A policeman on Wednesday morning accidentally shot himself in the right leg with an illegal weapon. The incident took place at Geyersvlijt at 2 a.m.  The policeman had to be rushed to the Emergency Room in an ambulance.  Police Inspector Ruben Dijks, police chief at the Geyersvlijt Police Department, confirmed the reports…[+]

A 28-year-old male nurse who works at the Academic Hospital Paramaribo  (AZP) has been arrested on rape charges. The suspect  who has been a  nurse for six years allegedly raped a pregnant patient who had been admitted to the hospital for observation. The suspect called her at night for a check-up and escorted her to the treatment. When they were inside the treatment room he put her hands on her mouth, felt her up and had sex with her against her will…[+]

Police officers from the Arrest Team (A Team) recently rounded up a gang of four Brazilian robbers. Police Inspector Ulrich Tjin Liep Shie, head of the A Team, confirmed the arrests. At the time of their arrest the Brazilians had 4 five shooters, a rifle and a Glock pistol on them. The police confiscated the weapons. The suspects were arrested in a village located along the Marowijne River in the Sipaliwini District after the officers from the special police unit had received a tip from a concerned  citizen…[+]

“In the past you as member of the District Council (DR) or Regional Council (RR) could just sit at home and wait for your salary but now you are expected to contact the Administrator’s Service and to be busy in your region or district,” District Commissioner Jerry Miranda told the people from Paramaribo who have been elected as members of the local RRs and DRs and who had convened in Congreshal to be sworn in. DC Miranda pointed out that the hearings and the beautiful figures that are presented to the minister in a district plan must become a thing of the past. “The plan is handed in and in the end there is a lack of funds to get things done…[+]

Legislators have until July 10 to present their candidates for the election of a new president and vice president. The election will take place on July 14 during a special public session of Parliament. The chairwoman of Parliament, Jennifer Simons indicated that each candidate must be supported by at least 7 members of Parliament…[+]

President Desi Bouterse will hold talks about the State’s current financial situation with the monetary authorities this week. The president’s plan to hold talks with the monetary authorities is one of the steps that he is taking as a result of the orientation talks that took place recently.  Especially the financial institutes and entrepreneurs have expressed their concerns during talks with Bouterse who is also the person tasked with forming the new government.  Winston Lackin, spokesman of Bouterse’s  National Democratic Party (NDP), pointed out that the concerns did not fall on deaf ears…[+]

“My parents only have the clothes that they were wearing. Everything else went up in flames. My parents have nothing left,” Rishie Bisoen told Times of Suriname after the house of his parents that is located at Tamansarie KM 12.5 went up in flames on Monday. Bisoen pointed out that his parents went to the doctor on Monday. His younger brother, Nawien, who still lives with their parents was at work. Bisoen went to his parent’s house after he received a call about the fire…[+]

The teacher from the Petuhniaschool who threw an eraser at a student was reportedly angry at the time of the incident. The students were reportedly throwing erasers through the class and one of the erasers hit the teacher’s foot. She then picked it up and threw it back at the student who had thrown it but the eraser hit another student’s head. The male student reportedly sustained a head injury. Chief Inspector John Koorndijk pointed out that students are inclined to challenge teachers who fill in for other teachers but “that the teacher should have handled the situation differently.”…[+]

Parliament will soon hold a session to elect the nation’s president and vice president. Given the current state of affairs Desi Bouterse (NDP) will be reelected president for a second term. The progressive Reform Party (VHP) and the National Party Suriname  (NPS) from the opposition reportedly will not present rival candidates. Bouterse and vice president elect  Ashwin Adhin  can already count on 32 votes but they need 2 more votes. It is suspected that the 2 additional votes will be provided by either the VHP or the NPS…[+]

Suriname will continue to purchase oil from Venezuela. The last few years Suriname has been supplied with 4.6 million oil barrels through the PetroCaribe agreement. On Monday 29 June the 15th Ministerial Council of PetroCaribe was held in Caracas and it was headed by Venezuela’s Minister for Petroleum and Mining, Asdrúbal Chávez. The meeting was held on the occasion of the 10th birthday of the regional PetroCaribe energy supply agreement. During this meeting the member states evaluated the PetroCaribe Agreement. This is stated in a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was issued on Friday…[+]