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Matchmaking and marriage services: Do Indians in the diaspora need them?
ACCORDING TO Rao Prakasa (1982), the traditional arranged Indian marriage matchmaker is called anag-waa, or nayan. The matchmaker is normally a family friend or distant relative, or maulvi, imam or pandit who serves as a neutral go-between when...
Owner: RJRGLEANER Communications Group
The Diocese of The Windward Islands
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The New Today Grenada
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The Thirty-Ninth triennial Synod of the (Anglican) Diocese of the Windward Islands is scheduled for Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th October, 2025 with Sunday 5th and Thursday 9th being travelling days. The concelebrated Holy Eucharist to mark the...
Owner: Impact Printers Grenada Ltd.
Transat Café L’Or – The event can begin
The fleet has gathered in Le Havre ahead of the opening of the TRANSAT CAFÉ L’OR village. With just nine days remaining until the start of the 17th edition of the race, all skippers have now arrived, marking the beginning of festivities. The...
Owner: Steve Bryant
Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles to receive Kompa Recognition Award at 2026 Haitian Music Awards
Dominica News Online - Monday, October 6th, 2025 at 8:53 AM Dominica’s Cultural Ambassador and Creole advocate Leroy “Wadix” Charles has been named a Recognition Award Recipient at the 10th Annual Haitian Music Awards (PHMA), scheduled for...
Owner: Timothy Durand
Preparation continues and work steadily progresses for the World Creole Music Festival(WCMF) 2025
Ayodele AndrewPreparation works are ongoing and steadily progressing for the 25th Edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF). This was according to Festivals and Events Manager at Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) Ayodele Andrew while...
Owner: Timothy Durand
Frieze London Restores Market Confidence and Outsells Expectations
Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened on October 15. Photo: Linda Nylind | Courtesy of Frieze The energy on the opening day of Frieze London on October 15 felt less like a post-Brexit correction and more like the city sliding back into its...
Owner: Joseph Meyer
Back-to-back: PH's Emma Mary Tiglao wins Miss Grand International 2025
October 18, 2025 | 11:36pm MANILA, Philippines — Emma Mary Tiglao bested 76 other international delegates to be crowned the 13th Miss Grand International at glitzy rites in Bangkok, Thailand. It was technically a back-to-back victory, with...
Owner: Manuel V. Pangilinan
Miss Grand International 2025: Philippines’ Emma Tiglao enters Top 22
Emma Tiglao at Miss Grand International 2025. Photo: Screengrab from YouTube/GrandTV Emma Tiglao of Philippines delivered a strong start as she entered the Top 22 of the Miss Grand International 2025 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday,...
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Inside the San Francisco Fall Show's Preview Gala
On October 15, it was an aesthete’s oasis at the opening-night gala for the San Francisco Fall Show, where a veritable well of beauty—in the form of antiques, art and design—sprung up as a timely reminder that paradise can be found wherever you...
Owner: Hearst Family
September 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest September on record
September 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest September in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, behind only 2023 and 2024, said the European Copernicus Climate Change Service on Oct. 9. The Japan Meteorological Agency also rated...
Owner: Yale University
A new entertainment venue and bar looks to become a Media staple
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The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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With the exception of a sign etched onto a glass window on the ground floor, there’s no indication that an entertainment venue and bar awaits beyond the doors of Media’s predominately office-focused Phoenix building. Inside is equally vague....
Owner: The Lenfest Institute
"We plan to start exporting Japanese pumpkins to the U.S. in early 2026"
Panama is strengthening its role as a reliable supplier of tropical fruits and roots in global markets, supported by a climate that enables year-round production. While other countries in the region face disruptions from rain or drought, the...
Owner: Pieter Boekhout
JetSetters Grenada to engage SVG teams in Netball and Volleyball
The much anticipated annual retreat of the JetSetters Sports Club of Grenada, known as ‘The Thanksgiving Games’, will take place this year in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), from Friday, October, 17 to Monday, October,20, 2025. Over the four...
Owner: Interactive Media Ltd (Corletha Ollivierre, Editor & Chairman)
Winning Moments: 76 Photographs From The 2025 Ocean Photographer Of The Year Awards
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AOL
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The Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 has once again brought together some of the world’s most powerful and inspiring ocean imagery. Hosted by Oceanographic Magazine, the competition celebrates the beauty of the sea while also shining a light on...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Air Transat adds routes, boosts year-round service for summer 2026
Air Transat has unveiled a series of major additions to its summer 2026 network. Central to these new developments are exclusive transatlantic routes such as Quebec City–Marseille and Ottawa–London Gatwick, as well as the annualization of several...
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Friday essay: Peter Jackson, the Black Australian boxing champion you’ve never heard of
As we approach the headstone of Peter Jackson’s grave, we glimpse a flash of red at its base. Getting closer, we see that it’s a pair of boxing gloves. They are brand-new Fila gloves that retail for around A$80, so someone has spent a bit of...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group
Reparations and the Collapse of Western Immunity
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teleSUR
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We are all here united by an agreement in principle and a statement: The time for reparations has come! Faced with this evidence: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? The title of a 1902 book by a certain Lenin, Lenin who would lead the Bolshevik revolution in...
Owner: Venezuelan Government
FULL LIST: Lisabi, 3 Cold Dishes, others earn nominations at 2025 AMAA awards
The 21st Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has announced its nominees, showcasing the best of African cinema. Burkina Faso’s “Katanga: Dance of the Scorpions” tops the list with 10 nominations, followed closely by Nigeria’s “Lisabi: The Uprising”...
Owner: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
AMAA 2025: Burkina Faso’s ‘Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions,’ Nigeria’s ‘Lisabi’ are top contenders
The nominations for the 21st Africa Movies Academy Awards, AMAA, were announced on Saturday evening ahead of the 2025 edition. African actors of Nigerian descent, including Lilian Aluko, Emeka Ossai, Charles Inojie, and Adaora Anyanwu, announced...
Owner: Dapo Olorunyomi
AMAA 2025: ‘Lisabi,’ ‘Katunga,’ ‘Freedom Way’ Lead Nominations
The nominations for the 21st Africa Movies Academy Awards, AMAA have been announced on Saturday evening, ahead of the 2025 edition. The nominations were announced by African actors of Nigerian descent including Lilian Aluko, Emeka Ossai, Charles...
Owner: Nduka Obaigbena