SURINAME – “As long as this keeps up, Parliament is knocking itself out,” the chairwoman of Parliament Jennifer Geerlings-Simons told  Times of Suriname. On Thursday Parliament also did not convene. The Constitutional Court Bill was once again the main topic on the agenda. A meeting with the opposition did not yield any positive results due to the political power play on both sides. The coalition still has not been able to muster enough members to sign the attendance list…[+]

SURINAME – Police Commissioner Humphrey Tjin Liep Shie  told Times of Suriname that the police will beef up surveillance along the French Guiana-Suriname routes because illegal weapons that are used in armed robberies often originate from French Guiana. The police commissioner explained that it is easy for travelers from French Guiana to enter Suriname…[+]

SURINAME – “I do need to hide behind amnesty. I will go to court and my attorney will respond to all claims that he has filed,” said  Chandrikapersad Santokhi (NF/VHP), political leader of the opposition bloc, in response to the lawsuit that President Desi Bouterse has filed against him. At a political rally which was held recently Santokhi claimed that the head of state had ties with the Columbian drug lords and the international terror organization, Hezbollah…[+]

SURINAME – According to Aroen Jadoenathmisier , manager at the Import/Export/ Foreign Currency Control Division at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (HI), “we have already reached the peak period of fireworks imports. Not more than 60 containers have been imported so far. The manager told Times of Suriname that he strongly suspects that he does not expect the number of containers to exceed last year’s figure. Last year 80 containers were imported by fireworks importers. The 60 containers that have been  imported so far have an estimated value of SRD 1.1 million…[+]

SURINAME – The SuAid campaign has most likely  generated  more than SRD 150,000 so far. Chantal Cadogan, one of the workers from the   SuAid Project indicated that many big Surinamese companies have made donations to SuAid. The biggest donation was made by the  United Caribbean Contractors. The UCC reportedly donated SRD 100,000 to SuAid.  It is expected that the Salvation Army will achieve its goal of collecting SRD 250,000 thanks to the effort made by SuAid.  Cadogan pointed out that Justice and Police  Minister Edward Belfort and the chairwoman of Parliament,  Jennifer Simons, have also made a donation…[+]

SURINAME – Police Commissioner Humphrey Tjin Liep Shie from the Police Corps Suriname (KPS) told  Times of Suriname that he not only deems the donation of goods from the Chinese government and two local Chinese businesses as a symbolic gesture of willingness of the Chinese embassy to work with the KPS but that he also deems it as a signal that Chinese entrepreneurs are asking for more police attention. The police commissioner explained that the Chinese entrepreneurs are asking for more attention because they remain the target of robberies despite the good work of the police…[+]

SURINAME – District Commissioner Jerry Miranda  on Tuesday ordered a well-known restaurant located in the northern part of Paramaribo to close its doors after inspectors from the DC’s Office of Paramaribo North East had come across an unhygienic situation during a surprise inspection. The team of inspectors pointed out that the situation was “unimaginable.” There was a strong malathion smell in the kitchen and many cockroaches and flies. The plates that were being used to serve food to customers were also covered in cockroach feces…[+]

SURINAME – Members of the coalition and the opposition are showing  very little interest in the discussion of the Constitutional Court Bill. Legislators failed to show up for the umpteenth time. The leader of the opposition, MP Chandrikapersad Santokhi , pointed out that it is evident that the government  no longer has any support in Parliament and that it must therefore hold early elections…[+]

SURINAME – First Lady  Ingrid Bouterse-Waaldring and 1,250 senior citizens on Tuesday launched the Christmas celebrations in  Flamboyantpark.  The First Lady also organized the event to let the citizens who worked hard for many years in order to build this nation have a pleasant day. “If everybody here is happy, then I am happy too,” said First Lady Ingrid Bouterse-Waaldring who added that she found out that many tried to crash the party by using fake cards…[+]

SURINAME – People with a disability will  receive their welfare before Christmas. Aniel Koenjbiharie, chairman of  Stichting Okasi, who  recently received this news from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Community Housing (Sozavo) is glad that Sozavo and the Finance Ministry are doing everything to make sure that people can start receiving their welfare this week. The chairman of the foundation pointed out that he deems it improper for this group to have to live in uncertainty every time. MP Carl Breeveld who is a member of the Sozavo commission recently contacted the deputy director of Administrative Services at Sozavo, Gregory Corinde…[+]