Suspected counterfeiter arrested
PARAMARIBO –Police have taken a Liberian national into custody, under suspicion of counterfeiting. The man, Gray U., was arrested in District Nickerie –at the border with Guyana-, after a tip reached...
View ArticleRobbers drown while running from police
PARAMARIBO – Police say they are “pretty sure” that the bodies of two men they found floating in the Saramacca canal last week, belonged to two men who ran away when they were caught red handed...
View ArticleArrested prosecutor insists he is innocent
PARAMARIBO – The Public Prosecutor who was arrested last week on corruption charges remains in custody, despite insisting that he is innocent. The government attorney who has been identified as Ryan...
View ArticleFemale drug mules arrested at airport
PARAMARIBO – Two women were arrested last week at the Johan Adolf Pengel airport with drugs in their possession. The last arrest was made last Saturday. A 68-year-old drug mule, identified as Louise V....
View ArticleMilitary in leadership, hazmat exchange with South Dakota National Guard
PARAMARIBO –Three members of the Suriname National Army took part in a series of subject matter expert exchanges with the South Dakota National Guard in April, to share information on best practices...
View ArticleSurinam Airways to launch Orlando service
PARAMARIBO — National carrier Surinam Airways is launching a new service to Orlando this summer it has been announced. According to a press release from the Orlando Sanford International Airport, the...
View ArticleSuriname to the polls today
By Marvin Hokstam PARAMARIBO — Political parties in Suriname held their final rallies on Saturday night, ahead of the general elections on Monday May 25. As things were left on the eve of the voting,...
View ArticleSuriname election: Bouterse leads, but too early to tell
PARAMARIBO – At 11.00pm Monday night, three hours after polling stations closed, it proves hard to get a clear indication who will emerge the winner of the elections. Only about 10 percent of all votes...
View ArticleDesi Bouterse’s NDP the indisputable victor of the elections
PARAMARIBO — Desi Bouterse’s National Democratic Party (NDP) has emerged as the undeniable winner from the general elections of Monday May 25. The party claimed 27 of the 51 seats in Parliament; V7,...
View ArticleRob Perrée discusses ‘Corn Rows I’ by Sri Irodikromo.
Every other week art critic Rob Perrée discusses a work of art from the collection at Readytex Art Gallery. Today the work ‘Corn Rows I’, mixed media on canvas, 66 cm wide x 70 cm high, 2014, by Sri...
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