The Home Affairs (Biza) Ministry will spare no efforts in making sure that it reaches all of the nation’s voters. The ministry wants all voters to receive the information regarding the general elections of May 25, 2015 but the ministry also wants everybody to receive his/ her polling card. At the end of this month all of the nation’s state employees will receive a message from Biza on their salary slips, reminding them to check their particulars on the lists of voters before March 15. This year the government decided to place LED screens at strategic locations so that the reminder can be posted and read on these screens…[+]

O.S. Blauwgrond school on Thursday received the first batch of 75 green bamboo lesson chests which were produced by Stichting Caribamboo. “Maintaining a livable environment is very important for students and their future. The lesson chest will promote this goal,” said Principal Esther Eduards. The first bamboo chest was proudly placed in the school’s multi media center in the presence of teachers and representatives from various organizations.  35 organizations participated in the project and 120 teachers were trained on how to teach kids the importance of bamboo and nature…[+]

MP Chandrikapersad Santhok ion Thursday asked Parliament to give harsher punishment to people who use violence against animals. He explained that the practice where burglars  poison dogs must also be categorized as violent theft. The violent theft charge currently only applies to perpetrators who assault other people.  MP Santhoki explained that if violence against animals is not categorized as a offense, harsher punishment can’t be introduced which means that the criminals can only receive a maximum prison sentence of six months or a fine…[+]

A man on Wednesday night jumped out of the upper floor of a burning building located along the Verlengde Gemenelandsweg.  The man could not use the stairs because of the thick smoke and the sea of flames so he kicked down a glass door before jumping out of the burning building. Reports indicate that the man was sleeping when he felt an enormous heat. As he woke up he heard other people yelling that his house was on fire…[+]

A man on Tuesday kidnapped a 3-year-old boy whom he claims is his child. The kidnapping took place in Flora. The child was with the man when the police found him. Police Inspector Dilipkoemar Bhattoe indicated that the toddler has been reunited with his family. The toddler was walking with his aunt along the Lawastraat when two men who were on a motorcycle stopped near them…[+]

“None of the political parties within the V7 are 100% content with what they are getting prior to the elections,” said  Chandrikapersad Santokhi chairman of the  Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij (VHP) and coordinator within the V7 bloc. “The KTPI says that it is discontent while each party had to make compromises. I will hold talks with the KTPI during the coming days because all of the parties within V7 want to know exactly what the KTPI wants or expects within the combination,” said Santokhi who added that the deadline for internal talks was initially set at February 16 but that it has been moved to February 19 because of the KTPI’s objections. …[+]

“The KTPI won’t budge and strongly believes that it deserves to get better positions on the V7’s list of candidates for Parliament,”  Iwan Ganga, deputy chairman of the KTPI, told Times of Suriname. The KTPI is only content with its number one position on the list of candidates in the Commewijne District.

Ganga explained that the party also is not content with its number 11 position in Paramaribo. He pointed out that the party’s position on the list for the Paramaribo District must be upgraded. The party is reportedly willing to settle for the number 8 position on this list. ...[+]

Two burglars reportedly ate the food of the people whose home they were burglarizing. The burglary reportedly took place in the Para District. The perpetrators broke into the house, took SRD 2,000; two mobile phones and a bottle of whisky before eating the food that had been cooked for the family of five.Before the people whose house was burglarized went out, they had cooked food which they wanted they eat when they returned home. But the perpetrators ate all the food. A 17-year-old boy saw the burglars and suspected that something was wrong…[+]

“The local  investigation and the gathering of evidence for the trial of Dino Bouterse who is in the  New York Southern District Court has been concluded,” the Surinamese defense attorney of  Bouterse, Irwin Kanhai, told  Times of Suriname. “A few months ago the attorneys in New York asked the judge for more time so that they could collect evidence in Suriname and now we have collected everything…[+]

“Education and Community Development (Minov) Minister Ashwin Adhin wants to prevent the number of S classes from dropping at high schools. The Education Ministry therefore wants to introduce students to physics at a young age,” said Education director Robert Peneux on Monday as LO Physics was reintroduced at the Advanced Teachers’ Training Institute (IOL)…[+]