SURINAME – During the past couple of days the leader of the Alternative Combination (AC),Ronnie Brunswijk, and the chairman of  Pertjahah Luhur (PL), Paul Somohardjo, have been assembled  the elected candidates within their party to warn them about possible recruitment attempts by the National Democratic Party (NDP). Brunwsijk and Somohardjo pointed out that the NDP is busy trying to convince candidates who got a seat in Parliament, a District Council (DR) or Area Council (RR) to collaborate so that a new government can be formed…[+]

SURINAME  – The chairman of the BEP party, Celsius Waterberg, on Wednesday pointed out that his party is not planning on making separate decisions within the V7 bloc. The BEP also does not plan on holding separate talks with other political parties regarding joint ventures.  “We are in a combination and we work as a combination. We headed towards the elections as partners and that will not change,” said Waterberg who added that decisions within the bloc are made in a democratic manner…[+]

SURINAME – Three masked robbers on Wednesday morning robbed a family in their home which is located at the corner of the  Tampoea- and the  Merveilleweg. The perpetrators who showed up at 4:30 a.m. made off with a hunting rifle; SRD 36,000; $ 5,000; € 25,000 and a box that contained jewels…[+]

SURINAME – The main voting bureau of the Sipaliwini District on Wednesday announced that Erwin Linga (1,652 votes) , Aida  Nading (461 votes) from the National Democratic Party (NDP), Rudolf Zeeman from V7 (1,091 votes) and  Dinotha Vorswijk from the AC (1,074 votes) are the new legislators who were elected by the voters from this district. The Sipaliwini District reportedly has 64 Area Council (RR) seats. The NDP reportedly reeled in 47 RR seats while the V7 bloc got 16. The AC only got 1 RR seat. This district has 11 District Council (DR)  seats. The NDP got 8 DR seats while the V7 got 3…[+]

SURINAME – “I find it awful that I am not allowed to vote. It is painful that I can’t choose my leader. I made a mistake by ending up in prison,” an inmate told Times of Suriname. He explained that he was given a prison sentence after he had been found guilty of robbery and that this is why he has been excluded from the right to vote.  “I really wanted to go to the polls. My fellow inmates also wanted to vote but that is not possible given the circumstances. I ended up behind bars in the wrong period…[+]

SURINAME – A 27-year-old man on Monday afternoon was arrested on arson charges. After the  suspect had set his house on fire, the neighbor’s house caught fire. The houses were located along the Nagriweg in the  Wanica District. Olton Pinas, spokesman of the Fire Department Suriname (KBS), told Times of Suriname that the KBS received the call around 15:13 and that the firefighters left the station within two minutes after having received the call. The fire was under control around 15:45 but the two wooden houses had been burnt to the ground…[+]

SURINAME – The observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday indicated that they were impressed by the peaceful propaganda that was being made at the polling stations nationwide. Irene Klinger, coordinator of the OAS mission told Times of Suriname that the OAS observers visited about 220 polling stations nationwide on Monday and that they were impressed to see the sympathizers from various political parties treat each other in a friendly manner…[+]

The Independent Electoral Bureau (OKB) expects that the international observers of tge Union of South American Nations, Unasur, and the Organisation of American States, OAS, will refrain from all acts and or behaviors that may induce the appearance of partiality, said OKB chairman Jennifer van Dijk-Silos during her presentation to the international observers on Saturday…[+]

The anti-corruption bill will be passed before the end of this year, when the V7 government comes to power. This strong pledge was made by Gregory Rusland, chairman of the National Party of Suriname during the final mass meeting of the political combination in Grun Dyari. “It is time to choose between corruption and good governance.” The chairman who briefly went back in history said that when this government was chosen in 2010 people hoped that the leaders would have learnt from mistakes in the past. Unfortunately these politicians again made false promises and the people live in uncertainty. The only projects which have actually been carried out were initiatives from the previous government, the chairman stressed…[+]

During the final mass meeting of the National Democratic Party (NDP) on Saturday Ashwin Adhin was presented as the vice president of the NDP. “If the people want the NDP to run the country again another five years, then Adhin will be the new vice president of Suriname,” said President Desi Bouterse. To Adhin this nomination was a total surprise. Bouterse is the presidential candidate and Jennifer Geerlings-Simons has been nominated for a second term as chairwoman of the National Assembly. Bouterse’s announcement totally surprised Adhin and in his first reaction he said: “I am surprised and do not know how to react. The president totally took me by surprise with this nomination…[+]