Suriname

By Ivan  Cairo

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Jun 14, CM...

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Barbados has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Guyana in various areas, including agriculture, to achieve food security and housing. Over the weekend, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Business Development, Sandra Husbands, Special Envoy to Guyana and Suriname, Alphea Wiggins and officials of several public and private sector entities...

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By Ivan Cairo

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Feb 11, CMC...

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FOR 10 years, sisters Miriam Menso and Marilva Boksmeer dreamed about starting a fashion line to highlight the multi-racial culture of their native Suriname. That became reality in 2021 with the launch of M&M Royalty, which is based in Amsterdam.

The siblings got a big boost late last year when organisers of New York Fashion Week (NYFW) responded positively to creations they sent to Flying Solo, a company that oversees the event's fledgling designers.

As of 30th November, on the 55th anniversary of its independence, Barbados became the fifth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to become a republic, following in the footsteps of Dominica, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago. Republican status carries an enormous amount of symbolism for Barbados, and important lessons for other Caribbean countries that still pledge allegiance to European monarchs.

Building on the strong partnership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United States– through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)–announced $2.5 million in urgent COVID-19 assistance for countries in the Eastern Caribbean region, The Bahamas, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. This assistance will provide further support for the operational costs of COVID...

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The way how industrialised countries held on to COVID-19 vaccines while the rest of the world struggled for access, should be a signal to Caribbean countries about the need to have food security in the event of a crisis because big countries will look out for their own people first.

The caution has come from the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in a recent blog post from the Barbados-headquartered agency.

St Vincent and the Grenadines’ male Under-20 footballers have been drawn in Group C of the CONCACAF qualifiers, set for the Dominican Republic, November 5 to 14.

The Vincentians will contest the group, alongside Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Barbados and Montserrat.

St Vincent and the Grenadines will open their quest on November 8 versus Puerto Rico and face Barbados on November 10. On November 12, St Vincent and the Grenadines entertain Bermuda and close off against Montserrat on November 14.

WITH the global rage of COVID-19 and racial unrest in the United States, Empress Miriam Simone says there is need for uplifting music now more than ever.

Hence, Higher Heights - her latest song which not only calls for a return to world sanity, but glories the Rastafarian faith she has practised for over 10 years.

KINGSTON – Barbadian accounting professional and entrepreneur, Simpson is new ICAC presidentSimpson is new ICAC presidentSimpson is new ICAC president, has been appointed as President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) for the Association’s 2021 to 2023 term.