UG students showcase, celebrate Guyanese heritage through art, music, scholarship

–at inaugural ‘Guianame’ Expo THE University of Guyana (UG) proudly showcased the talent and creativity of its students at the inaugural Guianame Conference and Expo, held from September 25–27, 2025, at the AlphaMax Academy in Paramaribo,...

Guyana’s golfers eye top finishes on Suriname’s pristine greens

Oct 11, 2025 Sports DSB Suriname Invitational Tees Off Today… Some of the LGC Golfers at the practice session. (Kaieteur Sports) – The excitement is palpable as the DSB Suriname Invitational officially tees off today, bringing together some of the...

Hackett optimistic ahead of 2025 Suriname Invitational Golf tourney

Oct 11, 2025 Sports – Lusignan Golfers land in Suriname, eye Glory at National Open (Kaieteur Sports) – The Lusignan Golf Club team has touched down in Paramaribo, ready to fly the Guyanese flag high at this weekend’s Invitational National Open, a...

Road to 2026 World Cup: 28 through, giants still battling

The race to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is nearing its finish line, with 28 nations now confirmed for next summer's expanded 48-team tournament across North America. Africa produced the biggest drama, as Cape Verde stunned Cameroon to qualify for the...

Guatemala Faces Surinam in Crucial World Cup Qualifying Match

PARAMARIBO, Surinam — The Guatemala national soccer team faces Surinam today in a critical match of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. This game is essential for Guatemala as they strive to secure a place in the 2026 World Cup, which will be held...

The dream of making a World Cup debut

Cabo Verde has officially punched its ticket to the 2026 World Cup, becoming the latest debutant to qualify for soccer’s biggest stage. But with only 22 teams confirmed so far, the race is still wide open—and several national squads are chasing...

Lusignan, Young Rivals to compete in T20 competition in Suriname

East Coast Demerara clubs Lusignan and Young Rivals will journey to neighbouring Suriname to compete in a T20 hardball cricket tournament featuring home side Spartans. The three-team competition will be played on October 11-12 at Dr Snellen Park....

Tucson's TV/radio sports best bets: Friday, Oct. 10

TV 11 a.m., BTN — Maryland at Iowa 4 p.m., ESPNU — Cornell at Harvard 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 — South Florida at North Texas 6 p.m., CBSSN — Fresno St. at Colorado St. 6 p.m., FS1 — Rutgers at Washington 4 p.m., ACCN — Clemson at NC State 7 p.m., ESPN+ —...

Lusignan, Young Rivals to compete in T10 competition in Suriname

East Coast Demerara clubs Lusignan and Young Rivals will journey to neighbouring Suriname to compete in a T10 hardball cricket tournament featuring home side Spartans. The three-team competition will be played on October 11-12 at Dr Snellen Park....

Panama Will Host Eleven Environmental Summits and Forums until 2027 With Most of Them UN-Sponsored

From this October until 2027, Panama will host eleven environmental summits and forums, most of them organized by the UN in preparation for COP17—which will be held next year in Yerevan, Armenia—such as the World Congress on Protected and...

Suriname special

Bananas, long beans, Asian vegetables, passion fruit, a large-scale avocado project in the pipeline, and tomatoes in a demo and test greenhouse. Suriname has it all. Admittedly, commercial cultivation of fruit and vegetables is still in its...

“There will always be demand in the Netherlands for fresh Surinamese fruit and vegetables”

In the Saramacca district, among green fields and sunlit greenhouses, Bhiesnoe Gopal and his wife Madhevi have been running the cultivation and export company Gopex since 1998. With about 80 acres of land, partly open-air, partly under plastic,...

75 NGOs benefit from Republic Bank's PMAD programme

Business Shweta Sharma Just Now Republic Bank officials celebrate with representatives of non-governmental, educational and charitable organisations selected for the 2025/2026 cohort of the Republic Bank Power to Make a Difference (PMAD)...

Global Debt Roundtable Flags Vulnerabilities

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring process is close to completion, according to the 5th Co-Chairs Progress Report of the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR). The report highlights that while debt levels in low-income countries...

Preview: Suriname vs Guatemala - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - North Central America clash between Suriname and Guatemala, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Suriname play host to Guatemala in their latest CONCACAF World Cup qualifier on...

‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London

There was no greater vantage point to see America burn than the Pennsylvania railroad. Working in the summer of 1919 as a dining car waiter, Claude McKay was so fearful that he had resorted to travelling with a revolver secreted in his starched...

Sranan Gold Samples Up To 26.7 Grams Per Tonne Gold in The Poeketi Pit Area of The Tapanahony Project in Suriname

Sranan Gold Corp. (CSE: SRAN) (FSE: P84) (Tradegate: P84) ("Sranan" or the "Company") announces additional high-grade results with highlight values of 26.7 grams per tonne (gt) and 25.8 gt gold from grab samples taken from the Poeketi target at...

PAHO concludes 62nd Directing Council with Strategic Plan 2026-2031 for healthier Americas

Over four days, health ministers and high-level delegates from PAHO Member States engaged in robust discussions, navigating 43 agenda items, reviewing progress and final reports, and adopting nine resolutions. "I wish to extend my sincerest thanks...

Bobcats sweep Suriname to open tourney

Posted: 9:20 PM CDT Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 Tom Friesen, Liam Pauls and Ethan Baraniuk each scored 12 points as Team Canada swept Suriname 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-16) to open the NORCECA Final Six men’s volleyball tournament in Puerto Rico on Monday....

​​​​​​​Climate change drove extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, making burned areas around 30 times larger

Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts. According to climate models, the Los Angeles wildfires...