Editorial

Sustainable plans for protection villages must be activated

Sustainable plans for protection villages must be activated

ACTING CHIEF MOSIS of the Okanisi in the Netherlands wants the government to activate a 1974 plan to move villages in the hinterland to higher ground. Mosis’ proposal is not a new one. When disaster struck in 2006 and several villages were flooded, similar calls were heard.   Lees verder

Government should work on legal status and recognition of diplomas

Government should work on legal status and recognition of diplomas

THREE GRADUATES from a Cuban university, Leyhor Tolud, Fabien King and Lygia Amania are protestin...   Lees verder

Godo and VCB move closer to hinterland clients

Godo and VCB move closer to hinterland clients

GROWING ECONOMIC activities in the hinterland necessitates moving banks closer to hinterland resi...   Lees verder

All hands on deck to fight flooding

All hands on deck to fight flooding

SEVERAL PARTS OF SURINAME are again suffering from excess water. Some areas have even been floode...   Lees verder

HIV patients are playing with their lives

HIV patients are playing with their lives

HIV PATIENTS HAVE A VERY IRRESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE. They offer various reasons for failing to use Ai...   Lees verder

Surinamese politics rife with opportunism and treachery

Surinamese politics rife with opportunism and treachery

THE CURRENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS concerning Pertjajah Luhur and ABOP are predictable and by no ...   Lees verder

Positive development for Suriname conservatory

Positive development for Suriname conservatory

TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE will soon get a chance to utilize their talents. The Suriname Conservatory,...   Lees verder

Supporters of sports passport should rethink their stance

Supporters of sports passport should rethink their stance

PARLIAMENT IS DEBATING the so-called double nationality issue, an issue that has been on the agen...   Lees verder

Drugs traffickers fight a lost battle

Drugs traffickers fight a lost battle

THE BID TEAM, which fights international drugs trafficking, has been achieving remarkably good re...   Lees verder

Poor inspection at public market

Poor inspection at public market

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by District Commissioner Mohammed Kasto that food stands at the back of the Para...   Lees verder

Social responsibility is lacking

Social responsibility is lacking

THE SURINAMESE SOCIETY has become very tough. Lending help to victims of some disaster was a comm...   Lees verder

Brunings’ opinion is very passengers unfriendly

Brunings’ opinion is very passengers unfriendly

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD at the national airline company SLM, Gerard Brunings, thinks he has a simpl...   Lees verder

Immediate action needed at SVB

Immediate action needed at SVB

THE NEW SVB board is rushing through a congress, but that could seriously jeopardize the initial ...   Lees verder

Price of milk too high

Price of milk too high

Price of milk too high PEOPLE WHO DRINK MILK are really at wits’ end now that a drastic hike i...   Lees verder

Press freedom still far off in Suriname

Press freedom still far off in Suriname

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, observed today, is reason for the question to what degree freedom of pre...   Lees verder

The underhand contract tormentor

The underhand contract tormentor

A MEETING BETWEEN coalition partners VP Ameerali and Minister Adeline Wijnerman has been successf...   Lees verder

It’s time for a prison hospital ward

It’s time for a prison hospital ward

Earl ‘Kabouter’ Morgenstond escaped from hospital when he was taken to the doctor by a prison gua...   Lees verder

SVB board election reeks of rigging

SVB board election reeks of rigging

ALL FORMER SVB BOARD MEMBERS have blocked Louis Giskus by writ from casting a vote on behalf of t...   Lees verder

Standard & Poor’s issues warning

Standard & Poor’s issues warning

ALTHOUGH RATING BUREAU Standard & Poor’s has projected its outlook on the Surinamese economy from...   Lees verder

Government has poor personnel management

Government has poor personnel management

THE SEQUEL TO the extravagant and destructive personnel management of consecutive administrations...   Lees verder

It is time for drastic cuts

It is time for drastic cuts

NOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT is cash-strapped, it is time to announce cuts. It is not the first time t...   Lees verder

No national policy on suicide

No national policy on suicide

IN VIEW OF World Health Day, a discussion night was held on the alarming trend of suicides. Dr. W...   Lees verder

Lessons learnt from the past

Lessons learnt from the past

TENSION BETWEEN SURINAME AND THE EUROPEAN UNION last year made consultation between parties impos...   Lees verder

SVB candidate boards go for continuation of policy

SVB candidate boards go for continuation of policy

CANDIDATE BOARDS for the Suriname Soccer Federation have presented their policy plans over the we...   Lees verder

Barely confidence in Police

Barely confidence in Police

CHIEF OF POLICE HUMPREY TJIN LIEP SHIE has bared his teeth. Since he took the position, he has be...   Lees verder

Staatsolie should stay cautious

Staatsolie should stay cautious

ITALIAN CONTRACTOR Saipem, in charge of the Staatsolie refinery project, is involved in a major s...   Lees verder

Government needs to explain Paris Embassy issue

Government needs to explain Paris Embassy issue

THE NEWS HIT the stands this week that there something fishy going on regarding the Embassy in Pa...   Lees verder

Too much emphasis on the gold sector is fateful

Too much emphasis on the gold sector is fateful

THERE SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL impression that Surinamese policy makers as well as large portions of...   Lees verder