SURINAME – Two Brazilians who face murder charges will appear in court again in 2 weeks. The judge is expected to announce the verdict when AD and PC appear in court again on August 18. The defendants claim that they are innocent and that they were not involved in the murder of their countryman in July 2013. The murder reportedly took place in the Tomatoe area. The prosecution has demanded that each defendant be sentenced to twenty years…[+]

SURINAME –  “The government should take lessons from common citizens to learn a thing or two about payment discipline,” said MP  Carl Breeveld (DOE).  The government is expected to answer a few questions regarding its financial status and the financing of the government’s social security system. Legislators want to know how the government will finance the system and how it will maintain the system.

“I deem the government’s financial policy messy,” said MP Breeveld who added that there are many cases of service providers and suppliers who have to wait a very long time before getting paid by the government. MP Breeveld pointed out that the government should first take care of its current financial obligations  before deciding to bite off more than it can chew…[+]

SURINAME – Police officers from the Lelydorp Police Department on Friday night confiscated thirty motorcycles which belong to illegal street racers. The motorcycles have reportedly been modified so that they can go faster and make a lot of noise.

The police operation was led by Inspector Hemantkoemar Sardjoe. A police unit on Friday night patrolled the streets from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m.  The police operation was carried out in response to many complaints from local residents. The residents also complained that spectators litter the streets during these illegal street races.  The District Comissioner of Wanica, Roline Samsoedien, pointed out that her office has also received numerous complaints about the noise that is being produced during these illegal street races. DC Samsoedien has therefore instructed the police to take action against this problem…[+]

SURINAME – Mothers need some encouragement in order to breastfeed their baby. Fathers have their work cut out for them as they must support their wives and make sure that the baby is breastfed. People who live near women who have newborns but especially the dads must make sure that women do not hastily opt for infant formula.

The baby must be breastfed for as long as possible. Besides supporting breast-feeding, Fathers can make life easier on the mother by helping around the house, keeping the visitors from overwhelming their new family and reducing stress for their partner. He also can help her get enough rest, by encouraging her to sleep when the baby is sleeping…[+]

SURINAME – Cynthia Ashruf, chairwoman of the Stichting Henk Abrahams, recently expressed grave concern regarding the fact that dogs are being poisoned every day. She pointed out that every day she gets a call from people whose dogs were poisoned.

She strongly condemned the fact that in some cases dogs from an entire street are poisoned. She pointed out that this is the new strategy of criminals. She suspects that the perpetrators use this strategy to make it difficult for investigators to figure out which house is being targeted…[+]

SURINAME – The public sale of pigs and cattle at the Penitentiaire Inrichting Hazard Nickerie has raked in about SRD 40,000. Deputy Director of the Offender Care Division at the Ministry of Justice and Police, told Times of Suriname that a huge quantity of pigs and cattle were sold during the public sale at the Hazard State Penitentiary. People from all sectors and in particular from the restaurant business attended this event…[+]

USA – A jury found Richard McTear Jr. guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend’s baby boy on Thursday evening.  McTear Jr., 26, is charged with causing the death of 3-month-old Emanuel Murray by throwing him out of his car window on Interstate 275 in May 2009. He was found guilty on the following charges: first-degree murder, felony murder, burglary, aggravated child abuse, battery and kidnapping. The infant’s mother, Jasmine Bedwell hugged supporters once the verdict was read.  Sentencing begins on Monday…[+]

SURINAME – The police recently announced that it has noticed that armed robbers who target supermarkets also take the security camera DVR. Police Inspector Humphrey Naarden from the PR Office of the Police Force Suriname (KPS) and Inspector  Dilipkoemar Bhattoe from the Flora Police Department indicated that this was also the case when armed robbers hit the supermarket located at the corner of the Nani- en Marowijnestraat on Thursday. ..[+]

SURINAME – A 26-year-old woman was assaulted at a street party that was held along the Calcuttastraat at  Abrabroki. The woman who was with a few girlfriends at the party was assaulted with a knife by two men. The men reportedly stabbed her in the back. Another woman stabbed the woman in the chest with an ice pick…[+]

SURINAME – MP Mahinder Jogi (NF/VHP) recently sent a letter to President Desi Bouterse to express his concern regarding the structural overdye debts of the governments. The legislator pointed out that the contractors and service providers must be paid for services rendered. He also wanted to know if the nation is facing a  liquidity problem and if that is why the government still has not paid the bills…[+]