SURINAME – Neighbors on Thursday morning watched helplessly as their neighbor, Soemintra Dahoe-Bhola (50) screamed for help while her house that is located at the corner of the Flamingo- and the Prinsessestraat, went up in flames. The woman and her husband, Ashokkoemar Dahoe (51) died in the fire. The couple could not get out of the house because of the security gratings. Neighbors tried to remove the gratings but their efforts were futile…[+]

SURINAME – A woman and her kids were robbed in their home located along the Ramgoelamweg at Latour around 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning.  Three armed robbers reportedly barged into their home and robbed the woman and her kids at gunpoint. The perpetrators made off with jewels and mobile phones…[+]

SURINAME – The villagers of Kwamalasamutu finally get tap water. Marlon Oosterling, head of the Water Supply Division of the Ministry of Natural Resources, told Times of Suriname that about 1,500 villagers currently receive clean and healthy tap water. Faucets were recently installed throughout the village.  The home of the supreme chief, the schools and the posts of the soldiers who are stationed at the village also were connected to the water network…[+]

SURINAME – “Many fishing poles are being placed in the pond of the Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij (VHP),” said the deputy chairman of the VHP,  Radjkoemar Randjietsingh. He pointed out that prominent members of this political party are being intimidated and bribed in order to damage the VHP. “There is a culture of fear and intimidation,” Randjietsingh told  Times of Suriname. He has received information which suggests that VHP members who work for the government are being threatened with being transferred or fired if they do not join the National Democratic Party (NDP)…[+]

SURINAME – The Parliamentary Committee on Health Affairs on Tuesday slammed the nation’s health authorities for their failure to adequately inform the nation about the Chikungunya virus and the ‘Spiderlady’, the mosquito that spreads the virus. The committee and other legislators who attended Tuesday’s emergency meeting all agree that there was sufficient data available to determine that the virus could reach Suriname and that its impact could trigger a local outbreak or epidemic…[+]

SURINAME – The police on Monday arrested a second suspect in connection to the deadly stabbing incident which claimed the life of 53-year-old Renato Steward. Steward was stabbed to death in the parking lot of TBL Cinemas on September 8^th. Benito Pick who is the attorney of the teenage girl confirmed that the girl was arrested by the police…[+]

SURINAME – The official statistics indicate that one person has died in Suriname as a result of Chikungunya. Marthelise Eersel, director at the Health Ministry, on Tuesday officially confirmed the reports. Lesly Resida, director of the Public Health Bureau (BOG), also confirmed the reports. There are currently 470 confirmed cases but it is suspected that as many as 2,000 people could be infected with the virus at present. These are some of the shocking facts that were presented during the emergency meeting between health officials and the Parliamentary Committee on Health Affairs. Eersel pointed out that the “nation can brace itself for more misery because the worst is yet to come

SURINAME – The number of people who visited the Para District during this summer vacation has risen. Para District Secretary Sherwin Piqué told Times of Suriname that when he visited one of the summer resorts to check how many admission tickets had been sold, he noticed that all tickets had been sold out that day. There was simply no more room to let any more people in. He pointed out that there has been an increase in the number of visitors this year…[+]

SURINAME – In order to reduce the number of breeding grounds of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, the Public Green Division (Openbaar Groen) from the Ministry of Public Works will collect all garbage in the Commewijne District within the next two weeks. The division will reportedly receive assistance from the District Commissioner’s Office. District Commissioner Remy Pollack pointed out that  Mariënburg, Zoelen and Meerzorg are first on the list because Chikungunya cases were reported in these areas…[+]