suriname

Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Article content Edmonton, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – August 13, 2025) – Sranan Gold Corp. (CSE: SRAN) (FSE: P84) (Tradegate: P84) (“Sranan” or the “Company”) announces the commencement of its diamond drilling program...