People in Suriname in various parts of the country noticed the ground beneath their feet shaking slightly around 12:30 on Thursday afternoon. The light shaking could be felt in various districts including Paramaribo. Lieutenant-colonel Jerry Slijngaard from the National Coordination Center for Disaster Control (NCCR) told Times of Suriname that experiencing light shaking in Suriname is not strange. He recalled that over a year ago several people had felt similar shaking in Suriname…[+]

The jail houses in the Wanica District are crowded and can’t ‘accommodate’ anymore suspects. Police Inspector, Radjen Sital, police chief at De Nieuwe Grond, told Times of Suriname that he was confronted with this problem on Tuesday. Most of the suspects who are currently locked up in the jail houses were arrested on attempted burglary charges…[+]

Diepakkoemar Chitan and Raymond Sapoen, legislators from Pertjajah Luhur (PL), are asking a SRD 1 million in damages from the main board of PL party for each day that the party is making it difficult for them to do their job as representatives of the people. According to both MPs, PL chairman Paul Somohardjo in particular is an annoying ‘jammer’ who keeps on doing everything he can to keep them out of Parliament. Judge Ingrid Lachitjaran on Thursday indicated that both parties are expected back in court next week in the case of Sapoen and Chitan versus PL. The PL’s attorney is expected to present the party’s answer to the demand for damages on Tuesday…[+]

Two women on Wednesday testified against orderly DS who is being suspected of multiple counts of abortion. They told the court that they were pregnant but did not want their child which is why they opted for an abortion. They also told the court that DS helped them with the abortion and that they had paid him for his services. One of the women told the court that she wanted an abortion because she had two boyfriends but did not know which one of them had impregnated her. She was convinced that it could become clear who the father was after the child was born. She was also afraid of her mother which is why she went to a clinic located along the Watermolenstraat…[+]

A 57-year-old man was found dead in a car on Tuesday night. Reports indicate that the car was parked at De Nieuwe Grond. The man had reportedly taken a woman to a guesthouse. When he wanted to leave the place, he lost control over the steering wheel while driving backwards. His car hit the wall and smoke came from the car. The woman jumped out of the car and left the man behind. A doctor who was called to the scene indicated that the man was dead…[+]

“There are no grounds to recall Raymond Sapoen and Diepakkoemar Chitan”, Nailah van Dijk told Times of Suriname. She has filed a lawsuit against Pertjajah Luhur (PL) on behalf of her clients, Sapoen and Chitan, who want the judge to forbid the PL party from keeping them from doing their job as legislators and to order the PL party to stop recalling them until a ruling has been announced on the matter in a different court. According to Van Dijk, the PL has indicated that the reason for the recall is that the two members have ‘exited, the PL group…[+]

“We will stay here even if you chase us away. We are not going anywhere,” said MP Ronnie Brunswijk from the ABOP party during the special public session of Parliament on Tuesday. MP Brunswijk, chairman of the ABOP, congratulated reelected president Desire Bouterse and the nation’s new vice president, Ashwin Adhin on behalf of his party and indicated that the ABOP will take a constructive stance in Parliament…[+]

““We are going to experience difficult times,” said Desire Bouterse after being reelected president for a second term. President Bouterse predicted a heavy recession and based his prediction of the current state of the global economy. The president even indicated that the recession could have the same magnitude as the one from 1929 which is generally referred to as the Great Depression of 1929 and the Wall Street Crash of 1929. “The shocks of the recession could be cushioned if the preliminary work is done properly,” said the president at a press conference. He referred to the recession of 2008 and to the fact that Suriname experienced the aftershocks but nevertheless managed to achieve an economic growth of 4.5%…[+]

A would-be burglar on Monday was shot twice before being arrested. 48-year-old MC reportedly sustained two gunshot wounds in his left leg and was taken to the Emergency Room in an ambulance. The suspect had reportedly tried to break into a house located in Nieuwe Haven. Neighbors called a policewoman who lives in the same residential area after they had spotted the suspect…[+]

The Anti Narcotics Brigade of the Police Force Suriname (KPS) recently arrested a Guyanese man in relation to the recent discovery of a marihuana field along the Larecoweg in the Nickerie District. The Guyanese man who was arrested on Sunday was in charge of keeping the field clean and also planted crops on it. The suspect told investigators that he knew nothing about the marihuana plants that were growing in the field. An old couple used to live there but after they moved away the suspect was put in charge of keeping it clean…[+]