PARAMARIBO – Bij een gewapende roofoverval zijn grote bedragen buitgemaakt. Daarbij zijn SRD 2 miljoen, 95 duizend euro en USD 100 duizend weggenomen. Een lid van het Directoraat Nationale Veiligheid (DNV) was samen met een collega bezig het geld te transporteren vanuit de Prins Hendrikstraat naar de Anamoestraat. Op de hoek van de Raghoebarweg en Simanstraat werden zij klemgereden waarna meteen op de wagen is geschoten. Het geld was in een tas op de achterbank geplaatst die is weggenomen door de verdachten. De voorruit van het voertuig hield kogelinslagen over. Het lid van DNV die de wagen bestuurde, liep vier schotwonden op in de schouder, de heup en de buikstreek. Zijn collega is ongedeerd gebleven…[+]
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Man loopt brandwonden op
PARAMARIBO – Een man liep dinsdag brandwonden op aan de Javaweg. Twee kinderen (5 en 6) zouden met vuur hebben gespeeld. De melding van de woningbrand kwam om 15.30 uur. Brandweervoorlichter Olton Pinas zegt aan de krant dat de melding binnenkwam van een laagbouwwoning met een oppervlakte van 15 bij 8 meter. Het huis was aangesloten op het elektriciteitsnet. De twee kinderen waren bezig te spelen met een aansteker op een matras, dat vlam heeft gevat. De buurman die op hetzelfde adres woont, zag rook komen uit de woning. Hij ging meteen om hulp te bieden en wist het matras naar buiten te verplaatsen. De buurman liep eerstegraadsbrandwonden op en ging per eigen gelegenheid voor medische behandeling…[+]
Historic deep freeze to hit US northeast as ice storm subsides in south
A record-breaking deep freeze is expected in the northeast US as thousands in the country’s south remain without power after a deadly ice storm. The cold blast could bring “once-in-a-generation” wind chills that cause frostbite in less than 10 minutes, the National Weather Service warned. Residents from Pennsylvania to Maine are being urged to limit their time outdoors through Friday and Saturday. Boston, which is anticipating sub-zero wind chills, is under a cold emergency. “I urge all Boston residents to take precautions, stay warm and safe, and check on your neighbours,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement. Temperatures in New York City and other major cities are also expected to bottom out in the single digits (Fahrenheit, around -13C to -17C) by Saturday, although forecasters predict they will rebound by the end of the weekend. At least eight people have died in the bad weather across the US south over the past several days. More than 500,000 people were without power as of Thursday afternoon in Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi, according to poweroutage.us.(BBC)…[+]
Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from powerful House committee
Republicans have ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from her committee post in a sign of escalating tensions in the US Congress. They voted to remove Ms Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments about Israel. Republicans said the move sent a strong statement against antisemitism. But Democrats and Ms Omar said it was revenge after two Republicans were ousted from committees in 2020 when Democrats held a House majority. Ms Omar also suggested she was being removed due to her being a Muslim woman who immigrated to the US as a refugee. “Is anyone surprised that I am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about American foreign policy?” she said shortly before the vote.
Republicans secured a majority in the House of Representatives following the midterm elections in November, and members voted along party lines to remove Ms Omar on Thursday. She is one of three high-profile Democrats to lose a committee assignment under the new House majority, which is led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Some Republicans – including Mr McCarthy – argued Ms Omar should not serve on the powerful foreign affairs committee owing to her past comments about Israel that have, at times, been criticised by members from both parties.(BBC)…[+]
Israel says Sudan peace deal to be signed in Washington
Israel and Sudan will sign an “historic peace agreement” in Washington in a few months’ time, Israel’s foreign minister announced following talks in Khartoum. Eli Cohen said the text of the agreement was finalised during his one-day visit to see Sudanese leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Sudan agreed two years ago to normalise relations with Israel but a deal has never been implemented. It would become the latest Arab League country to establish such ties. The UAE, Bahrain and Morocco have officially normalised relations with Israel since 2020 as part of the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Historically, members of the Arab League had refused to recognise Israel, a factor in perpetuating the Arab-Israeli conflict. Egypt became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994. An accord with Sudan holds particular symbolic importance as Khartoum was the venue for an Arab League meeting in 1967 where members vowed not to recognise Israel, after the Arab-Israeli war three months earlier.(BBC)…[+]
Twee betrokkenen corruptieschandaal Europees Parlement mogelijk vervolgd
Nederlandse bende opgerold na meer dan vijftig plofkraken in Duitsland
Nog nooit zoveel bedreigde neushoorns gestroopt in Namibië
Oudste profvoetballer ooit (55) gaat verrassend aan de slag in Portugal
United wint opnieuw van Nottingham en bereikt eerste finale onder Ten Hag




