Prison guards on Wednesday confiscated 42 marihuana rolls from an inmate. Paulus Pinas, deputy director at the Justice and Police Ministry’s Offender Care Department, told Times of Suriname that it is suspected that the inmate sold drugs within the prison system.  Prison guards started inspecting all cell blocks after they had received a tip that an inmate  was in possession of a quantity of drugs. The prison guards soon found the drugs…[+]

The government reportedly owes Roy Boedhoe Enterprises (RBE) more than SRD 3 million. Reports indicate that the government still has not paid the bills from 2012, 2013 and 2014. The entrepreneur was forced to stop accepting fuel vouchers from the government after the bank put pressure on him about two weeks ago. “For now we will only work with the government if they pay cash. After the bank told me that it would no longer accept my checks, I was forced to take these measures,” said Roy Boedhoe, CEO and owner of  RBE. He pointed out that the government is his biggest debtor and that he has had a good business relationship with the government for the past couple of years…[+]

MP Arthur Tjin A Tsoi (NF/NPS) on Thursday delivered a thick dossier to the Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM). The legislator pointed out that the dossier contains evidence that money has been embezzled at a large scale at the Energy Company Suriname (EBS). The legislator hired an armored van and bodyguards to escort him to the Public Prosecutor’s Office because “the information is very sensitive.” The legislator also pointed out that the dossier contains files on three separate cases which he has asked the Attorney General to investigate...[+]

The Wanica District reportedly has experienced a rise in its population making it the district with the most additional voters for the general elections of May 25, 2015. Statistics from the Central Bureau for Civic Affairs (CBB) indicate that Wanica gained more than 12,000 voters during the past couple of years. During the elections of May 2010, Wanica had about 68,000 voters which means that this district currently has about 80,000 voters. The Paramaribo District came in second with an additional 7,500 voters. One noticeable fact is that the Coronie District will have  26 fewer voters this time…[+]

Alwin Lonswijk and  Ilse Lino who are members of the BEP party and who both worked at the Marowijne District Commissioner’s Office were fired on Monday, January 26^th, by DC Theodurus Sondrejoe. Both people indicate that according to the letter of dismissal they were fired because “they went on stage to make statements against the ABOP during a mass rally of the V7 bloc in Stichting de Olifant on January 24 and because of new policy objectives.”…[+]

“The number of cancer cases will increase in the next twenty years if risk factors such as alcohol abuse, sugar consumption and obesity are not tackled,” said Purcy Oliveira, chairman of the Surinamese  Cancer Patients Association  (SKV). The World Cancer Report, produced by the World Health Organization’s specialized cancer agency predicted that new cancer cases would  rise from an estimated 14 million annually in 2012 to 22 million within two decades. Over the same period, cancer deaths are predicted to rise from 8.2 million a year to 13 million. Oliveira indicated that this rise will also be noticeable in Suriname…[+]

The deputy director at the Telecommunications Company Suriname (Telesur), Edmund Neus, told Times of Suriname that at least 28 batteries that were confiscated during the weekend by the police belong to Telesur. The telecom provider has recognized its property. Neus indicated that batteries were stolen from five mobile stations in January. There are usually 24 batteries at each location. More than 100 batteries have been stolen…[+]

A 50-year-old storekeeper on Monday afternoon shot dead a contractor in his store located along the Gompertsstraat in Geyersvlijt. Police Inspector Ruben Dijks, Chief of Police of Geyersvlijt, confirmed the reports. The suspect was arrested shortly after the deadly shooting. Sources told Times of Suriname that the storekeeper and the contractor were arguing over money. The contractor had worked for the storekeeper and wanted his payment…[+]

“It is becoming hopeless,”Edgar Ritfeld, one of the suspects in the 8 December trial, told Times of Suriname. Ritfeld did not appear in court on Monday and the trial was moved to March 2. The Public Prosecutioner’s Office pointed out that the Constitutional Court must first determine if the Amnesty Act is in violation of the Constitution. The Judge Advocate therefore asked for the Ritfeld case to be adjourned…[+]