All illegal billboards will be removed by the Public Green department of the Ministry of Public Works (OW). Some billboards were removed along the Thurkowstraat and the Ringweg on Tuesday. Henk Wip, head of the OW Traffic Department says, that these illegal signs did not meet the requirements of the ministry and were a huge threat to the traffic and the environment. During squalls billboards that were not installed properly can cause calamities. These wrongly placed signs also disrupt the drivers on the roads…[+]

SURINAME – Two brothers were on Sunday arrested over bicycle thefts that took place at several schools. Attorney Sadhna Dulam confirmed their arrest. Reports indicate that another boy has also been arrested. The third suspect had allegedly bought a stolen bicycle from the brothers for SRD 50. All three youths have been taken into police custody. Reports also indicate that four bicycles had been stolen at two schools. The brothers claimed that they only get SRD 5 every day from their parents and that they deemed their allowance insufficient…[+]

SURINAME – Fireworks importers have already received 8 containers. Reports indicate that three importers have already received their shipment. Aroen Jadoenathmisier, manager at the Import-Export and Foreign Exchange Control Department at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (HI), confirmed the reports. Most of the containers usually arrive in Suriname in November. The official from the HI Ministry expects that no more than 80 containers will arrive in Suriname. During the past years the number of fireworks containers that are imported has not risen above 80. 18 importers have permission to import fireworks until the end of December…[+]

SURINAME – “Burglars recently stole the safe of the Ministry of Home Affairs (BIZA),” Gustaaf Samijadi, deputy director at the General Management Department of the ministry, told Times of Suriname. Sources indicated that the safe contained about SRD 25,000 and $ 500 when it was stolen. Sources also indicated that the money was needed to finance the daily operations at the ministry and the preparations for the general elections of May 2015…[+]

The Ministry of Justice and Police (Juspol) is considering to set up a showroom in prison where handcrafted furniture made by detainees can be shown to the public. Deputy director Paul Pinas of the department Delinquent Care Division says to the newspaper that currently prisoners display their furniture in the penitentiary during visiting days…[+]

National Health Insurance Fund (SZF) is not doing well. Times of Suriname has learnt that there is poor communication between the board and management, led by Steven Comvalius. Miscommunication leads among other thingss to misinformation and confusion about SZF’s participation in the National Basic Health Insurance…[+]

Young and old could walk freely in the car-free streets in the centre of Paramaribo on Saturday. While one child focuses on jumping over a buck another one is skateboarding, hula hooping, enjoying tennis, playing soccer or cycling in downtown Paramaribo. District Commissioner Mike Nerkust who is deputizing for his colleague Mohamad Kasto says that the first car-free day is the start of a paradigm for Paramaribo. Many visitors share Nerkust’s opinion. They even think that downtown Paramaribo should be made car free permanently…[+]

SURINAME – There are reportedly problems within the State Health Insurance Foundation (SZF). Sources told Times of Suriname that there poor communication between the board and the management team which is chaired by Steven Comvalius. This miscommunication is reportedly resulting in wrong information and obscurity regarding SZF’s participation in the government’s National Basic Health Insurance…[+]

SURINAME – A 20-year-old woman on Wednesday evening stole the clothes, valuables and car from a man whom she met at a hotel located in Flora. The man and the woman reportedly befriended each other on the internet and became chat friends. They recently decided to meet each other in person. The suspect brought along a 17-year-old girlfriend when she got into the man’s car. The man asked the woman why she had brought along a friend. The woman told him that they were going to have a threesome…[+]

SURINAME – Experts from Colombia and Cuba will travel to Suriname to give training on how to tackle Ebola. “The first two experts who are being sent from Colombia by the Pan American Health Organization (Paho) will arrive on Monday,” said MP Theo Vishnudatt, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health told Times of Suriname. He indicated that the Ebola issue was discussed at an emergency session on Friday. He also indicated that the government is taking this threat very seriously which is why it is getting to work in an early stage…[+]