Police officers on Wednesday night arrested three suspects on charges of multiple counts of armed robbery. Vinodh S (24), Ganesh K (20) and  Prewien S (26) had reportedly robbed a bar on December 21.  The robbers who were armed with knives made off with SRD 3,500 after they had robbed the bar located along the Braamshoopweg. Police officers who were on patrol in the Wanica District made the arrests…[+]

The Het Su Aid Project which was launched on December 10 and which was concluded on December 22 has produced SRD 276,000. The  TeleG Crowd Funding campaign has generated SRD 8,112  while the Salvation Army managed to collect SRD 109,000 with its Red Kettle campaign.The money from these campaigns will be used to finance the Christmas parcels Project. Reports indicate that SRD 393,000 has been collected in total…[+]

The police have arrested three suspects for their involvement in the making of a porn movie. The ‘actress’ in the movie is reportedly underage. Reports indicate that the movie had been uploaded on the internet. Chief District Attorney Garcia Paragsingh confirmed that three suspects have been arrested…[+]

Suriname’s president, Desi Bouterse,  on behalf of the nation congratulated the United States of America and Cuba with the U.S. change in policy toward Cuba. The Office of the President issued a press release, announcing that a letter has been sent to the heads of state of both nations. “I am glad with the initiative of Cuba and the U.S. to reestablish relations after about 56 years but Suriname will keep pleading for full lifting of the commercial, economic and financial blockade,” said President Bouterse in both letters…[+]

Stichting Ontspanningsoord voor Gehandicapte Kinderen (SOGK) currently has 6 new training rooms and a new parking lot. The Ministry of Education and Community Development (Minov) ‘provided’ the training rooms while the Ministry of Public Works (OW) ‘provided’ the parking lot. “The classrooms are not finished yet. The contractor must receive a small sum of money to finish the project,” said  SOGK Director Frank Cameron…[+]

“Keep your animals inside during the fireworks period !” Cynthia Ashruf, chairwoman of the  Stichting Henk Abrahams, is advising everybody to keep their animals inside during the fireworks period. Animals obviously have a hard time coping with the situation, especially when they hear loud bangs. “People who own animals are being asked to keep their animals inside for those seven days. The room must be soundproof so that animals, especially dogs can remain at ease,” said Ashruf who is worried about dogs in particular because of their excellent hearing which allows them to ‘detect’ each sound. “Those loud noises startle them…[+]

“Fernandes’ decision to raise the price of its luxurious bread with SRD 0.30 is entirely unjustified,” a source told Times of Suriname. “And especially the fallacy that they mentioned to explain the price increase can be specified as deception.” Director  Kurt van Essen on behalf of Fernandes Bakery told the press that “it had no choice but to raise the price of its luxurious bread as of December 12 due to the high exchange rate for  American dollars and the high prices of raw materials…[+]

SURINAME – The Zorg en Hoop airfield recently opened its international terminal where all international safety measures are in place. The official opening of the international terminal took place on Saturday morning. Everybody who is about to leave or who arrives in Suriname via  the Zorg en Hoop airfield will be subjected to a screening. The National Security Bureau (BNV) of the Office of the President pointed out that efforts had been made to make “this terminal as customer-friendly as possible for travelers.”(foto:google.com)…[+]

SURINAME – During the distribution of Christmas parcels at the main office of the Salvation Army (LdH), Major Vilece Thomas announced that “more Christmas parcels had been handed out in Suriname this year than ever before.” Reports indicate that more money had been collected this more which is why the organization was also able to increase its number of Christmas parcels. Last year 1,400 parcels were handed out.  This year the Salvation Army received support from SuAid and local telecom provider  Telesur. The assistance from SuAid and Telesur made it possible to collect more donations…[+]

SURINAME – As it turns out the exchange project of people with a visual impairment with Curaçao in April is the most memorable project. “The members of the Nationale Stichting Blindenzorg Suriname (NSBS) all share the same opinion and are already eager to participate in another exchange project with a foreign country,” said Natasia Hanenberg-Agard, director of the NSBS. The management team at the NSBS on Saturday held its end-of-the-year party.(foto:verkeerskunde.nl)…[+]