These days Chinese butchers are popping up everywhere. Several residential areas in the Greater Paramaribo area have at least one. Entrepreneurs in the meat sector are worried whether the Asians are sticking to food safety rules. René van Essen, director of the Trade and Industry Association (VSB...
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The Stichting Auteursrechten Suriname (Sasur), the copyrights broker, plans to file suit against the government. Minister Edward Belfort of Justice and Police took action last Friday by revoking the organization’s ministerial order. He justified his move by stating that ever since Sasur was found...
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The Saamaka community has ordered its lawyer at the Inter American Court for Human Rights, Fergus McKay, to request an urgent hearing on compliance with the Saamaka ruling. The request came after plans for expansion of large scale gold mining operations and construction of waterworks in Saamaka l...
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Holiday resorts that placed dams in creeks in the District of Para, should remove these. Excess water caused by incessant rains is blocked by the obstacles, causing floods in areas including Vierkinderen and La Prosperite (Bersaba). District Commissioner Jerry Miranda ordered the immediate remova...
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The price of gold continues its downward spiral. Last Friday the price fell US$22 after a full day of trading to US$ 1,364.70 per troy ounce. At the same time the dollar soared to the highest rate since 2010. Professor Tony Caram explains that as soon as the dollar is in the lift, people shift th...
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Entrepreneurs in Marowijne have not responded at all to the call for relief goods to victims of the flooding in the Cottica area. Suralco is the only company so far that has extended a helping hand.
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Lloyd Kotzebue, permanent secretary Civil Works at the Ministry of Public Works (OW) admits that the Ministry is plagued by a shortage of seasoned project managers to carry out projects.
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Over twenty holiday resorts in the District of Para might soon be closed by the authorities. The resorts have failed to apply for a license to run a holiday resort. Sherwin Pique, official at the Para commissariat says that the resorts have three weeks to respond.
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Minister of Education Shirley Sitaldin and former Taskforce chair Eddy Jozefzoon cannot see eye to eye over the much praised new school books for Education reform. While Jozefzoon accuses the Ministry of failure to carry out the project in the right fashion, Sitaldin blames the formers taskforce ...
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The Surinamese Civil Aviation Authority, Casas, has stepped up inspections on airline company Dutch Antilles Express (DAE) after an earlier similar stance by the Venezuelan authorities. Brian Desouza, Casas director says that something must be wrong otherwise the Venezuelans would not have been o...
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The Carifesta district subcommittees enthusiastically submitted their budgets with the Carifesta ‘Host Country Management Committee’ (HCMC). Humphrey Hasrat coordinator of the sub committees says that many of the plans are too ambitious though, reason why the HCMC has cut many of the budgets.
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Suriname is still a long way off modern technology in traffic, says Inspector Humphrey Naarden, police spokesman in view of World Telecommunication Day, today. This year’s theme ‘ICT and Improving Traffic Safety’ is in line with the United Nation’s vision to pay more attention to traffic safety w...
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The National Coordination Center for Disaster Management (NCCR) is on alert for the villages along the Cottica River. Flooding in several villages necessitated the evacuation of 200 villagers. NCCR director Jerry Slijngard says that although his organization was not involved in the operations sev...
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Society needs to change the way it considers women in politics. Globally, men keep playing a decisive role in politics leaving a place for women in politics up to chance. At the start of the annual conference of Female Legislators of the Americas, Speaker of Parliament Jennifer Geerlings-Simons s...
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Chicken farmer Awinash Sewtahalsing is at a loss. Water has flowed into his coops at the Misgunst Estate in Saramacca, killing hundreds of chickens. The farmer tried to rescue as many animals as he could, but the water was already 30 centimeters high.
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The Ministry of Education (Minov) did not follow the right procedure in purchasing and distributing new books for Surinamese schools. Eddy Jozefzoon, former chair of the Education Reform Taskforce, says that the project had been prepared carefully to adapt the books to the Surinamese situation. J...
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Over six hundred HIV patients refuse to make use of free medication to suppress the virus. Health authorities have 2,000 registered HIV on the books, but only 70 percent pay regular visits for medication.
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The export of fish might be in jeopardy due to the shortage in quality managers. Foreign consumers increasingly demand that food safety regulations are imposed on the products, reason why the Fish Inspection Institute (VKI) will commence with the fifth training course for fish inspector.
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The Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) will not intervene in the dispute over the airline fares used by SLM and KLM on the Mid Atlantic route. After complaints by the Association of Travelers (VVR) investigation led the ACM to conclude that the companies do not abuse their power.
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The government has cancelled over 300,000 hectares in lumber concessions of which the owners did not stick to the legal requirements. Multinationals, including Berjajah (150,000 ha), Tacoba (128,000 ha) and Century (40,000 ha), have not been active for some time.
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Five organizations will receive financial support from the American Embassy in the next seven months for their HIV/AIDS education programs. The organizations will have to inform specific target groups on the virus.
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The management of the National Lottery is not happy it was ignored by the authorities in the investigation in the fraud at the Straatcode Lottery. Ronald Hooghart, National Lottery official, concludes that now that the authorities have returned computers and other machines to operator Take A Chan...
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Plans by the government to establish a farming school are still in the pipeline. Soeresh Algoe, deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture (LVV) is appointed on a special commission which prepares the plans.
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Families do not have an easy life. Experts say that families have to try to make it on their own. Today is International Family Day. This year’s theme is ‘Solidarity through generations’.
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‘Commewijne is nobody’s fishing pond. If Paul Somohardjo thinks that the district belongs to him we would like him to tell us who gave it to him.’ Fierce words by Hillery Misiedjan that defined the tone of at the press conference held yesterday by ABOP Commewijne supporters.
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The Sunday afternoon concerts in the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral have been a success. After two years and 24 concerts, it is time to lift the hands up to heaven and thank God for his gift, says Priest Esteban Kross on the concerts.
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Development of the musical talents of young children will get special attention when the Suriname Conservatory starts with its latest course Youth Music Development. The course aims at forming teachers to teach music to young children.
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American President Barack Obama is likely to come to the region later this year for a summit with Caricom leaders. Vice President Joe Biden will pave the way when he meets with regional leaders at the end of this month.
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