Getting an identification card is not easy for everybody. People with a visual and hearing impairment can tell you all about the inconveniences. “When this group goes to the Central Bureau for Civic Affairs (CBB) for an ID card, they are often sent away with the instruction that they have to come back with a ‘companion,” said Natasia Hanenberg-Agard, director of the Nationale Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden in Suriname (NSBS).(foto:pinimg.com)…[+]

Times of Suriname still stands out above the rest. IDOS recently conducted a survey to determine the level of popularity of Suriname’s daily newspapers.  About 52% of the interviewees indicated that Times of Suriname is their favorite newspaper. The other daily newspapers share the remaining 47%. IDOS conducted the survey in the districts Marowijne, Commewijne, Paramaribo, Wanica, Coronie and Nickerie fromFebruary 8 until February 22. 1,659 people who are older than 18 were interviewed. 53% of the interviewees indicated that they would buy Times of Suriname if they had just enough money to only buy one newspaper…[+]

The Training Institute and  Study Center of the Central Bank of Suriname  (CBvS) and the Institute for  Social Science Studies (IMWO) of the Anton de Kom State University will launch a study regarding the financial affairs of citizens and the way they handle money and financial matters. The CBvS issued a press release, indicating that the study will be carried out in various districts. The study is part of the CBvS financial education program…[+]

Sources recently told Times of Suriname that information that is essential to the investigation against MP Mahinder Jogi have vanished from the Ministry of Environmental Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB). Reports indicate that the police had requested the incriminating evidence. RGB Minister Steven Relyveld confirmed that the documents “are nowhere to be found.”…[+]

An inmate who was talking on his mobile phone was caught red-handed. Deputy Director of the Justice and Police Ministry’s Offender Care Division, Paulus Pinas, told Times of Suriname that the inmate refused to hand over the mobile phone to the prison guard. The inmate reportedly threatened to kill the prison guard if the door to his cell were going to be opened at that time. The prison guard did not enter the cell but immediately notified his superior. Prison guards and members of the prison’s Calamity Team reportedly inspected the inmate’s cell on Sunday…[+]

Reports indicate that 12 witnesses have been questioned by the examining judge in the 430 kilograms cocaine case. A Dutchman, A German and a Surinamese man are being suspected of possession drugs and attempting to smuggle drugs out of the country. The German and the Surinamese man have been released from custody. Defense Attorney Raoul Lobo told Times of Suriname that several police officers and citizens have already been questioned and that four more witnesses are expected to appear before the examining judge this week…[+]

Police officers from the Brokopondo District last week arrested two illegal gold miners at Iamgold’s concession. Reports indicate that the police officers received assistance from the Regional Support Team which is a special police unit. Three weeks ago the police had instructed the illegal gold miners to pack up and leave the concession. Iamgold had formally filed a complaint because the miners were trespassing…[+]

Pertjajah Luhur (PL) is reportedly looking for a candidate with enough supporters in the Commewijne District to enable it to keep its two parliamentary seats after the general elections of May 25. Given the fact that Ronny Tamsiran and Hendrik Sakimin are no longer interested in another term in office, PL Chairman Paul Somohardjo is one candidate short in the district which is known as PL’s nerve center. Somohardjo does not deny that this is an important issue as the PL has been given the first and fourth place on the V7’s bloc list of candidates for the Commewijne District…[+]

The Minister of Environmental Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB), Steven Relyveld, recently announced that he would carry out the verdict against the State regarding negligence in the granting of land allocation papers to 66 people in the Saramacca District. The verdict was reached in July 2014 and in the meantime the penalty has already reached SRD 6 million. Minister Relyveld pointed out that he would “obey the judge’s order” but he also distanced himself from the accusations by saying that he is not to blame for the high penalty. The verdict was served at the Office of the Attorney General but Minister Relyveld explained that he would have also liked the legal document to be delivered at the RGB Ministry so that the verdict could have been carried out at once. The case was brought to court by MP Mahinder Jogi…[+]

A storekeeper from Kwatta was robbed of SRD 10,000 after two robbers had entered her store around closing time on Tuesday night. The woman told Times of Suriname that one of the perpetrators had slapped her several times, thereby causing her face to swell. The perpetrators reportedly opened the cash register and took SRD 10,000…[+]