SURINAME –  An entrepreneur on Tuesday retracted the complaint against three of his employees who were in police custody. The police officers from the Para District on Monday  arrested the employees on embezzlement charges. The suspects reportedly work at a sand well in the Para District. Suspect CV who worked as controller and cashier had indicated that he had embezzled SRD 1,450.(foto:entrepreneur.com)…[+]

SURINAME – As of Wednesday things are back to normal  at the nation’s high schools.  Wilgo Valies, chairman of the Teachers’ Association  (BvL) told Times of Suriname that the union and its members at Tuesday’s union meeting  decided to end the lightning strike. The union decided to end the strike because it has placed its faith in the president who intervened in the matter after a meeting with the union on Friday. The president reportedly got both parties together on Friday afternoon. The union pointed out that this approach was an important signal because the president has repeatedly indicated that the teacher must be appreciated better and that he would provide a solution…[+]

SURINAME  – The operations of the Eldorado gold purchase and processing company were shut down temporarily on Tuesday. “Officials and experts will reportedly review off all the company’s operations before a final decision regarding the fate of this company will be made,” said the District Commissioner of Paramaribo North East, Jerry Miranda. DC Miranda on Tuesday could not indicate exactly how much time the experts will need to thoroughly review everything before reporting back to him. The DC pointed out that the decision to temporarily shut down Eldorado was made after MP Melvin Bouva had made an urgent request to screen the company…[+]

SURINAME – The government keeps getting into payment problems due to its weak administration and insufficient effort at the ministries to apply the accountancy rules. Contractors and other suppliers of goods and services are once again complaining that the government is behind with the payments. Meanwhile reports indicate that the state income has dropped due to the drop in prices of raw materials on the world market. “We know that we have a weak administration. The people are trying to do their jobs accordingly but it is not uncommon for mistakes to be  made sometimes,” said Finance Minister  Andoyo Rusland.(foto:gov.sr)…[+]

SURINAME – The Minister of Environmental Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB), Steven Relyveld has reportedly handed out more than 10,000 land documents. The minister reached this achievement within 18 months. Relyveld became the new minister of RGB in June 2013. “We promised the people that we would address the land allocation issue and that is exactly what we are doing,” Minister Relyveld told Times of Suriname…[+]

SURINAME – A 24-year-old man was left naked after he had been robbed at Nieuw-Amsterdam in the Commewijne District on Sunday night. A taxi driver had reportedly robbed the young man of his shirt, pants, underwear, mobile phones and SRD 500. The taxi driver fled the scene after the robbery. The victim reportedly notified the police of the robbery. The police officers who arrived on the scene gave clothes to the victim. The victim had reportedly taken the taxi along the Van ’t Hogerhuysstraat…[+]

SURINAME –  The Health Ministry new slogan,  ‘Sabi Libi, Tek’ a Test!’, is aimed at urging everybody to get tested for HIV regularly. If you receive no treatment for your HIV infection, the disease typically progresses to AIDS. By the time AIDS develops, your immune system has been severely damaged, making you susceptible to opportunistic infections — diseases that wouldn’t trouble a person with a healthy immune system. Five well-known people in Suriname, Harish Monorath, Carl Breeveld, Ingrid Karta-Bink, Mike Nerkust and local artist  Scrappy W got tested at the Dermatologische dienst on December 1, World Aids Day.(foto:wanttoknow.nl)…[+]

The collection of bulky refuse has cost the Ministry of Public Works (OW) SRD 4 million for the district of Paramaribo, SRD 1.5 million for Commewijne, SRD 1.7 million for Wanica and SRD 230,000 for Saramacca. These amounts are included in the budget. It is envisaged that the amounts will be much lower after the declaration of expenses, says OW minister Rabindre Parmessar during the presentation of the final evaluation of the Chikungunya action in the districts of Paramaribo, Wanica, Commewijne and Saramacca…[+]

The government will not change the location of the railway line Paramaribo-Onverwacht, which will be build along the Indira Gandhiweg. Eddy Jozefzoon, advisor to president Desi Bouterse, made this clear during a meeting with representatives of businesses and residents of the Indira Gandhiweg in Lelydorp on Thursdaynight. “According to Jozefzoon technically it is impossible and it will be too expensive for the government to move the railway track to another location. The government is willing to compensate those people who will suffer losses,” says Henk Gooswit, chairman of the Committee Interests Indira Gandhiweg…[+]

Until Friday twelve fireworks importers imported 45 containers of fireworks. These fireworks have a value of $850,000, says Aroen Jadoenathmisier, manager of the Import, Export and Foreign Exchange Control Service (IUD) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The import period will be until late December. The manager tells the newspaper that more containers of fireworks will be imported, but according to him the total number that will enter the country, just like last year, will not exceed 80…[+]