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Where to watch Mexico vs. Suriname, live stream: Gold Cup prediction, odds, predicted lineups
CBS Sports - Florida
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June 17, 2025
The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup rolls on with a debut matchup on Wednesday. Mexico and Suriname will face off for the first time in Gold Cup history at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Despite the two sides previously facing each other across different...
Caribbean Culture Fund Unveils Third Call for Proposals, St. Kitts and Nevis Artists Eligible
Win Media SKN
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June 17, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—The Caribbean Culture Fund (CCF) has launched its third call for proposals, making a substantial US$400,000 available in grants to bolster cultural and creative projects throughout the region. This...
Caribbean delegation lauds ‘productive’ reparation talks after Europe visit
Jamaica Observer
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July 4, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Several activists and researchers in the reparations movement from across the region have hailed two successful days of constructive engagements with political representatives from the European Union (EU) and the...
Payback time: how Dutch players could power Suriname to the World Cup
RTL Today
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For years the small South American country of Suriname, a former Dutch colony, has been instrumental in producing some of the Netherlands' best footballers, from Frank Rijkaard and Ruud Gullit to Clarence Seedorf. Now, nearly 40 years after Gullit...
‘Mother Suriname’ premieres in AfroPop’s Season 19
Caribbean Life - New York
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June 17, 2025
Fancelyne Cummings, who is featured in the film “Mother Suriname.” Photo courtesy Tessa Leuwsha Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! Season 17 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural...
Celebration of soca and chutney music at Chutney Fusion Festival 2025
Sandton Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
Home/News/Local news/Celebration of soca and chutney music at Chutney Fusion Festival 2025 LifestyleLocal news 3 minutes ago Xoliswa Zakwe 1 minute read The atmosphere was electric at Emperors Palace’s centre court on the evening of June 21 as an...
Pochettino breathes a sigh of relief as Christian Pulisic's USMNT story continues
MARCA
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June 16, 2025
The United States Men's National Soccer Team (USMNT) thrashed Trinidad and Tobago, leaving them 5-0 behind. Coach Mauricio Pochettino got his team back to winning ways, however, there is still one issue to be resolved: the national team's main...
India News | Final Batch of Machinery for Passion Fruit Processing Dispatched to Suriname: MEA
Latestly
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June 15, 2025
New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) The second and final batch of machinery for passion fruit processing has been dispatched to Suriname, under an initiative that seeks to strengthen the bilateral ties, the MEA said on Sunday. In a post on X, the spokesperson...
From Kamla Susheila Persad-Bissessar to Kamala Harris: Indian-origin individuals who hold leadership positions in different countries
The Times of India
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July 4, 2025
In an increasingly interconnected world, Indian-origin individuals are making waves far beyond their ancestral homeland. Whether rising to prime ministerial posts in Europe, steering global corporations in Silicon Valley, or shaping foreign policy...
Suriname’s chaotic democracy just chose its first woman president
The Economist
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June 5, 2025
His finger ink-stained from voting, Wagirin Tjokrosetiko, a 62-year-old driver of Javanese descent, has a simple reason for wanting a woman to run Suriname, a multi-ethnic former Dutch colony of under 700,000 people on the north-eastern shoulder...
'You wanted to ensure he was utterly at your mercy': Everything the judge told murderer John Belfield as he jailed him for life
Manchester Evening News
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July 4, 2025
15:31, 04 Jul 2025Updated 15:33, 04 Jul 2025 A drug dealer who murdered a love trial was told by a judge: “You wanted to ensure he was utterly at your mercy.” John Belfield, 31, recruited a team to help him kill Thomas Campbell after he began a...
How police dragged Thomas Campbell murderer John Belfield back to UK after international manhunt
Manchester Evening News
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July 3, 2025
The flight from Amsterdam to Manchester would likely contain many hungover revellers, recuperating after days of partying. It might have also contained travellers returning after a more sedate, cultured city break. But on that plane on Saturday,...
Mexico to open CONCACAF Gold Cup, but recent immigration raids might keep fans away
Whittier Daily News - California
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June 14, 2025
The Mexican national soccer team returns to Los Angeles but in difficult and uncertain times for its supporters. Mexico kicks off the CONCACAF Gold Cup against the Dominican Republic on Saturday night at SoFi Stadium (7:15 p.m., FS1, TUDN). The...
State-of-the-art Children’s Court opened in Charity
Guyana Chronicle
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June 13, 2025
-facility to provide restorative justice, rehabilitation services for minors Stories and photos by Indrawattie Natram THE Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Judiciary of Guyana, in collaboration with UNICEF, has officially opened a state-of-the-art...
A woman’s burden? A historic change in Suriname’s presidency
Global Voices
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June 11, 2025
“You will work hard.” That was the promise former medical doctor Jennifer Geerlings-Simons made during her presidential election campaign. It was a phrase equal parts warning and invitation, and now, Suriname, the Dutch-speaking Caribbean nation...
From U.S. to Suriname, one thing to know about every 2025 Gold Cup team
ESPN U.S.
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The Concacaf Gold Cup kicks off this weekend, marking the final major international tournament in which the United States, Mexico, and Canada will participate before hosting the men's FIFA World Cup in 2026. Those North American teams are the only...
Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life
Mongabay
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July 4, 2025
As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures. Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by...
One Guyana Stage of Champions Bodybuilding Classic…Guyanese Ramsammy, Surinamese Henery and Kromokarijo capture pro-cards
Guyana Chronicle
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June 9, 2025
ON Saturday evening, the National Cultural Centre hosted the country’s first professional bodybuilding qualifier show, which saw Guyanese Christina Ramsammy as well as Surinamese Rafael Kromokarijo and Marlon Henery capturing coveted professional...
Screams of ‘rot in hell’ and ‘you f***ing freak’ as John Belfield jailed for life for murder of love rival Thomas Campbell
Manchester Evening News
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July 4, 2025
A court erupted in screams of ‘rot in hell’, 'rat' and ‘you f***ing freak’ as John Belfield was jailed for life for the murder of Thomas Campbell. Belfield, 31, recruited a team to help him kill Campbell after he began a relationship with Demi-Lee...
CARICOM Classic 2025 Chess Team Tournament
Guyana Chronicle
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July 4, 2025
-Trinidad and Tobago leads after four rounds TRINIDAD and Tobago is currently leading the CARICOM Classic Chess Team Tournament after four rounds. The tournament is being held at the Pegasus Suites and Corporate Centre in Georgetown, Guyana. The...