SURINAME – “We won’t rest until this has become a thing of the past,” said Ruth de Windt on behalf of the representatives from various animal rights organizations as she presented a petition to the chairwoman of Parliament, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, on Thursday. The activists are  urging Parliament to put an end to the sale of exotic animals next to the public road. 1,700 signatures were added to the petition. A couple of thousand people also supported this campaign online. “We represent at least five thousand people who are against this treatment of the animals,” said Romano Jalimsingh from the  Green Heritage Fund Suriname…[+]

SURINAME – As it turns out many children still have to be registered at the Ministry of Education and Community Development (Minov) in order to get a spot on a school bus. Officials pointed out that parents only have themselves to blame for this. Julius Pahalwankhan, deputy director  Technical Services at Minov, and Kenneth Themen, chairman of the Organization of Bus and Boat Owners (OBS), pointed out that the people have to stand in long lines at the ministry every day and that this is the result of parents’ negligence…[+]

SURINAME – AP (66) on Monday night wrestled with two robbers in front of his house which is located in the Vuurbloemstraat at Latour. “The robbers were at the wrong place at the wrong time. I do not allow myself to get robbed. I immediately got into a fight with them,” the senior citizen who lives all by himself told Times of Suriname. He suspects that the robbers thought that he would be an easy target. “But they got it wrong.” AP arrived at his house in a taxi on Monday night…[+]

SURINAME – Staatsolie (State Oil Company) will invest $300 million in the Merian gold project. This means that not the government but a state company will make an investment. As a result of the size of its investment, Staatsolie will have a 25 percent equity interest in the Merian project. Staatsolie reportedly deems this a good investment with growth potential. In order to be able to invest in this project Staatsolie will take a few measures with regards to its other projects…[+]

SURINAME – The Police Force Suriname (KPS) recently started reintroducing name tags. Police Commissioner Humphrey Tjin Liep Shie who confirmed the reports told  Times of Suriname that police officials and the latest batch of recruits have already received their name tags. The KPS aims at giving all police officers a name tag so that their identities will be clear to everybody. The KPS took this measure because citizens had often complained that police officers refused to identify themselves especially when citizens got the feeling that they were being treated unfairly…[+]

SURINAME – An exchange of words between two students on the first day of school turned ugly when one of them stabbed the other with a pair of scissors. A 15-year-old student was stabbed and had to be rushed to the Emergency Room…[+]

SURINAME – “I am accusing the government of serious dereliction of duty because the government knew almost a year in advance that chikungunya would come to Suriname and they did almost nothing,” said Doctor Wim Bakker who used the be the deputy director at the Public Health Bureau  (BOG). Bakker pointed out that  this is a clear example of mismanagement and that he is currently determining if legal action can be taken against the government for this…[+]

Two gas station attendants were assaulted at the GO2 service station along the Coesewijne Street in the resort of Latour. Police inspector Hardew Jhinkoe-Rai regional chief of Latour has confirmed this case. During their work activities two robbers approached the service station attendants. One of the men who carried a hand gun walked to the male attendant, while his mate approached to the female assistant…[+]

A new teaching method will be introduced in mathematics education in Suriname. In a special meeting on Friday all secondary school directors were informed and received instructions on how the adaptation will be implemented. Acting director of Education, Roy Narain, tells Times of Suriname that with this meeting, the first step has been taken to introduce the new math method…[+]

Not only the Public Green Department, officials of the district commissioner’s office of Northeast Paramaribo, the Public Health Bureau and other services have been extremely busy with the massive clean‐up campaign in northern Paramaribo, but also the National Army supported these activities. According to acting head of the Street Maintenance department of the Public Green Department, Sherida Monkou, they asked the National Army to assist, because the seniors are not able to collect their bulky garbage themselves…[+]