SURINAME – “Now that Suriname’s first ever homes factory is operational we can start meeting the huge demand for houses,” President Desi Bouterse said on Friday at the opening of the Broad Homes Suriname PC Factory at Smalkalden in the Para District. Suriname will carry out its housing project with the help of China. The objective is to construct a few thousand homes annually with the panels that will be manufactured at the factory…[+]

SURINAME – Police officers from the Commewijne District on Tuesday intercepted 2 kilograms of marihuana, 215 grams of Jamaican marihuana, 2.15 grams of hash, a gun and a cartridge at a checkpoint located at Stolkertsijver. Reports indicate that five people were sitting in the car that was transporting the drugs and the weapon…[+]

SURINAME – The leader of the youth division of the National Democratic Party (NDP),  Sergio Akiemboto, told Times of Suriname that youths of the party have sent a letter to the chief executive committee, requesting that 15 youths be placed on the list of candidates for Parliament. He explained that the request was made by youths from the districts Nickerie, Brokopondo, Paramaribo, Wanica and Commewijne. He pointed out that it is not a letter of protest but that the youths would like their request to be granted…[+]

SURINAME – Money that was going to be used to finance the election campaign of the National Party Suriname (NPS) was stolen during a burglary. NPS Chairman  Gregory Rusland told  Times of Suriname that a computer and  SRD 5,000 that was ‘earned’ through fundraisers had been stolen…[+]

SURINAME – MP Mahinder Jogi from the Progressive Reform Party (VHP) recently indicated that people are trying to taint his image by conducting  a protest via email. He explained that the protest is aimed at getting his name off the list of candidates for Parliament…[+]

SURINAME – The deputy director at the Offender Care Division at the Ministry of Justice and Police, Paulus Pinas,  is content with the work that the inmates are doing. He and District Commissioner  Jerry Miranda on Tuesday visited several locations in Paramaribo North to see what the inmates were doing or what they have done.  DC Miranda explained that ‘hiring’ inmates for various projects is much cheaper than hiring contractors. The inmates reportedly remove weeds from vacant plots and cemeteries but they also embellish bridges and repair roads. The inmates are currently busy at a abandoned sport facility in Geyersvlijt that has become overgrown with weeds. DC Miranda indicated that he would ask the minister of Sports and Youth Affairs to ask what the “minimum is that can be done there.” Bridge railings are reportedly also being given a new coat of paint…[+]

SURINAME – The National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) registered 157 tuberculosis cases in 2014. There were reportedly 144 TB cases in 2013 which means that there has been a slight increase. The increase is the result of the improved TB tracking system. As countries marked World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, WHO is calling for “global solidarity and action” to support a new 20-year strategy, which aims to end the global tuberculosis epidemic. Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the fight against TB, with over 37 million lives saved, but much more needs to be done…[+]

SURINAME – A woman on Monday morning jumped out of a car with her 10-month-old baby during a robbery. The robber reportedly took her necklace. The woman was standing along the Felixweg in Santodorp with her baby when she asked a driver to give her ride to the Magentakanaalweg. The driver let the hitchhiker and her baby get into his car but told the woman that he had to go to Vierkinderenweg  first to inspect  a house. When he got at the end of the Vierkinderenweg which is reportedly uninhabited, he snatched the woman’s necklace…[+]

SURINAME – The opposition will cooperate with the discussion of the 2015 budget so that it can be approved faster. MP Guno Castelen made the announcement during an interview with Times of Suriname. The discussion of the 2015 will most likely start on March 25. Although the opposition will cooperate, it has made it clear that it does not agree with most of the draft budgets…[+]