SURINAME – An 87-year-old man received an unexpected visit from three robbers early  Sunday morning. The three robbers reportedly went into the senior citizen’s home and assaulted him. The robbery took place at Livorno. The man’s 83-year-old wife was sleeping during the robbery. When a employee from Homecare visited the couple’s home on Sunday morning, she saw that the victim was bleeding. (foto:pakistantoday)…[+]

SURINAME – The Stichting Laat Een Container has already filled five containers with school supplies, clothes and other stuff but the foundation still can’t ship the containers to Suriname due to a lack of finances. The foundation which has offered help to the needy for several years reportedly needs money to have the containers cleared at the harbor once they have arrived at the harbor. It costs about € 5,500 to clear one container.(foto:martin-sons.com)…[+]

SURINAME – A storekeeper whose store is located at the corner of the Grando- and the Spitskoolstraat was tasered by two robbers on Saturday night. A person who lives near the store told Times of Suriname that the victim was not fully conscious after being tasered. The two robbers had also hit the victim on his head with a bottle of rum. The local resident condemned this cowardly act. The robbers took  $300, a laptop and a mobile phone before fleeing the scene in a black car. (foto:nijmegenleeft.nl)…[+]

SUIRNAME – The Ministry of Trade and Industry (HI) is expanding its ‘wings’ further eastward by opening a regional office at Albina on Friday. One of the Trade and Industry Ministry’s objectives is to create preconditions for a favorable investment climate. The border city of Albina is a blooming industrial area due to its strategic location. The ministry therefore deemed it necessary to establish a regional office there as this will also boost the decentralization process while encouraging potential entrepreneurs to set up shop…[+]

SURINAME – Police officers from the Munder Police Department on Friday night intercepted a batch of marihuana and hash at a roadblock which had been set up along the Munderweg. Inspector Sjaam Debi-Tewari, cheif of the Munder Police Department, who confirmed the reports told Times of Suriname that the police officers were screening vehicles as part of Operation Tigri Barba (Tiger’s Beard)…[+]

SURINAME – Robert Apai (36) was shot in the butt when he tried to escape around midnight on Wednesday night. Apai en two other men had reportedly committed armed robbery at a residence located along the Powisistraat in Geyersvlijt. When Apai spotted the police, he tried to flee. A warning shot was fired but Apai was reluctant to surrender so the police shot him in his butt…[+]

SURINAME  – The management team at  Fai NV (Food and Agriculture Industries NV) which was formerly known as  Stichting Behoud Bananen Sector (SBBS) and which is located at Jarikaba has not ruled out that it will implement the  no work, no pay-measure against the workers who have been on strike since Monday.  Michael Sallons, chairman of the  Werknemers Organisatie SBBS at  Jarikaba, pointed out that the union will not support this strike…[+]

SURINAME –  Diana Pokie is willing to lead the ABOP caravan in the   Brokopondo District. Brunswijk who will personally run the election campaign in the Marowijne District expects to ‘conquer, all three parliamentary seats in his district. Pokie is currently on the Parliamentary chair of the  Broederschap en Eenheid in de Politiek (BEP) but will join the ABOP during the election campaign.(foto:fokzine.net)…[+]

SURINAME –59 surviving relatives of the December  8 victims have filed a complaint at the Organization of American States (OAS). Hugo Essed, an attorney who is involved in the December 8 trial, announced the news at a press conference that was held in  Theater Unique on Wednesday. The relatives have taken this step to make sure that the State complies with the 13 demands. A few of the demands are the abolishment of the 2012 Amnesty Act and that the trial against the 8 suspects which has been suspended be resumed…[+]

SURINAME – Two floors of a building that was generally known as La Vida and which is located at the corner of the Zwartenhovenbrug- en Anton de Komstraat burnt down completely on Wednesday afternoon. The Fire Department received the call around 1:50 p.m.  Fire Official Mohamed Sharif Soebban told Times of Suriname that the upper floor was on fire when fire fighters arrived at the location…[+]