A canvasser and two political witnesses were dismissed in the district of Commewijne. The canvasser had to leave, because he lost two voter registration cards. In the district of Brokopondo a political witness was fired. This person is a member of the General Liberation and Development Party (ABOP). In the field, however, he wanted to act on behalf of the National Development Party (NOP)…[+]

SURINAME – A woman and her six children between the ages 1 and 7 became homeless after their home went up in flames on Wednesday night. Olton Pinas, spokesman of the Fire Department (KBS), told Times of Suriname that the Albina fire station  received the call around 21:33. Firefighters left the station within two minutes after the call and headed to the house which was located along the Mohammed Jules Williamweg...[+]

SURINAME – “The time when the labor movement is silenced with the divide and conquer policy must come to an end,” said the chairman of the National Party Suriname (NPS), Gregory Rusland, when wreaths were put at the statues of Jagernath Lachmon and  Johan Adolf ‘Jopie’ Pengel on May 1, Labor Day. “Nowadays things are very quiet within the unions because of various reasons even though there are huge problems. This will soon change on May 25…[+]

SURINAME – Criminals have reportedly stolen $30,000 and 8 passports out of a white car last week. The person who reported the money and the passports stolen had parked the car in front of a restaurant along the Prinsenstraat. He got out of the car to buy food but left the bag that contained the money and the passports in the car. He most likely forgot to close the doors. When he returned to the car, he realized what had happened and notified the police…[+]

SURINAME – Two boys recently fought over a girl at a school located in Livorno. One of the boys who is a friend of the girl did not like it when he saw her talking to another boy. He therefore decided to have a talk with the other boy. The boys reportedly started arguing and eventually ended up hitting each other. A teacher reportedly broke up the fight…[+]

SURINAME  – “The US-based international credit rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service on April 22 maintained  Suriname’s credit rating at Ba3 with a positive outlook. Both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch rate Suriname BB-minus with a stable outlook. Moody’s will reportedly visit Suriname later this year,” said the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) in a press release. According to Moody’s, On one hand Suriname’s current credit rating is a reflection of positive growth expectations and relatively low government debt and interest charges and on the other hand it reflects economic and fiscal vulnerability and volatile prices of raw materials and low institutional capacity…[+]

SURINAME – The Progressive Laborers’ and Farmers’ Union (PALU) has reportedly managed to get the number 1, 2, 3 and 4 position on the ballots in the districts where it is participating in the elections. “If the signs are not lying, this sequence will bring nothing but luck for PALU,” said Henk Ramnandanlal whose name is on top of the list of candidates for Parliament in Paramaribo. He was definitely all smiles when it became clear that his party would be the first on the ballot for Paramaribo. Henky Chin Woei pulled the number 1 ticket for his party during the lottery draw…[+]

SURINAME  – President Desire Bouterse has rejected all the petitions that were handed in by Democracy and Development in Unity (DOE) and the Party for Integrity, National Motivation and Equal Opportunities (PING). DOE and PING had lodged petition in response to the decision to remove some of their candidates for parliament, district councils (DRs) and area councils (RRs). 8 political parties in total had handed in 43 petitions in total. 13 petitions have reportedly been rejected…[+]

SURINAME – Police officers from Munder  arrested four young men between the ages 15 to 28 during the weekend. The men are being suspected of having stolen motorcycles and being part of a gang that specializes in motorcycle thefts. Investigators are trying to track down other suspects because they believe that there are more people behind the motorcycle thefts.  The police stumbled upon this gang while patrolling the streets…[+]

SURINAME – Over 232,000 voter notification cards have been handed out nationwide.  Arun Hardien, member of the Elections 2015 Management Team, pointed out that this means that about 65% of all voter notification cards have been delivered to voters. About 103,000 voters in Paramaribo have received their voter notification card. Hardien pointed out that in the Saramacca District about 85% of all voter notification cards have been delivered to voters. About 82% of the voters living in the districts Nickerie and Commewijne have also received their voter notification card. Less than 47% of the voter notification cards have been delivered in the districts  Marowijne, Brokopondo and  Sipaliwini…[+]