SURINAME – Soewarto Moestadja on Wednesday ‘resigned’ as deputy chairman and member of Pertjajah Luhur (PL) and left the PL party with his old party Democrats 21 (D21).  Moestajda announced this news at a press conference on Wednesday morning. “I really was not happy about the current situation and the manner in which I was treated when candidates for Parliament were being put on the V7’s list in Paramaribo which I why I decided to take this step,” said Moestadja who added that at the moment he is busy negotiating with his own people and other parties and that he will announce his plans for the future in a couple of days…[+]

SURINAME – The medicine supply of the Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) is guaranteed for one year.  AZP General Director Antoine Brahim explained that the government has covered 50% of the bills after the hospital was not able to pay the people that deliver the medicines. The supervisory board and the Office of the  Vice President have come up with solutions together and this has resulted in guaranteeing medicines for one year…[+]

SURINAME – Police officers reportedly were instructed to go undercover to investigate District Attorney RA. RA is reportedly being suspected of having accepted bribes, abusing his authority, blackmail and embezzlement.  Defense Attorney Hemradj Matawli who is representing RA with  his colleague Irvin Kanhai told Times of Suriname that he will comment on the charges at a press conference scheduled for this week.  Sources indicated that RA claimed that he would never accept $ 5,000 for giving back a driver’s license…[+]

SURINAME – “The V7 bloc has decided to beef up its election campaign,” Mahinder Rathipal, secretary of V7, told Times of Suriname. “We have monitored several polls closely and do not trivialize any of them. We take all the results serious and all of them indicate that the people are not that familiar yet with the V7 brand. That is why we will beef up our campaign by adding more activities to our election program between now and the elections,” said Rathipal. One of the big activities that the V7 bloc has added to its calendar  is the waka (walk) through various neighborhoods. “We had already planned a few walks but because the people claim that they are not familiar with the candidates for Parliament, area and district councils, we decided to organize more walks…[+]

SURINAME – Political parties who do not agree with the decision of the main voting bureaus to cross several candidates off the lists have sent their appeals to the president.  The Amazone Party ( APS), Democracy and Development in Unity  (DOE) and the Mega Front bloc (MF) told Times of Suriname that they have dropped off their appeals at the Office of the President. The AC bloc and several other parties had indicated that they would also hand in their appeals but it is still unclear if they have already done this…[+]

SURINAME – The  Energy Company Suriname  (EBS) will be divided, thereby making it possible for separate public limited companies to run the energy production and energy supply. President Desire Bouterse on Monday acknowledged that it is true that the government has already negotiated with a public limited company and that a deal has been inked. The splicing of the EBS will soon take place…[+]

SURINAME – The police arrested six suspect for the murder of a 55-year-old taxi driver. The body of Dharmradj Adhien was discovered in a gutter along the Mawakaboweg on Sunday afternoon. Inspector Glenn Fernand, head of the Capital Crime Department, told the press on Monday that one of the suspects lived in the same house as the victim…[+]

SURINAME – The Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM) at the arraignment of substitute District Attorney R.A. on Monday indicated that his arrest is lawful.  Acting Attorney General Roy Bajnath Panday who on Monday shared this information with the media at a press briefing indicated that the examining judge still has to make a decision. A chief district attorney reportedly handled the judicial examination at the suspect’s arraignment...[+]

SURINAME – On April 17, 2015, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘BB-‘  long-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Suriname. The outlook  remains stable. At the same time, Standard & Poor’s affirmed their  ‘B’ short-term sovereign  credit ratings on Suriname and our ‘BB’ transfer and convertibility (T&C)  assessment.  The ratings on Suriname reflect its narrow economy that is vulnerable to  commodity price swings, monetary and exchange rate rigidities, shallow  domestic capital markets, and a high level of dollar-denominated assets and  liabilities in its financial system…[+]

SURINAME – Eleven people became homeless during the weekend after their home which is located along the Claudia Wensstraat at  Ephraimszegen went up in flames. Fire Department spokesman  Olton Pinas told Times of Suriname that adults and children lived in the building. Several people were not at home when the fire started. Nobody was injured during the fire…[+]