SURINAME – “A judge with many years’ experience is no more,” said Attorney Oscar Koulen in response to the passing of Judge Albert Ramnewash. Ramnewash passed away last week. Koulen who reportedly knew Ramnewash since  1965 deems the death of this judge as “a huge loss for the judiciary because the magistrate was a very experienced judge who was objective when reaching a verdict.”…[+]

SURINAME – The Paramaribo Zoo recently launched a text message campaign in association with Telesur. The campaign is aimed at gathering funds to construct a lion’s den so that the zoo can welcome three lions. “The last time that we had lions in our collection was during the eighties,” said the director of the Paramaribo Zoo, John Altenberg…[+]

SURINAME – The members of the nation’s National Youth Parliament have never received their wages on time since the establishment of the NJP in 2004. MP Carl Breeveld condemned this practice and indicated that “it sets a bad example for the nation’s youths.”

“We find the government’s payment system ludicrous. I think that it is time to develop a system aimed at making things go easier and smoother,” MP Breeveld told Times of Suriname. According to MP Breeveld, people such stop making excuses because it is not always true that official papers must go from one office to the other. “One must come up with a easy system to make things go easier and faster…[+]

SURINAME – The NCD Unit and the Libi Information Center  of the Health Ministry will carry out health screenings at various companies in October. The health workers will check the blood sugar level, blood pressure level and Body Max Index (BMI) of the employees. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems…[+]

SURINAME – A vacant building located along the Pandorastraat at Maretraitte 2 burnt down on Tuesday. Residents told Times of Suriname that drug addicts often assembled in the vacant building. The Fire Department (KBS) reportedly received the call around 11:30 a.m. Olton Pinas, spokesman of the KBS, told Times of Suriname that the fire fighters from the Geyersvlijt Fire Department arrived on the scene within two minutes. When the fire fighters arrived on the scene the building was already ablaze. The neighboring buildings were damaged by the flames and water…[+]

SURINAME – Given the current situation, it is highly likely that the water level in the Afobakka storage reservoir will drop frequently to alarming levels and with shorter intervals and this will in turn have a huge impact on the energy production. If no investments are made in professional water management, the storage reservoir could eventually run dry. Inefficiency and inadequate water management will not only affect the energy sector but also everything else that is dependent on it and also the farmfields. “We are stuck in climate change,” said Sewnath Naipal, professor in the Hydrology, told  Times of Suriname…[+]

SURINAME – A man who claims that he was a multi millionaire in Trinidad on Sunday threatened to chop the police and a citizen to death with a machete. Police officers from the Lelydorp Police Department reportedly arrested the man and confiscated the machete…[+]

GUYANA – The Guyanese government will most likely have to ask Parliament permission to pay Rudisa NV the $6 million which the country still owes the Surinamese company. Attorney General Anil Nandlall explained that this sum has not been included in the budget. “We will have to tap into our emergency fund through Parliament.” According to AG Nandlall, his country has no other choice than to cough up the money. He also warned the authorities that it is his duty as AG to report the latest state of affairs regarding this payment to the Carribean Court of Justice (CCJ) in November…[+]

SURINAME – Despite all preparations and agreements many storekeepers are backing to their old habits by staying open for business after 11 p.m. Some storekeepers sell stuff through a small window while others leave their doors open to receive customers. The Association of Storekeepers (VvW)pointed out that this phenomenon is the result of the cutthroat competitive battle between retail stores who are determined to stay in business. VvW official Raymond Hasnoe told times of Suriname that the union has done everything it can to inform storekeepers of the agreements that were made with the police and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (HI)…[+]

SURINAME – Marlon Oosterling, head of the Water Supply Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources (NH), told Times of Suriname that as of now water will be delivered free of charge nationwide due to the drought. Oosterling made it clear that the free of charge measure will be in effect until the end of the dry season…[+]