SURINAME – A woman and her two daughters on Friday testified against 24-year-old SB who is being suspected of having committed sexual acts with his 12-year-old sister-in-law. The victim testified that her brother-in-law wanted to sexually abuse her on March 12 but that he failed in his attempt because her mother came in the bedroom. He had, however, abused her sexually on a previous occasion. The mother-in-law of the suspect who is the mother of the victim pressed charges against him. She told the court that she when she was sick and lying in bed her son-in-law approached her and asked her how she was doing and why she had not died yet…[+]

SURINAME – Rosebel Gold Mines NV, subsidiary of IAMGOLD, has contributed  $53.4 million to the treasury in 2014. This is about 50% less than the sum that was given to the treasury in 2013 namely $ 107 million. The annual figures were presented at General Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday. Rosebel Gold Mines issued a press release, indicating that the drop in the financial contribution is caused by various factors. One of the reasons for the drop is the lower gold production in 2014 (3% or 11.620 troy ounce lower than in 2013) and a  12% rise in production costs…[+]

SURINAME – Statistics indicate that Parliament has not been able to convene about 16 times during the 2010-2015 term in office due to lack of quorum. “Most of the sessions took place until the end of October 2014,” said the chairwoman of Parliament, Jenny Geerlings-Simons. The quorum issue mainly had a grip on Parliament after October 2014. Legislators did not convene for about 3 months…[+]

SURINAME – ““You can see who is lying. It has been said that the person is in the hinterland. You have all seen that he was in Nickerie giving a performance. You can see who is lying and who is not lying. Who is honest and who is not honest,” Krishna Hussainali-Mathoera told Times of Suriname on Thursday after the lawsuit was postponed because a challenge had been filed. She had filed a lawsuit against Rashied Doekhie as a person and as chief executive of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in Nickerie and against the NDP…[+]

SURINAME – “The Water Supply Department does not reach settlements with anybody,” said the head of the department, Marlon Oosterling who added that if somebody has breached the rules, that somebody must first pay the fine at the Central Bank of Suriname before being given access again to water. This applies to everybody without regard to persons. Oosterling made it clear that there will be no settlement in the case of PM  Sheilendra Girjasing. The Water Supply Department recently reported that an illegal water pipe had been discovered close to the residence of the legislator. “Girjasing must not act like a martyr…[+]

SURINAME – The leaders of the  V7 bloc, Chandrikapersad Santokhi (VHP); Celsius Waterberg (BEP);  Guno Castelen (SPA) and Paul Somohardjo (PL), during a visit to the Central Market indicated that they want the building to be renovated as soon as possible. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, coordinator of the  V7 bloc, indicated that the last time he visited the Central Market was in 2014 and that the market is still in a bad condition. He pointed out that he had presented the issue in Parliament on several occasions but that nothing has been done yet…[+]

SURINAME – Three masked robbers on Wednesday morning robbed two drivers along the Henarweg. The perpetrators who were driving a stolen car cut off a driver along the Henarweg around 7:45 a.m. When they realized that they had ‘caught’ the wrong person, they got out and aimed their guns at him. They robbed the driver of his iPhone and Galaxy phone, wallet which contained SRD 500 and a driver’s license and drove off in the victim’s car, leaving behind their stolen car. They then tried to cut off an entrepreneur but drove into a gutter…[+]

SURINAME –  The 30,000 members of the ODE (Development Through Unity) party  will not go to the polls on Election Day, May 25,” said the chairman of ODE,  Ferdinand Louis. The chairman of the political party pointed out that after his March 31, 2015 press conference, he tried to contact the political parties with the biggest chances of winning. According to Louis, the National Democratic Party (NDP), the ABOP and the V7 members parties namely VHP, NPS, SPA, DA91, PL, KTPI and  BEP have the biggest chances of winning.(foto:bangladeshchronicle.net)…[+]

SURINAME – The governor of the Central Bank of  Suriname (CBvS), Gillmore Hoefdraad, feels insulted by a cartoon that the political parties from the V7 bloc have placed in various local newspapers. The CEO of the nation’s central bank pointed out that the cartoon is aimed at tainting the reputation of the Central Bank of Suriname and his skills as monetary expert.  The CBvS on Wednesday issued  a press release, announcing that the political parties that form the V7 bloc have placed a cartoon of the current and former governor of the CBvS as part of their political campaign. The two figures appear to be conversing in Sranan Tongo and particularly in street language…[+]

SURINAME – The Central Civil Affairs (CBB) has produced about 40,000 identification cards from Janauary until May 13 2015. Valerie Finsy, coordinator of the ID card work group, indicate that more ID cards were produced this time. Statistics from 2010 indicate that about 33,000 ID cards had bene produced during the election period in 2010.  As of January about 350 people visit the CBB on a daily basis to get an ID card for the very first time or to get a new one…[+]